CUL in the Media 2009
December 2009
Digitized Cornell library books readable online for free (Democrat and Chronicle, Dec. 18)
70,000 books from Cornell Libraries online now (Open Content Alliance, Dec. 16)
Cornell Library to make more than 80,000 older books available free online (Cornell Chronicle, Dec. 15)
80,000 digitized books OA from Cornell (Open Access News, Dec. 15)
Cornell gives about 80,000 digitized public domain books to Internet Archive (Digital Koans, Dec. 15)
November 2009
New library database facilitates better use of non-C.U. resources (Cornell Daily Sun, Nov. 30)
Retooling Red: Listen to the librarian (Cornell Daily Sun, Nov. 30)
Libraries consider merging despite faculty questions (Cornell Daily Sun, Nov. 30)
Faculty members demand control over libraries' future (Cornell Chronicle, Nov. 25)
Stimulus grant to enhance arXiv e-preprints for scientists (Nanotechnology Now, Nov. 18)
Africana Studies program celebrates 40 years (Cornell Daily Sun, Nov. 10)
Libe Café employees protest uniform policy (Cornell Daily Sun, Nov. 9)
Univ. releases reports from academic task forces (Cornell Daily Sun, Nov. 6)
'Most important French judge' explains recent reforms to French Constitutional law (Cornell Chronicle, Nov. 5)
Library's collaboration with China strengthens scholarship (Cornell Chronicle, Nov. 3)
2CUL project: Tidbits from the Wired Campus (The ADL Librarian blog, Nov. 3)
Removing all restrictions: Cornell’s new policy on use of public domain reproductions (Digital Koans, Nov. 1)
October 2009
Removing all restrictions: Cornell’s new policy on use of public domain reproductions (ARL's Research Library Issues, October issue [PDF])
Cornell University Library publishes new digitization manual (Resource Shelf, Oct. 30)
'Copyright and Cultural Institutions': An interview with Peter B. Hirtle (Copyright and Fair Use, Oct. 29)
Columbia and Cornell libraries announce 'radical' partnership (Chronicle of Higher Education, Oct. 28)
Cornell's VIVO concept will expand to connect researchers nationwide (Tech Journal, Oct. 27)
Federal stimulus funds from NIH go to a 'Facebook for scientists' (Chronicle of Higher Education, Oct. 22)
At Cornell, rare documents and memorabilia examine Lincoln (Ithaca Journal, Oct. 22)
Cornell and Columbia prepare for collaboration (Cornell Daily Sun, Oct. 21)
Scientists hope to network Facebook-style (Associated Press, during October)
Expert: Lincoln stretched Constitution to preserve the U.S. (Cornell Chronicle, Oct. 21)
Rare Lincoln documents on display at Cornell (Associated Press, throughout October)
Columbia, Cornell libraries to partner on collection development, acquisitions, preservation (Library Journal, Oct. 15)
Library exhibition on Lincoln's presidency features rare documents, A.D. White scrapbooks (Cornell Chronicle, Oct. 15)
Cornell Library forges landmark collaboration with Columbia's library (Cornell Chronicle, Oct. 14)
Born in the Bronx: Preserving hip hop history (CU in the City, Oct. 14)
Cornell and Columbia announce library collaboration (Inside Higher Ed, Oct. 14)
Columbia University Libraries and Cornell University Library awarded grant for 2CUL partnership (Digital Koans, Oct. 12)
In honor of Banned Books Week, Cornell libraries promote freedom of expression (Cornell Daily Sun, Oct. 5)
University creates $50K fund to aid open-access publishing (Cornell Daily Sun, Oct. 1)
September 2009
Freedom's enemy: Banned books (Ithaca Journal, Sept. 26)
Universities work toward open access to research (America.gov, Sept. 23)
Cornell offers rare exhibit: Original copies of the Gettysburg Address, the Emancipation Proclamation and the 13th Amendment all at once (Media Newswire, Sept. 22)
Anne Kenney on the Google Books settlement (WHCU, Sept. 22)
A Compact for Open Access Publication announced (Info Today, Sept. 21)
Editorial: The Google wars (Library Journal, Sept. 21)
Google's digitization gains Cornell's support, despite suit (Cornell Daily Sun, Sept. 21)
Cornell open-access publication fund (Scholarly Kitchen, Sept. 17)
Wearable-art student designers think red for Mann Library exhibit (Cornell Chronicle, Sept. 16)
Cornell launches an OA fund (Open Access News, Sept. 16)
