Government Shutdown?

The Federal Government shutdown that began Tuesday affects some important library resources, but most of our databases are unaffected.  Here are some resources that will be unavailable until Congress restores federal funding:

We cannot place interlibrary loan requests with federal libraries, including The Library of Congress, The National Library of Medicine, and the National Agricultural Library.

Various federal websites are shut down, including Census.gov, American Factfinder, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Data.gov, Federal Trade Commission, FedStats, International Trade Administration, and USA Trade Online.

Some federal websites are accessible but are not being updated, including the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Commerce.gov, Copyright.gov, and the Department of Labor website.

The public ERIC website is shut down, but the ERIC database on the EBSCO platform remains available.

Some federal websites appear to be unaffected, such as Department of Energy's osti.gov.

If you have questions about access to government resources, contact the Reference Desk at 419-289-5402 or library@ashland.edu

Library Spotlight: C.G. Jung's Red Book

Ashland University Library has recently acquired a facsimile edition of the "Red Book" by C.G. Jung, who contributed to the Psycho-Analytic movement an exploration of symbols and the collective unconscious.  The 205-page original was carefully hand-lettered by Jung in the style of an illuminated medieval manuscript, including lavish illustrations by the author.  The facsimile is accompanied by an annotated English translation of the German and Latin original.

This summer the Library of Congress will exhibit the original work, with a public symposium on June 19th.

Library of Congress: Web 2.0

It's true, the LC continues to go 2.0.

In addition to having digital video and photographs resources on their own web site, The Library of Congress now has dedicated channels on Flickr and YouTube!

YouTube: The Library of Congress Channel currently has six channels, or play lists, featuring the 2008 National Book Festival, Books and Beyond, Journeys and Crossings, Early Films - Westinghouse 1904, Kluge Center Series - Prominent Scholars on Current Topics, and Early Films - Edison Companies.

Flickr: The Library of Congress Photostream currently has five collection sets with thousands of photographs available to the public. Included are Women Striving Forward 1910 - 1940 (23 photos), Abraham Lincoln (22 photos), Photocrom Channel views (169 photos), World War I Panoramas (15 photos), 1930s & 1940s in Color (1615 photos), and News in 1910 (3950 photos).

According to the Library of Congress blog, both projects are ongoing and collections will continue to grow and evolve.

Read more about the YouTube project: Library of Congress Blog: YouTube and Now We Do Too.