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  The Use of AI Tools for Enhancing Digital Library Services With Information Architects as Responsible Partners

  Joanne Parandjuk and Sunghae Ress

  Digital Libraries Across Continents illustrates how digital librarianship practitioners and scholars digitize, exhibit, and preserve their cultural heritage, and how these practices may be influenced by the policy, economic, and sociocultural environments in which they are developed.

  Including scholarly articles, case studies, examples of best practice, and conceptual essays solicited from different continents, this book provides an overview of the status quo of digital libraries around the globe. The case studies examine how macro-level policy, funding, and social priorities influence the development of digital libraries. The volume offers a deeper understanding of the similarities and differences between libraries in different countries and the ways in which they view, foster, develop, and sustain digital librarianship. Chapters within the book examine systems, standards, workflows, content, protocol, social and policy environments, culture, metadata, and more, through a series of case studies provided by practitioners working in these settings. Taking a comparative international approach, the book promotes the development of inclusive, accessible, and sustainable digital libraries that serve a global human knowledge endeavor.

  Digital Libraries Across Continents provides a wide-ranging examination of issues in cross-border digital library contexts. It will be essential reading for library practitioners, as well as information scientists and educators.

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  There is a Future if there is Truth: It’s not a Lesser Evil

  Comisión de la Verdad; Angela D. Nichols ,Translator; Andrés Ramírez , Translator; Brooke Zimmerman , Translator; Lina Sofía Vásquez , Translator; Salomé Díaz Gómez , Translator; Isa Marin , Translator; Aura Cuasquer Ordonez , Translator; Sofía Blanco , Translator; Laura Sofia Gallo , Translator; Gabriella Maya , Translator; Maria Gabriela Escobar Valencia , Translator; and Juliana Ramírez Restrepo , Translator

  The volume "It's Not a Lesser Evil: Children and Adolescents in the Armed Conflict" addresses the impacts of the war and the violence directed against the population under eighteen years of age as revealed by the Truth Commission's hearings. The testimonies highlight the experiences of loss and orphanhood, and the attacks on schools and their surroundings, as the most invisible experiences suffered by Colombian children and adolescents, while forced displacement was the most frequent and widespread form of violence. It also delves into the recruitment of children and adolescents by armed groups as an intentional and systematic phenomenon of the Colombian conflict and, finally, examines the coping mechanisms and resilience of these victims, who, despite being marked by such painful experiences, found ways to fight for their rights and redefine their stories.

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  Lofty Expectations: Don Carlos Buell’s Mexican-American War Education

  Stephen D. Engle

  Long overshadowed by the American Civil War, the Mexican—American War (1846–1848) has received significantly less attention from historians partly because of its questionable origin and controversial outcome. Rather than treat the conflict with a form of historical amnesia, the contributors to this volume argue that the Mexican—American War was a formative experience for the more than three hundred future Civil War generals who served in it as lower—grade officers. The Mexican War was the first combat experience for many of them, a laboratory that equipped a generation of young officers with practical lessons in strategy, tactics, logistics, and interpersonal relationships that they would use later to command forces during the Civil War.

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  In Pursuit of Justice: The Life of John Albion Andrew

  Stephen Engle

  Widely known as the "poor man's lawyer" in antebellum Boston, John Albion Andrew (1818-1867) was involved in nearly every cause and case that advanced social and racial justice in Boston in the years preceding the Civil War. Inspired by the legacies of John Quincy Adams and Ralph Waldo Emerson, and mentored by Charles Sumner, Andrew devoted himself to the battle for equality. By day, he fought to protect those condemned to the death penalty, women seeking divorce, and fugitives ensnared by the Fugitive Slave Law. By night, he coordinated logistics and funding for the Underground Railroad as it ferried enslaved African Americans northward. In this revealing and accessible biography, Stephen D. Engle traces Andrew's life and legacy, giving this important, but largely forgotten, figure his due. Rising to national prominence during the Civil War years as the governor of Massachusetts, Andrew raised the African American regiment known as the Glorious 54th and rallied thousands of soldiers to the Union cause. Upon his sudden death in 1867, a correspondent for Harper's Weekly wrote, "Not since the news came of Abraham Lincoln's death were so many hearts truly smitten."

