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 JOHN JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE LLOYD SEALY LIBRARY |
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| Classified Information The Library Newsletter Volume 9, Number 1 Fall 1996 |
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From the Desk of the Chief Librarian
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From the Desk of the Chief Librarian During the early nineteenth century, Americans took great pride in showing off their prisons to visiting foreigners. A visit to an American prison became a "must" stop on a European's itinerary of America. Alexis de Tocqueville and Gustave de Beaumont came to America in 1831 to study the American penitentiary system for the French government. Although Tocqueville's classic study Democracy in America resulted from this visit, he and Beaumont also fulfilled their government charge and published the book Du systeme pénitentiaire aux États-Unis in 1833. Before the book was even printed, the German-American political philosopher, Francis Lieber, translated the work into English and wrote an introduction for the American public. Since its publication, the work has been a cornerstone of American prison history. The Sealy Library has been fortunate to acquire the first edition of the French version, signed by Beaumont, and the only one we know to be in the original wrappers. This book is not only a "trophy" for the college but also points to the unique quality and depth of our collections. We attempt to stay on the cutting edge of our discipline with the acquisition of the latest works in print, electronic, and other formats. But a good library cannot contain only current materials. We must never forget the retrospective collecting -- finding the one book, for instance, that marks the distinction between a great collection and a merely good one. The Tocqueville/Beaumont book gives the collection a richness our constituency deserves and is also a reminder of the historical context in which we practice our discipline. As we begin the new semester we are pleased that we can report such exciting developments as this acquisition as well as the installation of a new electronic classroom. As long as we can stay in the forefront of developments in automated information access and develop our historical and current collections, we will maintain our reputation for excellence. Larry Sullivan Spinnin’ the Web: the Sealy Library’s Web Page An expanded version of the Sealy Library's World Wide Web Home Page is now available at: http://village.ios.com/~jjcls. The page includes a connection to the CUNY+ online catalog, information on Library hours, staff, and special collections, as well as full-text versions of an expanding number of our popular Library guides. An electronic encyclopedia, Britannica Online, can be accessed via this page from computers anywhere on campus. The encyclopedia provides the expected high quality articles with links to other Web sites on most topics. The Britannica Online product itself is limited in its use of graphics but is enhanced through links to these other sites. For example, it provides biographical information on Georgia O'Keefe with links to images of her paintings elsewhere on the Web. A section of subject links to other Web sites is provided on the Sealy Home Page for our mission areas: criminal justice, government and law, forensic science, security, and forensic psychology. A link to fire science is in progress. The subject links are not comprehensive but have been selected by Library faculty for their quality, reliability and timeliness. Future developments on the library's Web page will show enhanced use of graphics, collaboration with Law Enforcement News and Criminal Justice Ethics, and a section of graduate student research. Kathy Killoran ...in which faculty emeriti share some favorite books. Alex Smith: The Choice by Bob Woodward. (1996) "After reading this book, I feel that Woodward would have no trouble getting a job with the Star or National Enquirer. It is nevertheless good reading." Eileen Rowland: The Plague by Albert Camus. (1947). Translated by Stuart Gilbert. "My favorite book is whichever one comes most recently to mind with the perfect phrase, image or insight to illuminate the moment. Instead of a favorite, I offer one that I find useful and return to every decade or so. Confronting the disparate ways in which Camus' characters deal with the isolation and helplessness the plague has brought into their lives becomes each time a voyage of self-discovery. I emerge with an updated map of my responses to, and definitions of, despair, heroism, and hope. It is also a wonderfully well-told tale." Shelly Waxenberg: Rashomon, A Play by Fay and Michael Kanin. (1959). Based on stories told by Ryunosuke Akutagawa. "During the past three decades, I've read over and over again, sometimes in a group, the script of the drama Rashomon, derived from medieval Japanese stories enshrined in the classic Japanese film by Akira Kurosawa. Vibrant life, violent death, family loyalty and disloyalty, trust and distrust, trials of faith, doubt, and deep delving into personal perception; all of these abound." Ellen Rosen: The First Salute by Barbara Tuchman. (1988). " Really well-written history is as exciting as any fiction. This book about the American Revolution reads like an adventure novel set in Europe, the Caribbean and the American colonies; the end is a real cliff hanger.” Janice Dunham This semester we are happy to introduce an addition to our series of Library Guides -- a guide to the Library's information sources on Native Americans of North America. We have also revised and updated the Guide to Directories. The Guides are designed as introductions to the resources of the Lloyd Sealy Library, and each covers a particular subject area. They list and discuss the most relevant reference works for that subject and note key journals