Highlights - 2003

Schwerdtfeger Library Highlights, 2003

Get the Drift? On Wisconsin Features Bentley

On Wisconsin, the University of Wisconsin-Madison alumni magazine, very appropriately features The Bentley Collection in its Winter 2003 edition where it is described accurately and cleverly.
When you view the front page of the Bentley site, you'll also notice that it is being evaluated for inclusion in the Digital Library for Earth System Education (DLESE) Reviewed Collection. If you use the site, please consider submitting a review. The information you provide via the Community Review System may be used by us to improve the quality of the resource; by other learners and educators to figure out whether they would like to use the resource and by the Community Review System editors to decide which resources to include in the DLESE Reviewed Collection.
And still related, Jean Phillips presented the Bentley project goals, design and technical considerations in a panel discussion at the Atmospheric Science Librarians International (ASLI) conference in February 2003. It is held in conjunction with the annual AMS conference.

The Schwerdtfeger Library Goes High Tech

Compact, power assisted, moveable shelving was installed in the Schwerdtfeger Library this fall. This type of shelving has increased capacity about 60% in the journals section and 45% in the documents section while dramatically enhancing the look of the space.

Pre-construction photos:

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Construction phase photos courtesy of Maciek Smuga-Otto:

Don't you miss the shelves in the hallways?

Installation of carriages

Business-as-usual during construction

Post construction photos:

Records in MadCat

As of December 1 there are 10,096 of the Library's records in MadCat. That's roughly half of the library's document collection.. Of those, 75-80% are unique to this library. And most of the 4200 records added during 2003 required original cataloging.