Ellen Belcher, John Jay
Panel: Library
Title: "A Bibliographic and Cinematic History of the U.S. White Slavery Scare"
Panel: Library
Title: "A Bibliographic and Cinematic History of the U.S. White Slavery Scare"
Jay Bernstein, Kingsborough
Panel: Library
Title: "Measures of Author Impact and Eminence"
To measure author impact, the proposed research uses an innovative technique of analyzing random samples from OCLC WorldCat by counting (a) the number of bibliographic records of items by a given author; (b) the number of bibliographic records of items about that author; and (c) the number of items both by and about the author. These data are analyzed using set theoretical and probabilistic operations to determine the empirical laws describing the distribution of bibliographic entries. The methodology will be used to test rankings of authors in various domains, such as literature and philosophy, and will also be extended to other domains not normally thought of in terms of bibliographic impact, such as rankings of presidents and athletes.
Kathleen Collins, John Jay
Panel: Performing Arts Scholarship
Title: Watching What We Eat; A Cultural History of Television Cooking
The award funding will be used for photograph and video research for my forthcoming book on the evolution of television cooking shows. Since the first boxy black and white TV sets began to appear in American living rooms in the late 1940s, we have been watching people chop, sauté, fillet, whisk, flip, pour, arrange and serve food on the small screen. While variety shows, Westerns, and live, scripted dramas have gone the way of rabbit ear antennae, cooking shows are still being watched, often on high definition plasma screens via Tivo. Watching What We Eat explores the ways in which cooking shows are a unique social barometer, their legacy corresponding to the transition from women at home to women at work, from eight-hour to 24-hour workdays, from cooking as domestic labor to enjoyable leisure, and from clearly defined to more blurred gender roles. As the role of food changed from mere necessity to a means of self-expression and conspicuous lifestyle accessory, the aim of cooking shows shifted from didacticism to entertainment, providing instruction not simply on how to cook but on how to live.
Panel: Performing Arts Scholarship
Title: Watching What We Eat; A Cultural History of Television Cooking
The award funding will be used for photograph and video research for my forthcoming book on the evolution of television cooking shows. Since the first boxy black and white TV sets began to appear in American living rooms in the late 1940s, we have been watching people chop, sauté, fillet, whisk, flip, pour, arrange and serve food on the small screen. While variety shows, Westerns, and live, scripted dramas have gone the way of rabbit ear antennae, cooking shows are still being watched, often on high definition plasma screens via Tivo. Watching What We Eat explores the ways in which cooking shows are a unique social barometer, their legacy corresponding to the transition from women at home to women at work, from eight-hour to 24-hour workdays, from cooking as domestic labor to enjoyable leisure, and from clearly defined to more blurred gender roles. As the role of food changed from mere necessity to a means of self-expression and conspicuous lifestyle accessory, the aim of cooking shows shifted from didacticism to entertainment, providing instruction not simply on how to cook but on how to live.
Ewa Dzurak, Staten Island
Panel: Library
Title: "Polish Traces in American Anthropology: Sula Benet (1906-1982)"
Nancy Egan, John Jay
Panel: Library
Title: "Memories of a Border State: An Annotated Bibliography of Civil War Narratives by Marylanders"
This project will result in the development of a bibliography of narratives and memoirs of those participants in the American Civil War who came from the crucial border state, Maryland. While monographs of this nature are easily found through various sources and databases described below, those accounts published in periodicals and particularly in smaller, local periodicals have not been listed in any one place, making access to these materials-despite the potential value of their content-difficult and time consuming. The product should be suitable for publication as a short monograph by a historical society or for serialization in a historical journal.
