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The departmental phone number (517.353.7209), the 800 number for Canada and the US (800-446-TGIF), and the fax number (517.353.1975) remain the same.
The new staff phone numbers are:
Pete Cookingham 517.884.1950
Sue Depoorter 517.884.1951
Mike Schury 517.884.1952
Leslie Behm 517.884.195350th Perpetual Academic subscriber to TGIF!
TIC is pleased to announce the 50th academic institution to become a Perpetual Subscriber with access to TGIF! Sheridan College, serving northern Wyoming, (USA) joins these other recent institutional subscribers who have also now made direct access to TGIF via their own websites available to their students, faculty, and staff :
University of Florida (USA)
University of Guelph (CANADA)
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities (USA)
Teagasc College of Amenity Horticulture IRELANDThe Perpetual institutional subscribers now represent 32 states in the USA, 4 Canadian provinces, and 5 other countries. See the complete list at: http://www.lib.msu.edu/tic/starserv/foundstu.html
TGIF Reaches a Milestone
The number of records in TGIF is now over 130, 000.
Academic Institutions -- Don't Miss Out on a Great Deal, 2007 is Nearly Over
In 2008, prices for academic subscribers will be increasing. If your institution is not already a subscriber (see list of current subscribing institutions at: http://www.lib.msu.edu/tic/starserv/foundstu.html), now is a great time for them to consider a subscription. And a perpetual subscription is a great deal -- locks in your subscription and there is less paperwork.
For the remainder of 2007, the prices are:
I. Perpetual
“ARL Institutions” - $3,000.
non-ARL university or college 4 year - $2,000.
Two-year or community college - $1,000.
II. Annual
Any institution $500.Golf Course Management Magazine is now completely digitized
GCSAA members now have access to the entire archive of Golf Course Management Magazine and its predecessor publications dating back to 1933 through an agreement with GCSAA and Michigan State University's Turfgrass Information Center (TIC). Through this online digitized archive, which can be accessed on the GCSAA Web site at http://www.gcsaa.org/GCM/Archive.aspx, members can browse year-by-year or they can do a search by term to retrieve the PDF files from 1933. In addition, all TIC subscribers will have access to the archive through TGIF.
In the past, GCSAA readers could search the GCM archive on the GCSAA Web site, which only went back to 1996, or subscribers to the TIC's Turfgrass Information File could search for GCM articles from the past, but would only see which issue the article appeared in, and then would have to physically find the article themselves.
Clifford Haka, director of Michigan State University Libraries, said the new archive changes all that, as now after a search GCSAA members can see a PDF of the article they are looking for. "The digitization makes a much more usable tool for any of our subscribers. It takes out the step of having to go and physically find a particular issue of GCM, assuming they even had access to that issue," he said.
The addition of the full content of GCM into the TIC was the result of cooperation and dedication of TIC and MSU staff and students, and involved more than 70,000 pages of material, 700 issues of the magazine, manually splitting nearly 30,000 PDFs, harvesting the citations for more than 10,400 turfgrass-related citations and linking more than 9,700 citations to the PDFs.
"GCM is an outstanding addition to the full-text offerings within TGIF, providing useful and relevant information for superintendents, researchers, students and others in the turfgrass industry," Haka said of the addition of GCM to the TGIF.
As part of the ongoing cooperative project of GCSAA and the Michigan State University Libraries, as new GCMs are produced, materials will be scanned and made available one month following the date of publication.
Golf Course Management -- or GCM -- is the monthly publication of the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America, and is consistently rated as the No. 1 publication in the golf course maintenance industry. The magazine is dedicated to advancing the golf course superintendent profession and helping GCSAA members achieve career success and the success of their golf facility. The magazine provides authoritative "how-to," career-oriented, technical and trend information from industry experts, researchers and golf course superintendents.
GCSAA is a leading golf organization and has as its focus golf course management. Since 1926, GCSAA has been the top professional association for the men and women who manage golf courses in the United States and worldwide. From its headquarters in Lawrence, Kan., the association provides education, information and representation to more than 21,000 members in more than 72 countries. GCSAA’s mission is to serve its members, advance their profession and enhance the enjoyment, growth and vitality of the game of golf. The association's philanthropic organization, The Environmental Institute for Golf, works to strengthen the compatibility of golf with the natural environment through research grants, support for education programs and outreach efforts. Visit GCSAA at www.gcsaa.org.
