ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries C&RL News ■ A p r il 2002 / 259 N e w s f r o m t h e F i e l d Stephanie O rphan A C R L a n n o u n ce s p a rtic ip a n ts f o r b e st p ra ctice s co n fe re n ce Participants in ACRL’s upcom ing invitational conference on best practices in information lit­ eracy program ming w ere selected by the Best Practices Project Team at the Midwinter m eet­ ing. Austin Community College, California State University-Fullerton, Elmhurst College, Jam es Madison University, Minneapolis Community and Technical College, Ohio State University, University at Albany-SUNY, Wartburg College, W eber State University, and Zayed University will each send a team of three to five people, representing academ ic administrators, class­ room faculty, information technologists and librarians involved in their information literacy programs, to the conference to b e held in At­ lanta prior to ALA’s Annual Conference. The institutions w ere chosen both for the overall quality of their application of the char­ acteristics of best practice to describe their pro­ grams and to represent the diversity o f higher education. For two years the project has been drafting a set of characteristics based on broad input from the field by classroom faculty, in­ formation technologists, and librarians. Using the draff characteristics, 29 institutions wrote descriptions of their programs as part of an application to attend the invitational confer­ ence. The ACRL Best Practices Project is an activ­ ity of the Institute for Information Literacy and is intended to develop a set of characteristics of best practice in information literacy program­ ming that institutions can use to assess the man­ agem ent and operation of an information literacy program. For m ore information about the Best Practices Project see: http://ww w.ala.org/ acrl/nili/bestprac.html or contact Tom Kirk at kirktò@earlham .edu or (765) 98311360. C o lu m b ia Uniy. co n tra c ts w ith N a tio n a l L ib ra ry o f C h in a Columbia University’s Ć.V. Starr East Asian Library has contracted with the National Library of China to convert the manual cataloging records and Latin transliteration of 104 titles in the Columbia collections that are in the Chinese minority languages of Mongul, Manchu, XiXia NuZhen, and Miao. Through the cataloging and conversion process, the titles will have full access by title, author, and sub­ ject. Prior to the agreement, the titles w ere accessible only through a supplied Chinese title or in the original language. Because the records are entered into both RLIN and CLIO, the m a­ terials are accessible to users at Columbia and scholars worldwide. S c h o la rly C o m m u n ic a tio n s A llia n c e e sta b lish e d The International Scholarly Communications Al­ liance (ISCA) has been established by eight of the w orld’s principal research library organiza­ tions. The ISCA plans to collaborate with schol­ ars and publishers to establish equitable ac­ cess to scholarly and research publications. An initiative of research library associations in Australia, Canada, Europe, Japan, Hong Kong SAR, New Zealand and the United Kingdom, which represent m ore than 600 libraries, the ISCA will engage in activities that focus the scholarly publishing process on the primary goals of the academic research community: advancing the discovery of new know ledge and facilitating its dissemination. The alliance will concentrate o n ways to ensure o p en and affordable access to scholarship across national boundaries. Members will collaborate to develop, ex­ pand, and leverage initiatives to transform the scholarly com m unications process through http://www.ala.org/ earlham.edu 260 / C&RL News ■ A p r il 2002 H u gu en o t resistan ce to the G re go ria n cale n d a r reform in France Ed. note: This is a report on research conducted by the 2000 recipient of the Martinus Nijhoff In­ ternational West European Specialist Study Grant, Jeffry Larson. ACKL will be accepting applica­ tions for the 2002 grant through May 1. For more information about the Martinus Nijhoff grant, visit http://www.ala.org/acrl/nijhoffhtml. Almost all that has been written on the revision of the Julian calendar in the 16th century deals with the astronomical