The Instruction and Outreach department brainstorms a series of research skills workshops for students. Continue reading The Building Blocks of Research Series: Demystifying the Process
In celebration, here are a number of significant library databases delving deeply into Native American culture, history, and activism. Continue reading Key Databases for Native American Heritage Month
Celebrate Open Access Week by delving into the OAPEN Library ebook collection! We’ve added records to the library catalog for over 21,000 titles.
Continue reading “OAPEN Library: Open Access ebooks for you”Interested in making your research open access? Learn how to use Sherpa Romeo to determine the copyright status of your scholarly articles. Continue reading Make Your Research Open Access: Using Sherpa Romeo
Happy Latinx Heritage Month from Gleeson Library! Continue reading Latinx Heritage Month 2022
San Francisco’s first Catholic newspaper THE MONITOR was published by the city’s Archdiocese from 1858 to 1984. Gleeson has the most complete holdings of the newspaper in existence as part of our microfilm collection. Learn more about this resource. Continue reading The Monitor: San Francisco’s First Catholic Newspaper
In October and March of each year, Gleeson Library/Geschke Center offers short-term trials of databases and other electronic resources we are considering adding to our collection. Current students, staff, and faculty may contact their library liaison to suggest a database to trial or to add to a wishlist. This semester we are trialing several databases, which you can access … Continue reading Fall Database Trials
Gleeson Library is in the process of a website redesign. Participate in a short study for a chance to win a prize! Continue reading Got 10 Minutes? Help Us Improve the Library Website!
Commonstrust: artists and the commons, on view in Thacher Gallery in Gleeson Library through April 10, presents six artists whose works interweave essential elements of the commons: ecology, culture, and trust. Continue reading Spring is for Planting Seeds – And Learning about their Origins
We hope you are learning a lot during Fair Use Week and feeling empowered to create and innovate. Fair use is your right and works together with copyright law. The Association of Research Libraries Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Academic and Research Libraries (2012) points out that “without fair use and related exceptions, copyright would create an unconstitutional constraint on free expression” (p. 6). An important third factor is the contracts that Gleeson Library signs with vendors to provide electronic databases to you. Those contracts, or licenses, guide how you can use the database contents and, in general, take precedence over fair use guidelines.
Continue reading “Copyright, contracts, and using Gleeson databases”
