Billboard Series #103011. Wood, Acrylic, Spray paint, 42” X 144”.
Born out of the mesmerizing aesthetic of decaying freeway billboards, Billboard Series #103011, invites the viewer to ponder the ways in which revelation can emerge from disorder and entropy. Billboards are oriented towards frenetic creatures and are loud, temporary, and pervasive. Do they occasion the slow, meditative gaze necessary for disclosure of the numinous?
Please stop by and take a look at Rob Lee’s painting. His work fuses Abstract Expressionism and Pop art sensibilities, and often embodies a weathered, nostalgic presence. The passage of time—and the multiple narratives it holds—seems to arise from his work. Yet often the real is melded with the representational: the age of wood and the tatter of adverts are translated into paint. Making new into old, mess into glory, is a foundation of his aesthetic.
Fuller Seminary is pleased to announce that it has been awarded five identical collections of major works in the field of science and the human spirit through the ISSR’s competitive grant program. The collections will be housed separately in the Fuller Pasadena, Texas, Northwest, California Coast, and Southwest campus libraries.
Each collection is comprised of approximately 200 hardbound volumes that are representative of the most important authors and treat the vast range of interdisciplinary subject matter at the highest level of quality and scholarship. Selected through the ISSR’s rigorous peer review, these titles reflect no ideological or religious bias and are drawn from many faith traditions as well as authors with vigorously naturalistic perspectives. According to CIO and Assistant Provost for Library and Information Technology, Michael Murray, “We are thrilled that the ISSR is partnering with us as we seek to make materials like this available to Fuller students, faculty, and members of the broader academic community who are doing research at points of intersection between such fields as anthropology, philosophy, psychology, sociology, theology, and many others.”
The International Society for Science & Religion was established in 2002 for the purpose of the promotion of education through the support of inter-disciplinary learning and research in the fields of science and religion conducted where possible in an international and multi-faith context. For more information, please see http://www.issr.org.uk/.
Please stop by the David Allan Hubbard Library to view the Brehm Center’s latest art exhibits. Two different exhibits are on view: three works by Lynn Aldrich which will be on display until December 5, and a series of photographs by Whitney Warnes entitled, “The Look and Feel of Devotion: Buddhist and Muslim Aesthetics of Worship” which will be displayed until December 15. The photographs are part of a research project led by Professor William Dryness that eight Fuller students participated in over the past three years. Buddhist and Muslim believers were interviewed about the visual elements of their worship and the role visual elements play in their devotion. The research project and this exhibit were funded though a grant The Brehm Center was awarded from the Henry Luce Foundation.
Who was the first female faculty member, and what year was she hired?
When did Fuller begin to support women’s ordination?
Who was Fuller’s first female trustee?
Many of Fuller’s present faculty and staff championed the full affirmation of women in ministry and academic life back when the subject was debated at the institutional level. Can you name a few of these people?
Discover the answer to these questions and others you may have about the history of women’s participation and inclusion at Fuller. The exhibit, displayed in the first floor lobby, features the history of Fuller’s policy for admitting female students, the rise of women’s campus groups such as the Philotheans and Women’s Auxiliary, the appointment of female faculty members, and the successes of prominent Fuller alumnae. It will be on display until October 17th and then moved to Payton Hall for display during the entire 2012 calendar year.
The Library was pleased to host the 2011 West Coast Health Missions and Ministry Conference over the weekend of August 19-20. On Friday night, conference speakers gathered on our third floor in the Asian Christian Collections room and adjacent balcony to enjoy food and conversation together. The conference hosted 60 respected national and international speakers who lectured on topics ranging from human trafficking, to best practices in health missions, international health education, urban health, emotional care, palliative and hospice care, and dental care.
Dr. Peter Yorgin and Mr. Robert Arrington are cofounders of the conference which hosts 150 to 200 attendees each year. Dr. Yorgin donated a collection of bibliographic resources to the Library, and the Library made a select group of journals and databases available to attendees in support of their work in the mission field. If you are interested in medical missions, take a look at our Campus Guide on this cross-disciplinary ministry of the Church: http://campusguides.fuller.edu/medicalmissions
The library (Pasadena campus) will close early at 6:00 p.m. on Monday, July 21, due to a routine, local-area power outage scheduled by the City of Pasadena Water & Power Department for Monday evening.
Library hours for Monday, July 21: 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
All library-related technology and information services will be unavailable from 6:00 p.m. on July 21 through 9:00 a.m. on July 22. This includes the library’s website, electronic resources and databases, and Interlibrary Loan services (ILLiad).
If I write something and publish it, do I still have the right to use it in my classes and academic work?