For more information contact:
Ed Hiscock, Golf Course Management editor in chief, at 800-472-7878, ext. 4431
Carrie Riordan, GCSAA director, information and public policy, at 800-472-7878, ext. 3610
Clifford Haka, director, Michigan State University Libraries, at 517-432-6123, ext., 143
Pete Cookingham, Turfgrass Information Center, at 517-432-6123, ext. 274Best Approach Publications Donates Scorecards and Yardage Guides
Best Approach Publications, founded by Gary Mannies and Mike Howell, is a company based out of Arizona that specializes in golf course-related publications. The company’s services include yardage guide and scorecard printing, pinsheets, course measurement and marking and animated flyovers. Since March 2006, Best Approach has donated 418 yardage guides from 297 golf facilities in 16 countries to TIC’s growing yardage guide and scorecard collection. Additionally, they have supplemented the collection with an employee guide, a player’s journal, a yardage marker and two caddie books. The breadth of these donations has enhanced both the quality and content of TIC’s yardage guide collection, an endeavor that began in early 2006. By collecting these yardage guides, we are able to document the often-changing architecture of represented golf courses at a given point of time. This new collection currently holds scorecards and yardage guides from over 550 facilities around the world. Special thanks to Gary Mannies and Nancy Spraggins of Best Approach Publications for their consistent, quality donations to this collection.
Breeding for Drought Topic
One of the major news items this summer/fall has been water restrictions and rationing. The Turfgrass Information Center has a bibliography on Breeding for Drought linked on the home page or just click on the name and go directly to the topic.
New Academic Subscribers to TGIF
Students, faculty, and staff at several academic institutions now have direct perpetual access to TGIF from their campuses.They include:
California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo (USA)
Elmwood College (Fife, Scotland, UNITED KINGDOM)
North Carolina State University (USA)
University of Queensland (AUSTRALIA)
Sveriges Lantbruksuniversitet (SWEDEN)
Utah State University (USA)
Writtle College (Essex, England, UNITED KINGDOM)We welcome these new subscribers; see: http://www.lib.msu.edu/tic/starserv/foundstu.html for a complete list of institutions with this arrangement in place. If you are affiliated with an institution not listed, or an alumni of one, ask why you/they don't have access!
Author interviewed on CBS Sunday Morning used TIC resources to write book
CBS Sunday Morning ran a segment on August 19, 2007, entitled “The history of the American lawnmower”, which featured an interview with Case Western Reserve University environmental historian Ted Steinberg, author of American Green. The MSU Libraries assisted Dr. Steinberg by providing workspace and resources in Special Collections and the Turfgrass Information Center. Several MSU Libraries employees were acknowledged by Dr. Steinberg, including Peter Berg (Special Collections), Pete Cookingham (Turfgrass Information Center), and Sue Depoorter (Turfgrass Information Center).
Great deal on subscriptions to TGIF database
If your academic institution isn't already a subscriber that provides access to TGIF on behalf of its faculty, staff, and students (see list of current subscribing institutions at: http://www.lib.msu.edu/tic/starserv/foundstu.html), now is a great time to consider a subscription.
For the remainder of 2007, the prices are:
I. Perpetual
“ARL Institutions” - $3,000.
non-ARL university or college 4 year - $2,000.
Two-year or community college - $1,000.
II. Annual
Any institution $500.Prices will be increasing January 1, 2008 so take advantage of the 2007 perpetual subscriber fee and become a subscriber now.
Beards visit the Turfgrass Information Center
During the week of August 17-24, 2007, Dr. and Mrs. James B Beard took up residence at TIC to continue the research on their latest book which will be published by the Michigan State University Press.
Donation of Korean Journal of Turfgrass Science
Dr. Ki Sun Kim, head of the Department of Plant Science at Seoul National University in Korea stopped in to TIC to donate to the MSU Libraries' James B Beard Turfgrass Library Collection bound copies of the Korean Journal of Turfgrass Science on behalf of the Turfgrass Society of Korea. This donation includes all issues from its start in 1987 to present. Among the 3,000+ member libraries within the WorldCat network it appears that none of the libraries yet own the title.