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  I Stood Before His Silent Grave: John Albion Andrew: The Soul of a Champion

  Stephen D. Engle

  Final Resting Places brings together some of the most important and innovative scholars of the Civil War era to reflect on what death and memorialization meant to the Civil War generation—and how those meanings still influence Americans today. In each essay, a noted historian explores a different type of gravesite—including large marble temples, unmarked graves beneath the waves, makeshift markers on battlefields, mass graves on hillsides, neat rows of military headstones, university graveyards, tombs without bodies, and small family plots. Each burial place tells a unique story of how someone lived and died; how they were mourned and remembered. Together, they help us reckon with the most tragic period of American history.

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  The Shiloh Campaign

  Stephen D. Engle

  Every time Union armies invaded Southern territory there were unintended consequences. Military campaigns always affected the local population -- devastating farms and towns, making refugees of the inhabitants, undermining slavery. Local conditions in turn altered the course of military events. The social effects of military campaigns resonated throughout geographic regions and across time. Campaigns and battles often had a serious impact on national politics and international affairs. Not all campaigns in the Civil War had a dramatic impact on the country, but every campaign, no matter how small, had dramatic and traumatic effects on local communities. Civil War military operations did not occur in a vacuum; there was a price to be paid on many levels of society in both North and South.
  
  The Oxford Handbook of the American Civil War assembles the contributions of thirty-nine leading scholars of the Civil War, each chapter advancing the central thesis that operational military history is decisively linked to the social and political history of Civil War America. The chapters cover all three major theaters of the war and include discussions of Bleeding Kansas, the Union naval blockade, the South West, American Indians, and Reconstruction. Each essay offers a particular interpretation of how one of the war's campaigns resonated in the larger world of the North and South. Taken together, these chapters illuminate how key transformations operated across national, regional, and local spheres, covering key topics such as politics, race, slavery, emancipation, gender, loyalty, and guerrilla warfare.

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  The Crimes of this Guilty Land: Will Never be Purged Away; But with Blood’: John Brown at the Charles Town Courthouse

  Stephen D. Engle

  Much has been written about place and Civil War memory, but how do we personally remember and commemorate this part of our collective past? How do battlefields and other historic places help us understand our own history? What kinds of places are worth remembering and why? In this collection of essays, some of the most esteemed historians of the Civil War select a single meaningful place related to the war and narrate its significance. Included here are meditations on a wide assortment of places--Devil's Den at Gettysburg, Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, the statue of William T. Sherman in New York's Central Park, Burnside's Bridge at Antietam, the McLean House in Appomattox, and more. Paired with a contemporary photograph commissioned specifically for this book, each essay offers an unusual and accessible glimpse into how historians think about their subjects

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  Gathering to Save a Nation: Abraham Lincoln and the Union’s War Governors.

  Stephen Engle

  In this rich study of Union governors and their role in the Civil War, Stephen D. Engle examines how these politicians were pivotal in securing victory. In a time of limited federal authority, governors were an essential part of the machine that maintained the Union while it mobilized and sustained the war effort. Charged with the difficult task of raising soldiers from their home states, these governors had to also rally political, economic, and popular support for the conflict, at times against a backdrop of significant local opposition. Engle argues that the relationship between these loyal-state leaders and Lincoln's administration was far more collaborative than previously thought. While providing detailed and engaging portraits of these men, their state-level actions, and their collective cooperation, Engle brings into new focus the era's complex political history and shows how the Civil War tested and transformed the relationship between state and federal governments.

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  The War Worth Fighting: Abraham Lincoln’s Presidency and Civil War America

  Stephen Engle

  This volume collects the papers of the 7th annual Larkin Symposium, adding additional essays to flesh out the collection, that explore the context of the Abraham Lincoln presidency, the implications of the Civil War and the new republic that emerged out of the conflict.

