LIBRARY NEWS
LIBRARY EVENTS
Effective January 4, 2001 Helena Walsh resigned from her position as Office Services Assistant in the Technical Services Department of the Main Library at IU-Bloomington.
Effective January 5, 2001 Neil Foulger resigned from his position as Acquisitions Coordinator in the Technical Services Department of the Main Library at IU-Bloomington.
I am happy to announce that effective January 8, Matt Jadud accepted the position in UITS of Software Analyst/Programmer on the Digital Music Library project. Matt is currently completing his M.A. in computer science at IU and will be continuing in the doctoral program. He has a B.A. in physics from Kenyon College. Matt has taught courses for the IU CS department and School of Education and also developed a web-based course management system for the CS department. Please join me in welcoming Matt to the Digital Library Program and the Digital Music Library project!
Jon Dunn, Assistant Director for Technology, Digital Library Program
Nominations for the Jenkins Award are due in Libraries Human Resources on February 1, 2001. This award is presented annually to current or former IU-Bloomington librarians in recognition of outstanding contributions to the IU Libraries or to the library profession. For a copy of the nomination form or for more information about the award, consult the Library Faculty Handbook on the web at http://www.indiana.edu/~libpers/jenkins.html or contact Betty Bell in Libraries Human Resources at 855-8196 or bettbell@indiana.edu.
*WebCat: Beyond the Basics -- Workshops for Public Services Staff
There are still some spaces left in the WebCat: Beyond the Basics Workshops. We have also added another workshop at Fort Wayne. The remaining workshops are:
Friday, January 19
Main Library - Bloomington (Room E172)
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Wednesday, January 24
University Library -- IUPUI (Room UL0106)
1:00 - 3:00 pm
Thursday, February 1
IPFW Library
1:00 - 3:00 pm
To ensure we have adequate space for everyone, please sign up for a preferred time. You may register by contacting Nonie Watt at wattn@indiana.edu indicating your preference. Additional workshops may be scheduled if demand warrants.
The sessions include an in-depth look at the features and functionality of the new OPAC. Before attending the workshop, it would be helpful for participants to have completed the WebCat online tutorial found at http://www.indiana.edu/~sirsi/webcat and to have at least some minimal experience using the WebCat. The objective of these workshops is to follow up on that basic instruction, with more attention paid to sophisticated search techniques as well as features of the system that may be less intuitive, all in a "live" environment rather than a test database. In addition, instructional handouts that could be adapted for local library usage are provided.
Coming later in January and in February will be follow-up sessions, entitled Introduction to WorkFlows, designed to train public services staff in locating information only available from the staff side of Unicorn. The schedule will be announced in next week.
--Rosanne Cordell, Mary Popp, and Nonie Watt
ALA
January 12-17
Washington DC
Martin Luther King Holiday
January 15
WebCat Workshop
Friday, January 19
Main Library - Bloomington (Room E172)
9:00 am - 11:00 am
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