reasons for it or with the concom itant problem s in dating events and documents. The calendar reform had seldom been studied in depth as an event in itself. In 2000,1 received a Martinus Nijhoff International West European Specialist Study Grant to study the dissemination of the Gregorian calendar re­ form in France during the Wars of Religion. Outside the papal states, the channels for disseminating the new calendar were from the Vatican via the papal nuncios to national sov­ ereigns, w ho in turn, after ratifying it and hav­ ing it printed, sent it on to the bishops in their countries. Thus, the chain was from ecclesiasti­ cal to secular then back to ecclesiastical au­ thorities. In France, because of delays in print­ ing and perhaps due to muted opposition in Parlement by Gallicans—partisans of national ecclesiastical autonomy—the reform was imple­ m ented only in December 1582, two months after Italy and Spain. Coincidentally, with the granting of the Nijhoff award, there appeared a lengthy article by Jérôm e Delatour in the Bibliothèque de I’École des Chartes based on collaborative ar­ chival research, largely in the Archives Na­ tionales and the Bibliothèque Nationale, focus­ ing just on this topic (my thanks to Bill Monroe of Brown University for the tip). Since such a large amount of the task had already been ac­ complished by others, I resolved to look for relevant materials w here the team of research­ ers from the l’École des Chartes had not, namely among the unpublished letters of Henri III and Huguenot pamphlets in Parisian collections, and in diplomatic correspondence in the Secret Ar­ chives of the Vatican. Henri Ill’s letters are still in the process of being published; fair copies of them have been brought together in the Bibliothèque de l’lnstitut de France for the editorial project (in 2000, af­ ter a gap of 16 years, the letters for 1580 to 1582 were published, but not extending into 1583). Scanning these documents, I discovered that calendar reform was not dealt with at the level of correspondence betw een sovereigns, which focused mostly on dynastic politics, for­ eign relations, and ecclesiastical appointments. The calendar was discussed, though not exten­ sively, in the correspondence of the papal nun­ cio to France, whose letters have been pub­ lished, with a few passages summarized. (I later checked the summaries against the originals in the Vatican Archives, but found nothing miss­ ing of import.) Delatour had also analyzed the erudite Hu­ guenot and Catholic treatises about the 1582 reform (which had led up to a bull in 1603 reaffirming the reform). So I looked for polem ­ ics at a more grass-roots level. Although the Bibliothèque de la Société de 1’Histoire du Protestantisme Français was said by two re­ search guides to have extensive pamphlet hold­ ings, I found no such collections there. I shall e x te n d my search to the B ibliothèque de l’Arsenal, repository of m uch ephemeral mate­ rial, and the Bibliothèque Nationale de France. Conflict over the calendar was isolated in time and space, and was reported not from Paris to th e Vatican, but in the opposite direction. Delatour writes that a lawyer of Avignon (“un avocat d ’Avignon”) informed the Vatican of a priest being chased out of his parish in Courthe- zon, a town in southern Orange, for having pub­ lished the new calendar. It was this incident that the Vatican asked its nuncio to bring to the at­ tention of the French court. The correspondence from Avignon to the papal secretary revealed that the informant was in fact the Cardinal d ’Armagnac (misread as “avocat”?), co-legate of Avignon and bishop of the diocese. As representative of the Pope in Avignon, the Cardinal had implemented the new calen­ dar at the same time in Italy and Spain. How­ ever, as the Cardinal clearly explains in his let­ ter to the Vatican, the archdiocese was not co­ terminous with the papal state, but overlapped to include the parish of Courthezon in the prin­ cipality of Orange, a hotbed of Protestant resis­ tance. Evidently, the locals did not accept be­ ing ten days ahead of their compatriots and fellow market-goers in Orange, even if it was http://www.ala.org/acrl/nijhoffhtml C&RL News ■ A p ril 2002 / 261 only for a few weeks and only