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  Don Carlos Buell: Misunderstood Commander of the West

  Stephen D. Engle

  Kentucky and Tennessee share a unique and similar history, having joined the Union as the fifteenth and sixteenth states in 1792 and 1796, respectively. During the antebellum period, Kentuckians and Tennesseans enjoyed a common culture, pursued a largely agricultural way of life, and shared many values, particularly a deepseated commitment to slavery. However, the people of these two sister states found themselves on opposing sides at the most critical time in American history, as Tennessee sided with the Southern states seceding from the Union, and Kentucky, after a brief period of neutrality, remained loyal to the Union. Each state assumed enormous importance to both the Union and the Confederacy, for whichever side controlled them commanded vast quantities of resources desperately needed by the South. Perhaps most important, control of this strategic region would determine where much of the fighting in the West would take place, either on northern soil or farther south. Both states felt the hard hand of war as the conflict visited them early and often, and Kentuckians and Tennesseans suffered the same hardships while war was waged within their borders.

  Surprisingly, the Civil War in the Volunteer and Bluegrass states has not garnered the attention by scholars that it deserves, and few works have dealt exclusively with both of these states. In Border Wars, prominent Civil War historians Benjamin Franklin Cooling, Stephen D. Engle, Earl J. Hess, Jack Hurst, and Wiley Sword, along with other distinguished scholars, explore the military contests in this vital region.

  There were several wars taking place simultaneously along the border of Kentucky and Tennessee. There was, of course, the war between the Union and the Confederacy, but there was also fighting between the Union occupiers and the pro­Southern civilians they encountered. Hostilities even existed between the Federal army and local Unionists in some areas, and there was conflict among some Union generals and among Confederate commanders in the region. With its unique exploration of these wars and conflicts and the individuals involved, Border Wars adds an important chapter to our nation’s history.

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  A Yankee Horseman in the Shenandoah Valley: The Civil War Letters of John H. Black.

  John H. Black

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  Library Issues in Adult Online Education

  Linda Marie Golian-Lui and Suzy Westenkirchner

  The book provides comprehensive coverage and definitions of the most important issues, concepts, trends and theories in adult education, adult ESL (English as a Second Language) and information communication technologies, offering an in-depth description of key terms and theories/concepts related to different areas, issues and trends in adult education worldwide

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  Yankee Dutchmen: Germans, the Union, and the Construction of a Wartime Identity

  Stephen D. Engle

  At its core, the Civil War was a conflict over the meaning of citizenship. Most famously, it became a struggle over whether or not to grant rights to a group that stood outside the pale of civil-society: African Americans. But other groups--namely Jews, Germans, the Irish, and Native Americans--also became part of this struggle to exercise rights stripped from them by legislation, court rulings, and the prejudices that defined the age.

  Grounded in extensive research by experts in their respective fields, Civil War Citizens is the first volume to collectively analyze the wartime experiences of those who lived outside the dominant white, Anglo-Saxon Protestant citizenry of nineteenth-century America. The essays examine the momentous decisions made by these communities in the face of war, their desire for full citizenship, the complex loyalties that shaped their actions, and the inspiring and heartbreaking results of their choices-- choices that still echo through the United States today.

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  All the President’s Statesmen: Northern Governors and the American Civil War

  Stephen D. Engle

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  Franz Sigel

  Stephen D. Engle

  In the making for almost a decade, the Dictionary of Missouri Biography is the most important reference work on Missouri biography to be published in the last half century. Written by nearly three hundred talented authors from around the country and edited by four of the leading authorities on Missouri history, this monumental work contains biographies of more than seven hundred individuals who have in some way made a contribution to the course of state and national history.

  Covering all periods as well as all regions of the state, this remarkable volume illustrates the state's cultural, racial, and ethnic diversity. Although the men and women chosen for inclusion in this book came from many walks of life, all of them were either born in Missouri or through their lives touched the state in a significant way. Many of the people will be instantly recognizable, but others will be less well known. Each of them, however, achieved notoriety in some area of activity—politics, business, agriculture, the arts, entertainment, sports, education, military service, diplomacy, social reform, civic improvements, science, or religion.

