LIBRARY NEWS
LIBRARY EVENTS
*Search Committee Appointed at IU Bloomington
The search committee for Head of the HPER Library at IU Bloomington has been appointed. The members are: Julie Bobay (Chair), SLIS Library; Yolanda Cooper-Birdine (ex-officio), Libraries Human Resources; David Gallahue, HPER; Jennifer Gerber, Chemistry Library; Barbara Hawkins, HPER; Emily Okada, UGLS; Frank Quinn, Reference; Jack Raglin, HPER; Terry Reynolds, Business/SPEA Library.
Nominations for the Jenkins Award are due in Libraries Human Resources on February 1, 2000. 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
*International Miniature Book Collection On Display At IUPUI
The University Library (UL) of Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) has announced the presentation of a collaborative display of miniature books from the collections of the Miniature Book Society, Inc., the Lilly Library of Indiana University, Bloomington and the Ruth Lilly Special Collections and Archives of the IUPUI University Library. The exhibit, "Miniature Books of the World," is currently open to the public through January 28, 2000 in the UL Level One Lobby.
The Miniature Book Society, Inc. is an international non-profit organization founded in Ohio in 1983, and is focused on an art of book printing and collecting that was formally established during the Middle Ages. As a means of fulfilling it purpose to "encourage the love of miniature books," the Society has established a national traveling exhibit that includes over 100 books. The current traveling collection features Old King Cole, the smallest book in the world, according to the Guinness Book of World Records.
Also featured in the national touring exhibition is Where and What and Whom, a 1997 Distinguished Book Award Winner by Paul Brown, Associate Dean of the Herron School of Art at IUPUI. The 24-page book is 3" X 2" and is published by Brown Trout Press, Bloomington, Indiana.
The Ruth Adomeit Collection of Miniature Books, comprised of 16,000 items, was received in the form of a bequest to the Lilly Library of Indiana University, Bloomington in 1996. The full collection includes several materials dating back to 2000 B.C., with a majority representing printings from the early 1600's on the European continent to the American Far West through 1870. On display at the University Library will be a portion of the collection including: The History and Description of the Famous Cathedral of St. Paul's London, 1741; Portraits of the Sovereigns of England, with drawings by Alfred Mills, 1817; A Weed Among the Flowers, by Graham Greene, 1990.
A sampling of miniature books that are housed in the UL Ruth Lilly Special Collections & Archives, will supplement the Level One display, and will include: Maximiliano et Elisabeth, published in 1629; The Blind Beggar, from the 1800's; English-French Dictionary, a 20th century publication.
For further information on this special exhibition, please contact Norman Brandenstein, External Relations Team, at (317) 278-0232 or nbranden@iupui.edu.
CONTACT:
Norman Brandenstein
External Relations Team
IUPUI University Library
Phone: (317) 278-0232
FAX: (317) 278-2300
nbranden@iupui.edu
*The Fine Arts Library Benefit Dinner
The Annual Fine Arts Library Benefit Dinner sponsored by the Friends of
art will be held on Saturday, January 29.
5:00 p.m. Lecture by Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr., Fine Arts Bldg 102.
"Random Notes from a Bookbuilder"
6:00 p.m. Hors d'oeuvres, Fine Arts Library Foyer, IU Art Museum
6:30 p.m. Dinner, Fine Arts Library
Mr. Kennedy, Jr., Assistant Professor of Graphic Design at IU's School of Fine Arts, has earned international recognition as a bookbuilder. His artists' books are in art libraries and universities across the U.S. This lecture is free and open to the public.
The dinner is $40.00 per person and $20.00 of this amount is tax-deductible. If you cannot attend the dinner, but would like to make a donation, your gift would be greatly appreciated--and is fully tax deductible. January 19 is the reservation deadline.
If you would like more information, please call 855-5300.
BJ Irvine, Fine Arts Librarian, IU Bloomington
International Miniature Book Collection Display
IUPUI University Library, UL Level One Lobby
Open through January 28
IUPUI
Fine Arts Library Benefit Dinner
Saturday, January 29
5:00-6:30 p.m.
Fine Arts Library
IU Bloomington
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