TGIF EndNote Filter Updated
EndNote is a bibliography management program that works with MS Word to create manuscripts with the in-text citations and bibliography. The filter for TGIF for importing references into EndNote has been updated. The filter can be found at: http://tic.msu.edu/TGIF.enf. EndNote staff modified the output style for Crop Science in April 2004. It appears to match the Publications Handbook and Style Manual requirements for in-text citations and the bibliography. If you have any questions or difficulty using EndNote, please contact TIC at tgif@msu.edu
Architects of Distinction Prior to ASGCA debuts with Thomas Bendelow (1868-1936)
TIC is pleased to announce that Thomas Bendelow is the first entry in the Architects of Distinction Prior to ASGCA, a new online resource which parallels the ASGCA Architect's Gallery. The Architects of Distinction Prior to ASGCA will profile notable golf course architects whose body of work pre-dates the founding of the American Society of Golf Course Architects in 1946. Thomas (Tom) Bendelow (1868-1936) was perhaps the most prolific golf course designer during the earliest era of American golf course growth. Please see: http://golfarchitects.lib.msu.edu/pre-ASGCA/bendelowt/ to view a list of golf courses designed by Tom Bendelow either alphabetically, by location, or by year of design. In addition, a "Philosophy of Design" statement abridged and reprinted from the book Thomas "Tom" Bendelow: The Johnny Appleseed of American Golf by Stuart Bendelow (Williams & Company, Publishers. Savannah, Georgia, 2006) is featured in the entry along with a link to Turfgrass Information File (TGIF) content by or about Tom Bendelow. Special thanks is extended to Stuart Bendelow, Tom's grandson, who compiled and made available the data for this entry. This strong entry sets the stage for other groups and individuals in the future to cooperate in the production of additional early golf architect entries. Please contact TIC to discuss other possibilities!
Arthur Jack Snyder Entry now in the ASGCA Architect's Gallery
An entry for the late Arthur Jack Snyder is now in the ASGCA Architect's Gallery. A biographical sketch, conversation with Snyder, his philosophy of design, and listing of courses worked on are included. Snyder's design work focused in the Southwestern USA. Featured design plans for his work include The Phoenician Resort in Scottsdale, AZ; Kaanapali Golf Club in Lahaina, Maui, HI; Cave Creek Golf Course in Phoenix, AZ; and Wailea Golf Club Blue Course in Wailea, Maui, HI.The TIC Blog has an RSS feed!
TIC has implemented an RSS feed for our blog. And what is an RSS feed, you might ask. It stands for Really Simple Syndication. To learn more about Web Feeds, how to subscribe to them, and how to read them, please see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_feeds Now you can stay up-to-date on all that is happening at TIC. many thanks to Dave Lutz, one of our students, who wrote the code for the RSS for the TIC Blog. Click on the little orange icon to subscribe.We will need your help!
TIC has begun a systematic process to attempt to ‘complete’ the holdings of both the O.J. Noer and James B Beard Collections. In the past we have identified some materials that we needed to acquire for the Noer Collection, and have made some of those needs known via our website, at: http://tic.msu.edu/needs.html -- but now we will be expanding & updating those listings, as well as detailing the Beard Collection needs for the first time. So if we think you might have some specific items which we’re looking for, we may approach you to help us out! Thank you in advance for any assistance you can provide -- watch for more information to follow on this.New Look for TGIF Records in Full Display
TGIF records now have a new look when displayed in full format. Each record is set off by a band of color which contains the record number. The finding aids section is off set by a band of a different color which includes the words: Choices for finding the above item:.
Items might be in the form of book, article, or an electronic resource such as a webpage, PDF, audio file, or video file. There might be a link to WorldCat (the world's largest network of library content and services) to find the closest copy of a book.
In addition, DOIs are being added to the records. What is a DOI? It stands for Digital Object Identifier which is the name for an entity on a network such as an electronic article. The DOI remains constant once it has been assigned regardless of change of ownership and provides a persistent link to the item.
