CDL: Generating list of authors for a specific campus

From: John P. Abbott <AbbottJP_at_appstate.edu> Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2008 09:04:47 -0400 To: COLLDV-L_at_usc.edu

Subject: Generating list of authors for a specific campus
From: Alison C Graber <Alison.Graber_at_Colorado.EDU>

Hi,

One of my compatriots has a question that I thought was perfect for 
the expertise on this list serve.  Please respond directly to Jennifer at:
    jennifer.knievel_at_colorado.edu

I will compile the responses and post it to the list.

Thanks  Alison
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Hello everyone,

I am trying to generate a list of books published by authors from my 
campus.  Ideally, I'll have something where I generate the list 
monthly or so, or even better, set up an alert so it's automatically 
sent to me.  Author affiliation does not appear to be included in 
WorldCat records or Amazon entries.  We use Blackwell's here and they 
have a way to search author affiliation, but I'm not sure what exactly 
is represented in their database (I'm still looking into that) and 
whether or not what the list I get there could be reasonably assumed 
to catch the bulk of titles.  It would be nice if I could limit the 
list to a certain set of departments, but I realize that's not very 
likely to be possible.  What do you all do to identify your faculty 
book publications?

Thanks,

Jennifer

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Jennifer Knievel
Humanities Reference and Instruction Librarian Reference and 
Instructional Services University of Colorado at Boulder Libraries 
jennifer.knievel_at_colorado.edu
303-492-8887

Alison Graber, Ed.D.
Social Sciences Reference/Instruction Librarian
University of Colorado at Boulder
University Libraries
303.492.7955