  Providing information on and insight into the lives, careers, personalities, and eras of all of the subjects, the book clearly presents the achievements of the featured individuals, as well as the richness of the state's heritage. Brief bibliographies after each entry direct the reader toward further research on a given subject.

  Written in an easy-to-read and accessible style, the Dictionary of Missouri Biography will be an indispensable reference. Scholars, researchers, and the general reader will turn to this guide repeatedly to discover useful and reliable information about noteworthy Missourians. Every library, every school, every historian, and every Missouri family will want this important new work.

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  Franz Sigel: Immigrated Turner from Baden

  Stephen D. Engle

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  Thank God He Has Rescued His Character: Albert Sidney Johnston, Southern Hamlet of the Confederacy

  Stephen D. Engle

  In May 1861, barely a month into the Civil War, the fledgling Confederate Congress created the rank of full general. By early summer, President Jefferson Davis had appointed four individuals to the rank: Albert Sidney Johnston, Samuel Cooper, Robert E. Lee, and Joseph E. Johnston. At the end of August 1861, P.G.T. Beauregard, hero of Fort Sumter and 1st Manassas, joined the group. Throughout the course of the war, three others would rise to the rank of full general. Braxton Bragg, chief of staff under Albert Sidney Johnston, succeeded his commander after he fell at Shiloh. Edmund Kirby Smith led the Trans-Mississippi Department and received a promotion. The last to hold the rank, John Bell Hood, assumed the position temporarily when he replaced Joseph Johnston as commander of the Army of the Tennessee in July 1864. These generals had an enormous impact on the outcome of the war, yet never before have they been examined collectively. Now eight preeminent Civil War historians offer fresh perspectives on each of these leaders, analyzing their battlefield performance and highlighting the importance of politics and personality in shaping the Confederacy's war effort.

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  The American Civil War: This Mighty Scourge of War

  Gary Gallagher, Stephen Engle, Robert Krick, and Joseph Glatthaar

  Illustrated with over 150 contemporary black and white and colour images, and with 40 specially commissioned full-colour maps, this volume brings together the work of four leading US historians to provide a thoroughly comprehensive and insightful guide, packed with first-hand accounts.

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  Civil War: Sumter to Appomattox

  Gary Gallagher, Stephen Engle, Robert Krick, Joseph Glatthaar, and James McPherson

  The four long years of Civil War saw fighting across America on an unprecedented scale, incurring losses to both sides to an extent never previously imagined. As the battles raged from east to west, from the First Battle of Bull run to Sherman's march to the Sea, no part of America remained untouched by the war, with families finding themselves torn and fighting on opposing sides. More than 150 years on, the war continues to fascinate us, and the key commanders, both presidents, and battle sites are forever enshrined in America's history.
  
  With a foreword by James McPherson, this volume brings together the work of four leading US historians to provide a thoroughly comprehensive and insightful study of the war, packed with first-hand accounts from soldiers and civilians alike. Superbly illustrated with more than 150 contemporary black-and white and color images, and with 40 specially commissioned full-color maps, this edition provides an analysis of the causes, events, and effects of the Civil War.

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  Struggle for the Heartland: The Campaigns From Fort Henry to Corinth

  Stephen Engle

  Struggle for the Heartland tells the story surrounding the military campaign that began in early 1862 with the advance to Fort Henry and culminated in late May with the capture of Corinth, Mississippi. The first significant Northern penetration into the Confederate west, this campaign saw the military coming-of-age of Ulysses S. Grant and offered a hint as to where the Federals might win the war. For the South, it dashed any hopes of avoiding a protracted conflict. Stephen D. Engle colors in the details that bring great clarity and new life to the scene of these battles as well as to the social and political context in which they occurred.