To see what the new format looks like and what a DOI link is (Restrictions may apply- access depends on your institution's subscriptions), click this fastlink: http://www.lib.msu.edu/cgi-bin/flink.pl?recno=124641 for an example.
Google project may digitize MSU's turf Collections
Michigan State University is one of 12 Midwest universities that are part of a new agreement with computer search engine giant Google to digitize the most distinctive collections of the universities’ libraries. As part of the Google Book Search project, the agreement could result in the digitization of as many as 10 million volumes. The agreement between Google and the Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC) will help preserve and stabilize the libraries’ legacy collections, as well as provide broader and more in-depth access to historically significant print resources. The five unique collections from MSU Libraries that could be considered for inclusion in the project are: agriculture, Africana, Candiana, Russel B. Nye Popular Culture Collection, and turfgrass. Google will make the final decision on what to include.
Details of Turfgrass Collection
Through its collections of early and current publications, and its development of the online Turfgrass Information File database, the Turfgrass Information Center of the MSU Libraries is the world's leading research collection for the study of turfgrass. Turfgrass is a ubiquitous crop supporting a $50 billion per year business in the United States - from golf courses and stadiums to suburban lawns, highway margin ground cover and industrial park landscaping. The MSU Libraries began methodical collecting in this area in the 1960s and has benefited from the donation of the personal collections of key turf agronomists such as O. J. Noer and James B Beard. Materials date back as far as 1790 with expanded holdings in materials published since 1895 and continuing through the present day. The collection includes more than 3,000 bound volumes of serials, representing more than 300 serial titles and some 1,400 monographs. Three quarters of the cataloged titles are unique within the holdings of the combined CIC libraries.
Local news links relating specifically to MSU's participation:
http://wkar.org/morningedition/story.php?storyid=1140 audio interview with MSU Director of Libraries Clifford Haka
http://newsroom.msu.edu/site/indexer/3110/content.htm print news release from MSU
http://img.lib.msu.edu/libnews.ram local TV spot including some TIC shots
http://www.lsj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID
=/20070607/NEWS01/706070347/1102/news06 local newspaper article
http://www.statenews.com/article.phtml?pk=41290 local campus newspaper article
Other news links, from both other institutions and green industry sources :
http://www.innovations.harvard.edu/news/36321.html
http://news-releases.uiowa.edu/2007/june/060607google-faqs.pdf
http://www.athleticturf.net/athleticturf/
article/articleDetail.jsp?id=432488
http://www.landscapemanagement.net/
landscape/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=432484&ref=25
http://live.psu.edu/story/24623
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2007/06/07/googleNow in Place: ITS Journal and Proceedings Archive
The International Turfgrass Society’s (ITS) Journal and Proceedings can now be accessed through the Turfgrass Information File (TGIF), thanks to the agreement between the organization and the Turfgrass Information Center! The Journal and Proceedings have been produced every 4 years, following the International Turfgrass Research Conferences since 1969. Articles more than two years old having all named author’s copyright permission (form available at http://tic.msu.edu/itspermission.html) are available in full-text form through Adobe Reader 4.0 (or a later version). These archived issues can be easily located through the Turfgrass Information File’s “Browse Full-Text Journals (Logs Out)” option. From there, select International Turfgrass Society Research Journal and Proceedings from the list of available electronic journals. The journal can also be accessed through ITS’s website (http://www.uoguelph.ca/GTI/itsweb/) by members of ITS.
"The International Turfgrass Society(ITS) is a not-for-profit scientific organization established in 1969 to encourage research and education in turfgrass science, and to promote personal communication among the international community of turfgrass researchers by organizing international conferences to present turfgrass research and information on all phases of turfgrass production and use.
To this end, International Turfgrass Research Conferences (ITRC) are held at 4-year intervals. The hosts for past conferences have been England (1969), the United States (1973, 1993), Germany (1977), Canada (1981, 2001), France (1985), Japan (1989), Australia (1997), and Wales (2005).
The next ITRC will be held in Chile in 2009. A refereed Journal of turfgrass research papers is published in conjunction with each conference."
Access to ITS’s Journal and Proceedings collection should be of great use to many TGIF subscribers!