Court acknowledges more than 400 submissions in Google settlement (Publishers Weekly, Sept. 16)
Five universities sign open access funding compact (Library Journal, Sept. 15)
New funds help faculty publish in open-access journals (Cornell Chronicle, Sept. 15)
Breakthrough on open access (Inside Higher Ed, Sept. 15)
5 major research universities endorse open-access journals (The Chronicle of Higher Education, Sept. 14)
Cornell University Library submits comments to court on Google Books settlement (PR Web, Sept. 12)
Academics, ProQuest, networks object to Google settlement (Library Journal, Sept. 10)
Dismal Amazon ratings belie success of print on demand (Times Higher Education, Sept. 3)
Cornell library expands HBCU collections project (Library Journal, Sept. 1)
August 2009
Olin Library to be studied for fire safety renovations (Cornell Chronicle, Aug. 27)
Keeping baseball document cheats at bay (Florida Weekly, Aug. 26)
Students disagree over 'The Grapes of Wrath' (Cornell Chronicle, Aug. 25)
Library program to help strengthen agricultural research in sub-Saharan Africa (FARA blog, Aug. 22)
Sub-Saharan Africa gets easier access to agricultural journals (Library Journal, Aug. 20)
Gates grant to extend reach of ag journals in Africa (Cornell Chronicle, Aug. 19)
Summer reading of 'The Grapes of Wrath' culminates in campus events (Cornell Chronicle, Aug. 18)
Strengthening agricultural research in Africa (Earthwitness, Aug. 17)
Expect fewer and longer lawns and more green roofs in effort to cut campus costs (Cornell Chronicle, Aug. 7)
Brand new, again (Inside Higher Ed, Aug. 3)
July 2009
Cornell Library expands project for digital collections at HBCUs (Library Journal, July 23)
Library works with historically black colleges and universities to expand digital collections (Cornell Chronicle, July 23)
HBCU Library Alliance receives grant to sustain digital collections (Global Grind, July 23)
Cornell University Library and HBCU Library Alliance awarded grant to sustain HBCU digital collections (BlackNews.com, July 21)
Librarian honored by Johnson School (Cornell Chronicle, July 6)
Cornell Library lifts restrictions on public domain (Resource Shelf, July 3)
June 2009
Instructors pair up with librarians to ramp up student research skills (Cornell Chronicle, June 19)
Green dragons and Big Red bears: Cornell's colorful history (Cornell Chronicle, June 19)
Things to do: Animal magnetism (Cornell Chronicle, June 15)
Cornell Library lifts restrictions on public domain (Resource Shelf, June 9)
Cornell Library lifts restrictions on public domain works (Current Cities, June 1)
May 2009
Univ. library allows free usage of digitized public domain items (Cornell Daily Sun, May 31)
Public domain materials from Cornell Library now really are public (Ithaca Journal, May 29)
Meeting developing-world challenges requires large-scale vision, vice provost tells conference (Cornell Chronicle, May 28)
Library lifts restrictions on public domain books (Cornell Chronicle, May 28)
Kammen documents early black student life at Cornell in 'Part and Apart' (Cornell Chronicle, May 28)
Cornell Library lifts restrictions on public domain works (Library Link of the Day, May 20)
Cornell Library removes restrictions on public domain (Open Content Alliance, May 18)
Library's Nordic scholarly series Islandica goes online (Cornell Chronicle, May 18)
Use restriction on public domain reproductions by Cornell University Library removed (Law Librarian Blog, May 18)
Cornell removes restrictions on digital public domain works (Open Education News, May 15)
Cornell Library lifts restrictions on public domain works (Library Journal, May 14)
Mann Library rooftop terrace named for Dean Susan Henry (Cornell Chronicle, May 13)
Cornell University Library keeps reproductions of public domain works in the public domain (Open Knowledge Foundation, May 12)
Cornell removes restrictions on public domain repros (Librarian.Net, May 12)
Cornell says no to restrictions on public domain materials (BoingBoing, May 11)
Cornell lifts use restrictions on reproductions of public domain works, including over 70,000 e-books (Digital Koans, May 11)
Cornell allows unrestricted use of its public-domain ebooks (Open Access News, May 11)
