That Time of Year Again
Before you head out into local traffic jams or far-flung weather delays, check out a flash exhibit (Department of Special Collections, YRL) and mini-exhibit (Biomed Library 1st floor lobby): Before the Butterball: Classic Images of American Wild Turkeys November 2013
American ornithology: or, inhabiting the United States, not given by Wilson; with figures drawn, engraved, and coloured, from nature (Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Carey, 1825-33) Donald R. Dickey Library of Vertebrate ZoologyBringing Renaissance Treasures to Light
Three Scholars Discuss their Research in Special Collections Charles E. Young Research Library Library Special Collections The Smith Room Tuesday, December 3, 2013: 2013 : 4-6 p.m. No RSVPs required.
Please join us for wine, cheese, and informal presentations by three Renaissance scholars who have been delving into some of the many treasures of Library Special Collections this fall. Lorenza Iannacci and Sara Torres are both recipients of Ahmanson Research Fellowships in Medieval and Renaissance Studies, which are supported jointly by the UCLA Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, and UCLA Library Special Collections. Lorenza’s work in the Orsini Family Papers, studying property and feudal rights of Napoleone I Orsini, count of Manoppello, is part of a larger project at the University of Bologna to define the feudal geography of Abruzzi during the Angevin Age, 1266-1442. Lorenza has a Ph.D. in Medieval History from the University of Bologna, where she collaborates with faculty on the teaching of paleography and diplomatics, one of her many areas of scholarly expertise. Sara will discuss her research on Rouse MS 49, a genealogical roll chronicle of the kings of England, and her special interest in how these rolls represent dynastic rupture and succession crises in the English royal line during the Wars of the Roses. Sara is completing a dissertation on dynastic internationalism in the late Medieval and Early Modern periods, and is also an avid participant in Environmental and Digital Humanities projects here on campus. As Library Visiting Scholar and Bourbon Papers Archivist, Orietta Filippini is processing and organizing the Bourbon del Monte di San Faustino family archive, a treasure trove of information on Italian social history, and Renaissance geography, literature, paleography, economics and law. Orietta has completed two doctorate degrees: one in history from the Scuola Normale Superiore of Pisa, and the other in historical sciences from the Scuola Superiore di Studi Storici at the University of San Marino. She is also the author of numerous scholarly publications, including La coscienza del re: Juan del Santo Tomas, confessore di Filippo IV di Spagna and Memoria della Chiesa, memoria dello Stato: Carlo Cartari (1614-1697) e l’archivio di Castel Sant’Angelo.
'There it is -- take it': UCLA Library launches L.A. Aqueduct platform
Long Lake, Cottonwood Reservoir Site—July 1905, Photograph album of Owens Valley (Collection Number 94/194). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.
"It is my honor to make this extraordinary new resource available to UCLA students and faculty, residents of Southern California and scholars around the world," said UCLA University Librarian Ginny Steel. "Creating a resource to fully explore such a transformative event in Los Angeles history required an equally innovative platform, and we are grateful to our funder and our partners for their invaluable contributions." Scheduled for launch on the aqueduct's Nov. 5 centennial, the platform is accessible at http://digital.library.ucla.edu/aqueduct. Users will find almost 2,000 digitized photographs, documents, maps, pamphlets and other archival resources from UCLA Library Special Collections. The platform also offers social and cultural engagement space in which scholars, students and members of the public can share research and work with primary sources as a community.
Crowd gathered around the Newhall Spillway, as the Aqueduct first fills up with water, Picture Collection (Collection 99). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
"The 100th anniversary of the Los Angeles Aqueduct is not just an important opportunity to reflect on our history, it is also proving to be an important turning point in how we think about and manage water for the next century," said Jon Christensen, adjunct assistant professor of history, journalist-in-residence and senior researcher at the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability. "By opening up the archives to students, scholars and the public through new digital technologies, this platform is putting at our fingertips the primary sources we need to understand our past, think creatively about the present and tell new stories about water, the environment and the city in the future."
Original research projects were produced for the platform by graduate students in the UCLA Library's Center for Primary Research and Training. They include a series of narrative essays paired with archival photographs, created by a doctoral candidate in cinema studies, and a community-sourced poetry project involving renowned Californian poets, writers and artists, developed by a student in the English doctoral program.
Tunneling Through the Mountains. One of the Headings on the Elizabeth Tunnel, A Collection of Scrapbooks (Collection Number 155). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.
New digital content will be added in the coming months from institutional partners — the Braun Research Library at the Autry National Center; Special Collections in the Honnold/Mudd Library at the Claremont Colleges and the Claremont Colleges Digital Library; the Oviatt Library at California State University Northridge; the Eastern California Museum; the William H. Hannon Library at Loyola Marymount University; and the UC Riverside Libraries Water Resources Collections and Archives. The Los Angeles Aqueduct Digital Platform was made possible through a partnership with Lauren Bon and Metabolic Studio. The practice of Bon and her team focuses on paradigm shifts, producing devices of wonder to create the potential for transforming social, political and physical brownfields into healthy and productive living systems. Dawn Setzer, dsetzer@library.ucla.edu 310-825-0746
