The GALILEO planet: the official newsletter of GeorgiA LIbrary LEarning Online [Spring/Summer 2008]

The Official Newsletter of GeorgiA LIbrary LEarning Online Spring/Summer 2008

Inside this edition . . .
Civil Rights Digital Library...................................1
GOLD/GALILEO..................2
New Members Welcome..............................3
Examing GALILEO..............4
Upcoming Conferences.........................4
EBSCO 2.0 .........................5
GALILEO Training...............5

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"One of our digital prizes."

"The long list of partners shows how ambitious the Civil Rights Digital Library Initiative is . . . The

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Civil Rights Digital Library promises to be an

extremely useful portal to civil rights history on

the web."

American Historical Association

Now available at http://www.civilrightslibrary.org
The struggle for racial equality in the 1950s and 1960s is among the most far-reaching social movements in the nation's history, and it represents a crucial step in the evolution of American democracy. The Civil Rights Digital Library (CRDL) promotes an enhanced understanding of the Movement by helping users discover primary sources and other educational materials from libraries, archives, museums, public broadcasters, and others on a national scale. CRDL is a partnership among librarians, technologists, archivists, educators, scholars, academic publishers, and public broadcasters. The initiative receives support through a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
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Members of the CRDL Steering Committee
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GALILEO welcomes the following new members to the GALILEO family.
GPALS Consortium Southern Catholic College
Private K-12 Consortium Darlington School
The Heritage School Monsignor Donovan Catholic High School
Providence Christian Academy St. Martin's Espisopal School
Tallulah Falls School The Weber School
For information on other GALILEO consortia, go http://www.usg.edu/galileo/about/inst The GALILEO Planet Page 3

Examining GALILEO
By Merryll S. Penson, Library Services

If you are like me, you are well aware of the increasing cost of gas and food; and if you read, view or surf the news you know the state of Georgia like many others is facing revenue shortfalls. So you will not be surprised to know that GALILEO and its member libraries are currently struggling with budget reductions for FY09 and FY10. At this time, we are not certain what the specific impact will be on GALILEO offerings for each of the user communities for this year or next. But, as stewards of Georgia's Virtual Library we need to continually assess the value of the databases to ensure that we are serving Georgians in the best way we can with the available resources. In order to help users be informed and transformed into more knowledgeable

citizens and students, do we have the right mix? Do we need different formats to reflect different learning styles of our users? Are there resources that, while nice and useful, could be eliminated for something that would provide more value? These kinds of collection development issues are not new to GALILEO or its user communities, but they will most certainly require more critical analysis and discussion during this coming year. Everyone's participation and feedback will be very important. Stay tuned!

PUBLICATION INFORMATION
Jayne Williams, Editor
The GALILEO Planet is published quarterly as a webbased newsletter reporting on GALILEO-related information.
Suggestions and contributions are encouraged.
Email: galileo.planet@usg.edu
Website: http://www.usg.edu/ galileo/about/news
GALILEO is an Initiative of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia.
"Creating A More Educated Georgia"

UPCOMING 2008 FALL CONFERENCES

Look for the GALILEO Exhibit Georgia Council of Media Organizations (COMO)

Booth and GALILEO

October 15-17, The Classic Center, Athens

staff presentations at these

upcoming conferences.

USG Annual Computing Conference October 22-24, Rock Eagle 4-H Center

Georgia Council for the Social Studies Annual Conference October 23-24, The Classic Center, Athens

Georgia Educational Technology Conference (GAETC) November 4-7, Georgia International Convention Center, College Park

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A New Search Experience with EBSCOhost 2.0
By GALILEO Staff

EBSCOhost has a new look with some exciting new features. Through feedback from a great deal of usability testing, EBSCO has developed a simple interface that allows for an easy, but powerful, search.
The new basic search screen offers a clean, simple search box for quickly typing in search terms and receiving results. Users wanting more choices for
searching can choose Search Options or Advanced Search for more limiters and search modes.

The new results screen provides more ways to limit results without performing a new search, as well as more options to view related materials and the folder. Some of the new features include
1) BreadcrumbTrail Users can narrow results using the list of subjects and source types on the left pane and then use the breadcrumb trail to remove any of the terms they choose.
2) Alert/Save/Share Users can easily save search and journal alerts, create an RSS feed, or share links in many social networking sites, such as Del.icio.us, Digg, Twitter, or Facebook.
3) Limit results from the results screen Users can now limit to peer-reviewed or full-text articles directly from the results screen.
4) Date slide limiter The date slide allows users to filter results by dates of their choosing.
5) Folder items Users can view the contents of their folder from the results screen.
6) Related information The results screen now includes images and other information related to search terms.
7) Preview pane Users can preview the article entry in a small window by clicking the icons beside each article.
These are just a few of the new features in EBSCOhost 2.0. For additional information, screenshots, help sheets, and tutorials, see the EBSCOhost 2.0 support site at http://support.ebsco.com/ebscohost2/.

Looking for GALILEO Training? Need instruction on how to use GALILEO databases? Want to learn more about the new GALILEO interfaces?
Check out our training schedule at http://www.usg.edu/galileo/help/library/training/
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