New beginnings: John Hoffmann (Cornell Chronicle, May 8)
Couple supports Caribbean studies (Cornell Chronicle, May 1)
April 2009
Five student workers receive library's top award (Cornell Chronicle, April 30)
ARL budget roundup (Library Journal, April 30)
Writers born this day: Vladimir Nabokov (Syracuse Post-Standard, April 23)
Writers born this day: Vladimir Nabokov (Syracuse Post-Standard, April 23)
From atheism to guinea pigs: Contest celebrates student book collections (Cornell Chronicle, April 21)
Mary Ochs appointed director of Mann Library (Cornell Chronicle, April 20)
Library scales back on acquisitions (Cornell Chronicle, April 14)
Cornell book collection contest shines spotlight on personal libraries (Ithaca Journal, April 11)
Hirtle: In praise of good style and clear writing (Cornell Chronicle, April 9)
A.D. White's Egypt trip resulted in boon for library (Cornell Chronicle, April 3)
Physical Sciences Library to close doors but keeps research options open (Cornell Chronicle, April 2)
March 2009
Cornell librarians protest bill closing access to NIH research (Cornell Daily Sun, March 30)
'Elements of Style' celebrates 50 years (Cornell Daily Sun, March 27)
Omit needless words: Strunk and White's classic, 'The Elements of Style,' turns 50 (Cornell Chronicle, March 26)
Essay: Brother, can you spare a room? (New York Times, March 26)
Strunk and White's 'Elements of Style' turns 50 (Associated Press, throughout the entire month of March)
Darwin exhibits show the mind of a naturalist (Cornell Chronicle, March 13)
Library starts undergrad information project to get students beyond Google (Cornell Chronicle, March 12)
Library set to digitize more content (Cornell Daily Sun, March 2)
February 2009
Celebrating Black History Month (Cornell Daily Sun, Feb. 26)
Cornell and Amazon.com join to resurrect 90,000 rare books via print-on-demand (Cornell Chronicle, Feb. 26)
Library as bookstore (Library Journal, Feb. 25)
Charles Darwin: After the Origin (The Dispersal of Darwin blog, Feb. 23)
Depression-era Steinbeck novel is recession-year Reading Project choice (Cornell Chronicle, Feb. 20)
Fifty years of The Elements of Style (PRWeb, Feb. 16)
Darwin was a 'wise and generous' man and a pillar of knowledge, says Frank Rhodes (Cornell Chronicle, Feb. 16)
How do you value a historical email? (New Scientist, Feb. 13)
Cornell's Rhodes: Darwin a 'great pillar of modern knowledge' (Ithaca Journal, Feb. 13)
Cornell's library opens Darwin exhibition with lecture (Ithaca Journal, Feb. 13)
Celebrating Darwin's 200th birthday (News 10 Now, Feb. 12)
Kammen's new ‘Ithaca' book reveals area history (Ithaca Journal, Feb. 9)
Charles Darwin: After the Origin opening reception (Darwin Day International Celebration)
Lecture at Cornell University Library (Year of Science 2009)
Darwin exhibit (Darwin Online)
Cornell's library opens Darwin exhibition with lecture (Ithaca Journal, Feb. 9)
Celebrating Darwin in difficult times (Ithaca Journal, Feb. 9)
Mann's Beneath Notice exhibit (Elmira Star-Gazette, Feb. 7)
Locals celebrate Darwin's life and work (Ithaca Journal, Feb. 6)
Cornell University Library to release rare books through Amazon (Poets & Writers, Feb. 5)
Cornell University Library expands POD on Amazon (Information Today, Feb. 5)
Cornell University Library expands print-on-demand offerings (NYLA News You Can Use, Feb. 5)
Rhodes headlines Cornell University Library’s Darwin celebration (NYLA News You Can Use, Feb. 5)
80,000 Cornell texts to be available on Amazon.com (New Yorker's Book Bench blog, Feb. 4)
Cornell University Library to offer more than 80,000 POD books on Amazon.com (Digital Koans, Feb. 4)
80,000 books added to print on demand at Amazon by Cornell (Tele-Read blog, Feb. 4)
Darwin bicentennial events crowd Cornell calendar (Cornell Chronicle, Feb. 4)
January 2009
'Evil' fungi are beneficial, says mycologist (Cornell Chronicle, Jan. 26)
Judge dismisses libel suit against Cornell (Cornell Daily Sun, Jan. 23)
Tower Café closed due to budget constraints (Cornell Daily Sun, Jan. 20)
Wired Campus: Finding new models to support teaching with technology (Chronicle of Higher Education, Jan. 19)
Classes with glasses: Song of the Vine (Wall Street Journal, Jan. 2)