Ka-Chuen Gee, Lehman College
Sheau-yueh Chao Baruch College
Panel: Library
Title: "The Second Generation Descendants of Yean Shih-kai, the First President of China"
Our project is about the compilation of a new genealogical record of a once very prominent family in modern Chinese history, the Yuan family of Xiangcheng, Henan. The family’s patriarch, Yuan Shikai, served as commander-in-chief of Qing Dynasty’s army, and later became the first President of the Republic of China. Through its political power and military might, the Yuan family played a key role in China’s evolution from an absolute monarchy to a democratic republic. Until Yuan’s death in 1917, genealogy of the Yuan family was well documented and recorded. However, in the subsequent wars and revolutions that followed his demise, the Yuan family was dispersed and no official genealogical record of the current Yuan generations was compiled. Yet, to allow such a distinguished family to lose its roots and fade away in history would not only be a disaster to the Yuan clan, but also a great loss to Chinese history. As a Yuan descendant, it is my responsibility to undertake the task to restore my family’s history. My collaborator, Professor Sheau-yuen Chao, is a genealogy scholar who also has a great interest in joining me in this endeavor. We plan to write a book that will trace as many as possible surviving Yuan descendants through personal interviews and oral history records. This book, tentatively entitled The Descendants of Yuan Shikai, the First President of China, will provide an accurate and updated continuation of the official genealogical history of the Yuan clan.
Sheau-yueh Chao Baruch College
Panel: Library
Title: "The Second Generation Descendants of Yean Shih-kai, the First President of China"
Our project is about the compilation of a new genealogical record of a once very prominent family in modern Chinese history, the Yuan family of Xiangcheng, Henan. The family’s patriarch, Yuan Shikai, served as commander-in-chief of Qing Dynasty’s army, and later became the first President of the Republic of China. Through its political power and military might, the Yuan family played a key role in China’s evolution from an absolute monarchy to a democratic republic. Until Yuan’s death in 1917, genealogy of the Yuan family was well documented and recorded. However, in the subsequent wars and revolutions that followed his demise, the Yuan family was dispersed and no official genealogical record of the current Yuan generations was compiled. Yet, to allow such a distinguished family to lose its roots and fade away in history would not only be a disaster to the Yuan clan, but also a great loss to Chinese history. As a Yuan descendant, it is my responsibility to undertake the task to restore my family’s history. My collaborator, Professor Sheau-yuen Chao, is a genealogy scholar who also has a great interest in joining me in this endeavor. We plan to write a book that will trace as many as possible surviving Yuan descendants through personal interviews and oral history records. This book, tentatively entitled The Descendants of Yuan Shikai, the First President of China, will provide an accurate and updated continuation of the official genealogical history of the Yuan clan.
Hal Grossman, Hunter
Panel: Library
Title: "Without Reserve: Jesse Shera in the Wilson Library Bulletin, 1961-1968"
Jesse Shera (1903-1982) was one of the most prominent and thought-provoking library leaders of his time. His vast written output, about 500 articles and books, touches on every aspect of librarianship. His 82 regular columns in the Wilson Library Bulletin from 1961 to 1968 provide a crystallization of his thinking and the starting point for my project. I hope to add to this an analysis of the correspondence between Shera and Kathleen Molz, editor of the magazine from 1962 to 1968, and an interview with Professor Molz. There are 496 pages of correspondence between Shera and Molz in the Jesse Shera Papers at the Case Western University Archives, Cleveland, Ohio.
James Kaser, Staten Island
Panel: Library
Title: "An Annotated Bibliography of Fiction Set in San Francisco"
This project will identify works of fiction set in San Francisco, California with the purpose of preparing a book-length annotated bibliography. An annotated bibliography is useful for scholars wanting to draw on fictional works as source material. Social historians interested in cultural economic, and political attitudes toward San Francisco as the focus of national attention during the gold rush and earthquake, or its role as a major entry point for West Coast immigrants, or its reputation as a place where alternative social groups flourished would find such works particularly useful. Literary scholars may wish to explore specific areas such as genre, issues of authorship, style, gender, sexuality,ethnicity, and the San Francisco popular literary tradition. During this project, bibliographic citations will be entered into a database and annotations written in preparation for a complete annotated bibliography. As I examine the fictional works to prepare annotations for my bibliography, I will also make research notes in anticipation of an article discussing how the books reflect shifting cultural attitudes prevalent during specific historical periods. Cover designs and illustrations are crucial to understanding the books as cultural artifacts, so I will be photographing relevant material. Research for this project will be undertaken in three special collections: The James D. Phelan California Authors Collection and the San Francisco History Collection at the San Francisco Public Library; and the California Fiction to 1900 Collection at the Bancroft Library (University of California, Berkeley).