I regularly hear this question in my work advising faculty on copyright here at Fuller. The answer, of course, is that it depends.
Any author or creator of original work immediately owns the copyright to that work. Whether they keep it or not after the work is published depends precisely upon what agreements and or contacts they enter into with the publisher.
Kenneth Crews
Intellectual Property Law expert and founding director of the Copyright Advisory Office at Columbia University, Kenneth Crews, has some advice for academics as they consider publishing their work:
Step 1: Anticipate Your Needs and Review Your Agreement
Review your agreement carefully and ascertain whether it meets your desires and needs. Does it allow you to use your own work as you might plan or expect in the future? One of the most important provisions affecting your rights is the copyright license or transfer:
A license is a grant of rights from you to the publisher, and you retain all other rights including the copyright itself. This option is usually most beneficial for the author. It allows the author to retain maximum control over the work, while still permitting the publisher to meet its needs. A grant of an “exclusive” license, however, means that you cannot also exercise any of the rights granted to the publisher. Watch the details.
A transfer or assignment of the copyright to the publisher is a grant of all of the legal rights. The principal rights that you have are only those rights that are explicit and specified in the agreement. Under this option, the author is no longer the copyright owner. The author needs to consider whether the rights in the agreement are satisfactory.
Be especially watchful of a provision calling your work a “work made for hire.” That concept is an even broader relinquishment of rights by you.
Especially if the agreement provides for an assignment of the copyright or other broad rights to the publisher, you will want to reserve explicit rights of use for yourself. Such rights could include:
Reproduction and sharing in teaching, scholarship, or research;
Use of the content in subsequent publications and projects;
Creation of related or “derivative” works, such as study guides or websites;
The right to be credited as the author;
Display or performance of images or audiovisual elements;
Posting the work to your personal or university website;
Depositing the work with digital repositories.
Step 2: Negotiate!
Do not hesitate to ask questions and negotiate. Publishers are interested in your work; otherwise they would not have asked to publish it. Working toward a better agreement—and fully comprehending its terms—can be critical. Take the time you need to understand the agreement and try to get any revisions you need.
Amendments to the publisher’s agreement may take place in two ways. One way to amend the agreement is to strike through unfavorable language and replace it with new language directly in the agreement. Another, perhaps easier, way is to supplement the agreement with a separate document that includes terms superseding any contradicting terms within the proposed agreement. Resources with suggested language and draft amendments are listed below.
On the other hand, if the publisher will not negotiate or will not grant the rights you need, you have to weigh your options. Are you prepared to find another publisher? Is this publishing opportunity important enough that you can accept the agreement? The decision will be a judgment call for the author in almost every situation.
Step 3: Sign the Agreement
Be sure to obtain confirmation that your amendments to the agreement are received and accepted by the publisher.
Step 4: KEEP A COPY of the Agreement
Keep a copy of the agreement for your records. This step may be the most important. When questions arise about rights to use your work, the answer often lies in the agreement. Do not depend on the publisher to keep the copy. You need to keep your own copy in your permanent files. Copyrights last for many decades, and sometimes researchers have needed to find agreements from the 1930s and earlier. It cannot be repeated too often: Keep a copy of your agreement!
The eReserves service provided by the David Allan Hubbard Library is always available to investigate whether or you need permission to use an item in your classes and secure permission if possible. When in doubt, submit a request in eReserves and we will do the leg-work. However, with a little forethought and negotiation it is possible to reserve the rights to make use of your own work and publish it.
The “Father of Christian Rock” and one of the key figures of the Jesus People Movement, Larry Norman left his mark on history as an evangelist and artist who used his talents to present the Gospel in the vernacular of the late ’60s and ’70s youth culture. His songs have been translated into over a dozen languages and recorded by over 300 artists. Friends and fans include Bono, Frank Black, Malcolm Muggeridge, and Francis Schaeffer, among others.
Please stop by the Library Lobby and see the exhibit. It will be on display until the end of June.
Jackson Wilcox is an American Baptist pastor, artist, writer, and editor with a ministry career spanning over six decades. At each congregation served he published church newsletters illustrated with his distinctive cartoons and drawings. As a pastor in Hollywood during the Jesus People Movement, he produced a number of cartoons that were published in the Hollywood Free Paper. This collection provides a unique window into the effort to make the Gospel accessible to the distracted youth in the cultural turmoil between 1968-1980.
The Jackson Wilcox Collection at the David Allan Hubbard Library includes cartoons, newsletters, sermon notebooks, newspaper columns, and other materials documenting the ministry of Jackson Wilcox. Come by and look at the exhibition while you sip a cup of joe and delay writing that midterm!