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  The American Civil War: The War in the West, 1861- July 1863

  Stephen Engle

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  Don Carlos Buell

  Stephen D. Engle

  With illustrations, maps, and primary source documents, the volume offers more than 1,600 entries that chart the war's strategic aims, analyze diplomatic and political maneuvering, describe key military actions, sketch important participants, assess developments in military science, and discuss the social and financial impact of the conflict. The editors maintain a balanced coverage of the Confederate and Union sides, ensuring that this encyclopedia is the ultimate guide to the war for aficionados of both the North and the South. Written by the leading Civil War scholars at work today, the essays are both authoritative and easily accessible to anyone with a passion for American history." "Over 1,600 signed entries, each with references to further reading; more than 300 contributors, including today's premier Civil War scholars; 500 illustrations, including contemporary lithographs, photographs, and drawings; 75 maps created especially for this encyclopedia; over 250 primary source documents, including the Dred Scott decision and Robert E. Lee's farewell address; a chronology of major political, military, and diplomatic events; a glossary that defines military terms and explains usages peculiar to the period; a special battlefield section for sites in sixteen states, with location maps; and exhaustive subject index and cross-referencing."--Jacket.

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  Franz Sigel

  Stephen D. Engle

  "With illustrations, maps, and primary source documents, the volume offers more than 1,600 entries that chart the war's strategic aims, analyze diplomatic and political maneuvering, describe key military actions, sketch important participants, assess developments in military science, and discuss the social and financial impact of the conflict. The editors maintain a balanced coverage of the Confederate and Union sides, ensuring that this encyclopedia is the ultimate guide to the war for aficionados of both the North and the South. Written by the leading Civil War scholars at work today, the essays are both authoritative and easily accessible to anyone with a passion for American history." "Over 1,600 signed entries, each with references to further reading; more than 300 contributors, including today's premier Civil War scholars; 500 illustrations, including contemporary lithographs, photographs, and drawings; 75 maps created especially for this encyclopedia; over 250 primary source documents, including the Dred Scott decision and Robert E. Lee's farewell address; a chronology of major political, military, and diplomatic events; a glossary that defines military terms and explains usages peculiar to the period; a special battlefield section for sites in sixteen states, with location maps; and exhaustive subject index and cross-referencing."--Jacket.

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  German Americans

  Stephen D. Engle

  "With illustrations, maps, and primary source documents, the volume offers more than 1,600 entries that chart the war's strategic aims, analyze diplomatic and political maneuvering, describe key military actions, sketch important participants, assess developments in military science, and discuss the social and financial impact of the conflict. The editors maintain a balanced coverage of the Confederate and Union sides, ensuring that this encyclopedia is the ultimate guide to the war for aficionados of both the North and the South. Written by the leading Civil War scholars at work today, the essays are both authoritative and easily accessible to anyone with a passion for American history." "Over 1,600 signed entries, each with references to further reading; more than 300 contributors, including today's premier Civil War scholars; 500 illustrations, including contemporary lithographs, photographs, and drawings; 75 maps created especially for this encyclopedia; over 250 primary source documents, including the Dred Scott decision and Robert E. Lee's farewell address; a chronology of major political, military, and diplomatic events; a glossary that defines military terms and explains usages peculiar to the period; a special battlefield section for sites in sixteen states, with location maps; and exhaustive subject index and cross-referencing."--Jacket.

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  Don Carlos Buell: Most Promising of All

  Stephen Engle

  "A conservative Democrat who argued for limited war aims, Buell viewed the Civil War as a contest to restore the antebellum Union rather, than a struggle to bring significant social change to the slaveholding South. Stephen Engle explores the effects that this attitude - one shared by a number of other Union officers early in the war - had on the Northern high command and on political-military relations. He examines Buell's disputes with such figures as Andrew Johnson (then military governor of Tennessee), Henry W. Halleck, George B. McClellan, and Abraham Lincoln. In addition, Engle offers a detailed look at events in the Western Theater during the fall and winter of 1862 and shows how quarreling among Union commanders slowed Northern progress in that vital region." "Engle also devotes considerable attention to the ramifications within the Army of the Ohio of its commander's proslavery leanings. Buell's orders and pronouncements concerning contraband slaves and the treatment of Confederate civilians placed him at odds with a significant portion of the men under his command - a fact that suggests that antislavery sentiment within the ranks of the Union army was more pronounced than previously believed."--BOOK JACKET.