in the field. Useful indexes to the periodical literature are explained, and call numbers are provided for each work mentioned. There are tips as to how best to locate sources using DPAC on CUNY+, including a list of appropriate Library of Congress subject headings which can be used in subject searches. Some of our most popular Library Guides to date have included Forensic science: a research guide, Criminal justice statistics: a reference guide, and the Guide to doing legal research in the Lloyd Sealy Library. Other useful library publications include handouts entitled How to brief a case and How to find a case. The latter helps students to interpret a legal citation and to locate the cited case in a case reporter. It includes the names, abbreviations and call numbers of all the case reporters in the library. Other new library publications include a revised and updated Bibliographic form: APA style, and WWW guides. The latter include our series Try-The-Web. The Guides and other handouts are available at the display stands on the second floor near the Reference Desk. If you have any recommendations to make regarding the content of any of them, please feel free to contact any of the librarians. Ellen Sexton Arrigo, Bruce. The Contours of psychiatric justice: a postmodern critique of mental illness, criminal insanity, and the law. New York: Garland, 1996. RA 1151 .A77 1996 Binder, Frederick M., and David M. Reimers. All the nations under heaven: an ethnic and racial history of New York City. New York: Columbia Univ. Press, 1995. F 128.9 .A1 B45 1995. Black Athena Revisited. ed. Mary R. Lefkowitz and Guy McLean Rogers. Chapel Hill: Univ. of North Carolina Press, 1996. DF 78 .B54 1996 Criminal victimisation in the developing world. Rome: U.N. Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute, 1995. HV 6250.3 .D44 C75 1995 Dieter, Richard C. With justice for few: the growing crisis in death penalty representation: a report. Washington, D.C.: Death Penalty Info. Ctr., 1995. KF 9227 .C2 D52 1995 Doody, Margaret Anne. The true story of the novel. New Brunswick: Rutgers, 1996. PN 3355 .D66 1995 Du Phuoc Long, Patrick. The dream shattered: Vietnamese gangs in America. Boston: Northeastern Univ. Press, 1996. HV 6439 .U5 D8 1996 Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East. 4 vols. New York: Macmillan, 1996. Ref. DS43 E53 1996 Gilligan, James. Violence: our deadly epidemic and how to treat it. New York: G.P.Putnam's Sons, 1996. HM 281 .G45 1996 Gorringe, Timothy. God's just vengeance: crime, violence, and the rhetoric of salvation. New York: Cambridge Univ. Press, 1996. BT 263 .G67 1996 International feminist perspectives in criminology: engendering a discipline. ed. Nicole Hahn Rafter and Frances Heidensohn. Buckingham: Open University Press, 1995. HV 6030 I495 1995 Lindbergh, Richard. Chicago by gaslight: a history of Chicago's netherworld, 1880-1920. Chicago: Acad. Chicago Publishers, 1996. F548.45 L55 1996 Meranze, Michael. Laboratories of virtue:punishment, revolution, and authority in Philadelphia, 1760-1835. Chapel Hill: Univ. of N. Carolina Press, 1996. HV 9481 .P5 M47 1996 Palombo, Bernadette Jones. Academic professionalism in law enforcement. New York: Garland Pub., 1995. HV 8142 .P35 1995 Rothwax, Harold J. Guilty: the collapse of criminal justice. New York: Random House, 1996. KF 9223 .R68 1996 Thurow, Lester C. The future of economic capitalism: how today's economic forces will shape tomorrow's world. New York: W. Morrow & Co., 1996. HB 3730 .T55 1996 Tourism, crime and international security issues. ed. by Abraham Pizam and Yoel Mansfeld. New York: Wiley, 1996. G 155 .A1 T5897 1996 Watson, Dan. The assimilation of openly gay and lesbian police officers into the law enforcement culture: technical report. Sacramento, Calif: Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training, 1995. HV 8145 .C2 W37 1995b Marlene Kandel The Library received two wonderful memorial gifts this past year. A collection of books on sports, movies, and popular music was purchased with funds donated by members of the college community in memory of Bob Grappone. And in memory of Frederik Rusch's mother, Lis Lunning Rusch, members of the English Department gave a gift for the purchase of books about New York City. Interlibrary Loan/Faculty Information Services In order to better facilitate faculty research, the Library has reorganized its interlibrary loan unit. Now called Interlibrary loan/Faculty information services and headed by Marilyn Lutzker, the unit hopes to provide upgraded services for scholarly research in the following ways: LOAN REQUESTS: Easier/faster request method: ARTICLES: Faster receipt of articles in your office: -As soon as we receive the article, you will be notified by telephone, and it will be mailed to your office (unless we are instructed otherwise). There is no need to come to the library. BOOKS: Nothing really new here: NOTIFICATION: We will get back to you: KEEPING CURRENT with journals we don't own: NOTHING IS COST FREE Understand the costs involved in Interlibrary loan: Recognize that this resource must be shared: Finally, it remains your responsibility to: -Request only what you really need. Every year we process requests for books and articles which are never picked up. This is a real waste of resources. -Return books on time. Other libraries are less likely to respond to our requests if they have to chase down their materials. Marilyn Lutzker While we were unable to hold our annual library benefit book sale last spring, we do plan to hold it this fall in the Theatre Lobby. But we need volunteers. If you can give two or three hours of your time organizing and selling books on November 11 and 12, please call Jane Theile at x8238. Monday - Thursday..........................................9am - 10pm Larry Sullivan, Chief Librarian, 8265, lesjj@cunyvm Full-Time Support Staff Dee Dee Aikens: Interlibrary Loan, 8257
Circulation: 8225
Editor: Jane Davenport |