in one parish. This clarification I plan to publish with ap­ propriate documentation. To identify the chronology of effective Hu­ guenot acceptance of Öre Gregorian calendar, I now plan to look for ten-day gaps in congrega­ tional registers (baptisms, marriages, funerals), which are primarily in the Archives Nationales. programs such as SPARC and SPARC Europe, which facilitate competition in scientific com­ munication, and the establishment of institu­ tional and discipline-based archives that allow public access to content and employ the O pen Archives Metadata Harvesting Protocol. Fle e t d o n a te s h isto ric b u ild in g to R ISD lib ra ry The Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) will receive a donation of space from FleetBoston Financial to house the school’s new library. The donation of a portion of Fleet’s facility in­ cludes the building’s historic banking hall, sec­ o nd floor, and part of the basement. It will enlarge the capacity of RISD’s library from 12,000 square feet to nearly 60,000 square feet. The new library will provide for greater know ledge of the arts, design, and art educ­ tion for the region and, through its location in dow ntow n Providence, widen RISD’s commit­ m ent to the Rhode Island public. The RISD Library o pened in 1878 with its holdings in a single bookcase. Created as a specialized li­ brary of art and design publications and visual resources, the collection provides strong his­ torical and contem porary perspectives and materials in landscape architecture, ceramics, textiles, sculpture, drawing, painting, Colonial furniture, and jewelry. C h a rle s A. S ch w a rtz nam ed n e w PIL e d ito r by A C R L board The ACRL Board o f D irectors has nam ed Charles A. (Tony) Schwartz to be editor of ACRL’s distinguished monographic series, Pub­ lications in Librarianship (PIL). Founded in 1953, the series focuses on research and theo­ retical d isc u ssio n o f issu e s in a c ad e m ic librarianship. The series has produced 54 titles since its inception. Schwartz, w ho recently accepted the posi­ tion of associate director for collection m an­ agement at the Green Library at Florida Inter­ Much rem ains to be done, but I have unearthed a clarified account of the only recorded overt H uguenot resistance to the Gregorian calendar reform. I am very grate­ ful to Martinus Nijhoff International and to my WESS colleagues for the opportunity to initiate this research.—Jeffry Larson, Yale University Library, jeffry.larson@ yale.edu national University, brings considerable pub­ lishing experience to the editorship. He has edited Restructuring Academ ic Libraries (num­ ber 49 in the PIL series), published num erous articles in ACRL’s refereed scholarly journal College a n d Research Libraries, and served on the PIL editorial board. He will serve one year as an editor-designate apprentice with the cur­ rent editor, John Budd, and begin his five-year term in July 2003- P a u lin g research n o te b o o k s released o n lin e O regon State University (OSU) Special Collec­ tions has m ade available digitized versions of 46 research notebooks of two-time Nobel Lau­ reate Linus Pauling. The Pauling Papers span from 1922 to 1994 and cover a range of the scientific fields in which Pauling was involved. The notebooks contain more than 7,500 pages and include m any of Pauling’s laboratory cal­ culations and experimental data, scientific con­ clusions, ideas for further research, and auto­ biographical musings. The digitization, which was carried out by the OSU Special Collec­ tio n s staff, is av ailab le o n lin e at h t tp : // osulibrary .orst. e d u /s p e c ia lc o lle c tio n s /rn b / index.html. A C R L p u b lica tio n fo cu se s on lib ra rie s' im p a ct on stu d e n ts M aking the Grade: A c a d em ic Libraries a n d S tu d en t Success, edited by Maurie Caitlin Kelly and An­ d re a K ross, lo o k s at th e positive role that libraries play in stu d e n t retention. The b o o k presen ts useful analyses that consider the m any factors that can im­ p act student success, such as technological capability, diversity, and inform ation literacy. The importance of libraries’ partnerships mailto:jeffry.larson@yale.edu 262 / C&RL News ■ A p r il 2002 L e g isla tiv e ad vo cacy