Panel: Library
Title: "An Annotated Bibliography of Fiction Set in San Francisco"
This project will identify works of fiction set in San Francisco, California with the purpose of preparing a book-length annotated bibliography. An annotated bibliography is useful for scholars wanting to draw on fictional works as source material. Social historians interested in cultural economic, and political attitudes toward San Francisco as the focus of national attention during the gold rush and earthquake, or its role as a major entry point for West Coast immigrants, or its reputation as a place where alternative social groups flourished would find such works particularly useful. Literary scholars may wish to explore specific areas such as genre, issues of authorship, style, gender, sexuality,ethnicity, and the San Francisco popular literary tradition. During this project, bibliographic citations will be entered into a database and annotations written in preparation for a complete annotated bibliography. As I examine the fictional works to prepare annotations for my bibliography, I will also make research notes in anticipation of an article discussing how the books reflect shifting cultural attitudes prevalent during specific historical periods. Cover designs and illustrations are crucial to understanding the books as cultural artifacts, so I will be photographing relevant material. Research for this project will be undertaken in three special collections: The James D. Phelan California Authors Collection and the San Francisco History Collection at the San Francisco Public Library; and the California Fiction to 1900 Collection at the Bancroft Library (University of California, Berkeley).
Kate Lyons, Hostos
Lisa Tappeiner, Hostos
Panel: Library
Title: "Subject Cataloging for Video Games: Building a New Taxonomy"
The purpose of this project is to develop a controlled vocabulary for video games that could be integrated into academic libraries' catalogs.We have observed that current subject cataloging practices do not adequately capture the content of video games for the purposes of academic libraries. This project encompasses background research into current subject catalog practices for video games using Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) as well as creating an environment for online collaborative thesauri development. We plan to explore possibilities for including metadata into library catalogs that describes the learning outcomes associated with specific video games. We are also interested in investigating tags that users give video game resources on popular websites, and comparing these folksonomies with LCSH to determine whether the user-developed tags could improve access to the collections. The user-developed tags would form the basis for a controlled vocabulary that could be integrated into a MARC record and published online as a controlled vocabulary that canbe enhanced by gamers and educators.
Zuwang Shen, Bronx
Panel: Library
Title: "Library Print and Electronic Resources in Shanghai University and Implications to CUNY-China Program"
Judy Xiao, Staten Island
Panel: Library
"Information Literacy Education at Tsinghua University: A Case Study of Progress and Innovation"
A Case Study of Progress and Innovation Dubbed the "MIT of China," Tsinghua University in Beijing boasts a university library system that offers its students not only advanced information technology, rich information resources, but also a comprehensive library and information literacy program. In addition to a wide array of non-credit instruction and training programs, the library offers ten credit courses in library and information literacy taught to undergraduate and graduate students. Information literacy has been successfully integrated into the university curriculum. The purpose of this project is to provide an overview of Tsinghua University?s dynamic, multi-faceted, and multi-leveled information literacy program, which may serve as a model/guide for academic libraries interested in developing and improving information literacy education on their campuses. The research aims to identify students' attitudes toward credit courses offered by the library with a view to improving information literacy instruction and to advocating for the integration of library instruction into the college curriculum.
Panel: Library
Title: "Library Print and Electronic Resources in Shanghai University and Implications to CUNY-China Program"
Judy Xiao, Staten Island
Panel: Library
"Information Literacy Education at Tsinghua University: A Case Study of Progress and Innovation"
A Case Study of Progress and Innovation Dubbed the "MIT of China," Tsinghua University in Beijing boasts a university library system that offers its students not only advanced information technology, rich information resources, but also a comprehensive library and information literacy program. In addition to a wide array of non-credit instruction and training programs, the library offers ten credit courses in library and information literacy taught to undergraduate and graduate students. Information literacy has been successfully integrated into the university curriculum. The purpose of this project is to provide an overview of Tsinghua University?s dynamic, multi-faceted, and multi-leveled information literacy program, which may serve as a model/guide for academic libraries interested in developing and improving information literacy education on their campuses. The research aims to identify students' attitudes toward credit courses offered by the library with a view to improving information literacy instruction and to advocating for the integration of library instruction into the college curriculum.