w o rk sh o p in A tla n ta Legislative a n d public policy issues have a great im pact o n th e environm ent in w hich academ ic librarians and libraries operate. To assist academ ic librarians in their efforts to affect legislation an d public policies, the Gov­ ernm ent Relations Committee of ACRL wishes to invite m em bers to th e Atlanta Fulton P u b ­ lic Library H eadquarters o n J u n e 14, 2002, from 12:00 to 4:30 p.m . for a w o rk sh o p on legislative advocacy. The preconference is designed to offer practical views on effectively managing library legislative issues. Outstanding, long-term li­ brary advocates will share their experiences a n d sage advice o n the art o f persuasion. You will learn ab o u t current legislative issues affecting your library; the skills ne ed ed to b eco m e a strong academ ic library advo­ cate; a n d h o w to craft a n d deliver an effec­ tive m essage that can benefit your library and profession. Speakers for this w o rk sh o p are: • Charles Beard, D irector o f University Libraries, State University o f West G eorgia “W hy Advocate?” with other m em bers of the higher education com m unity in w orking tow ard a com m on goal of student success is exam ined as well. The b ook includes practical exam ples of programs, policies, and projects designed to increase the success and retention of students. M aking the GradeQSBM-. 0-8389-8177-1) sells for $18 ($16 for m em bers). To order, contact ALA, P.O. Box 932501, Atlanta, GA, 31193-2501; phone: (866) 746-7252 (866-Shop ALA); fax: (770) 442-9742. An order form is also available online at http://www.ala.org/acrl/pubsform.html. B a rn e s & N o b le p a rtn e rs w ith B o w k e r Bam es & Noble, Inc. has entered a strategic partnership w ith R. R. Bow ker, designating Books in P rint as a source of all bibliographic data for North American publishers for Barnes & N oble sto res a n d B arnes & N o b le .c o m . T hrough m eetings w ith publishers, the tw o com panies will review the w ay in w hich biblio­ graphic information is com m unicated and re­ engineer the procees to simplify the flow of data through Bowker into Bames & Noble’s biblio­ • C h ristie V e rn o n , m e m b e r o f ALA C o m m itte e o n L e g isla tio n “T h e I n s id e G a m e ” • Jill Fatzer, Professor of Curriculum and Instruction and D ean Emeritus o f Library Ser­ vices, University o f New O rleans “Yes, Vir­ ginia, you can advocate for libraries w ithout losing y our jo b ” • Jam es Neal, Vice President for Infor­ m ation Services a n d University Librarian, Co­ lum bia University “Success, Partial Success, a n d Failures o n th e Advocacy Trail” • Mary M argaret Oliver, form er G eorgia state legislator “My Experience as a State Leg­ islator” • Lynne Bradley, D irector o f the ALA Of­ fice o f G overnm ent Relations “An U pdate on th e Key Issues” The registration fee, w hich includes lunch a n d refreshm ents, is $50. Register online at h ttp s://cs.a la.o rg /an n u a l/2 0 0 2 . Please note that the c ode for this p reconference is ACRL- AC4. Questions? Contact Shannon Cary at (800) 545-2433, ext. 2510: e-mail: scary® ala.org. graphic archives. They will also w ork with p u b ­ lishers to com m unicate the data in a m anner consistent with ONIX, the standard developed by the Association of American Publishers. M ille rs v ille U niv. s e n d s b o o k s to A fric a P ennsylvania’s Millersville University (MU), along with other state system universities, has em barked on an initial one-year initiative to send university-level books to libraries in develop­ ing countries in East Africa. Recent wars, ca­ lamity, and continued poverty there have cre­ ated a need for new university libraries and holdings. Volumes focusing o n science and any other university-level discipline will be sent, as well as journals covering time periods o f not less than o n e year. The program was originally funded through a grant from the International Organization for Chemical Sciences in Devel­ opm ent, initiated by MU professor o f biology James Cosentino. The project has received addi­ tional funding from the Fund for the Advance­ ment of the State System of Higher Education. ■ https://cs.ala.org/annual/2002 ala.org http://www.ala.org/acrl/pubsform.html Noble.com