1. Staff News
2. Marie T. Wright Recipient Of White Award
3. LIT URL Changed
4. IU Benefits & Forms
5. Tour Of University Archives
6. IULFC Meeting
7. Docent Training At Wylie House Museum
8. Seed Sale At Wylie House Museum
9. Videoconference On Electronic Licensing
10. Weekly Calendar
1. Staff News
Effective February 8, Christopher Harter has accepted the Assistant Circulation Supervisor position in Customer and Facilities Services. He has a background in a variety of library settings and an MLS from Indiana University.
Effective February 3, Lisa Howard resigned from her position as Assistant Circulation Supervisor in Customer and Facilities Services.
2. Marie T. Wright 1999 Recipient Of White Award
Marie T. Wright, Associate Librarian and Member of the External Relations Team at IUPUI University Libraries, has been chosen as the 1999 recipient of the Herbert S. and Virginia White Professional Development Award. Marie's award-winning project is to develop a Web-based annotated bibliography on the residual traces of Africa retained, either known or unknown, by African-Americans.
The White Award Committee was unanimous in its recommendation to Dean Thorin that Marie be selected for this award, and the Dean strongly supported the committee's advice and selected her as the successful applicant. Because of the interdisciplinary nature of the project, it has the potential for facilitating many different kinds of research. It has the possibility of becoming an important teaching tool for several Indiana University programs, and no doubt will be used by teachers and scholars at other educational institutions as well. Furthermore, since the bibliography will be a Web-based product, it will also serve those of the non-academic public. Hopefully, the resultant product of Marie's effort will help students, scholars, and all interested parties better recognize and appreciate a significant, but sometimes overlooked, part of our American experience.
Dean Thorin will present an award certificate to Marie on Librarians' Day in Kokomo this coming May 13. Congratulations, Marie!
---Wendell Johnting, chair of White Award Committee
Library Information Technology is happy to announce that its website has moved to this new URL: http://www.indiana.edu/~libauto/ Some of the information provided:
- How to contact LIT
- Web resources for library employees
- Lists of IUCAT and HRLCAT location codes
- IU-Microsoft license agreement information
- News, announcements, planning
Please bookmark this site.
-Joetta Black
LIT Service Center Coordinator
The University benefits Office has made forms for certain benefits plans available on the Web, so that employees may access them easily. The Web site is:
http://www.indiana.edu/~uhrs/benefits/index.html
Forms for the following benefit plans are available: Long-Term Disability Insurance, IU Precision POS Health Care, IU PPO Healthcare, Tax Saver Benefit Claim Form, Supplemental Life Insurance and Basic Life Insurance Plan. Additional forms will be included at a later date.
5. Tour Of University Archives
The Faculty and Staff Development Committee invites all interested library faculty and staff to tour the University Archives with Phil Bantin on Wednesday, February 24th at 2 p.m. Please join us to learn more about the Libraries' resources! Note that **space is limited**. If you'd like to attend, sign up with Kendra Boileau Stokes at kboileau@indiana.edu. Please sign up by February 15. I'll let you know when and where in the Main Library we will meet before walking over to Archives in Bryan Hall.
Thanks,
The Faculty and Staff Development Committee '98/'99
Spencer Anspach
Mary Buechley (chair)
Emma Dederick-Colon
Lila Fredenburg
Kay Martin
Andrea Morrison
Kendra Boileau Stokes
Peggy Underwood
IULFC is scheduled to meet on Thursday, February 18, 1999, from 2:00-3:30 P.M. Agenda items for this meeting may be submitted to Chris Long, IULFC Secretary, (celong2@iupui.edu) prior to February 11, 1999.
LOCATIONS:
IUB - Radio TV 175
IUPUI - ES 2101
IUSE - Hillside 102
IUSB - Northside 038
7. Docent Training At Wylie House Museum
Wylie House needs volunteer docents to give guided tours of the restored 1835 home of IU's first president. If you enjoy 19th-century American history, would like to learn more about everyday life 150 years ago, and can spend two to four afternoons a month sharing what you learn, this is for you! Docent Training will be offered Saturday, February 27 from 2 to 4 pm at Wylie House Museum, 307 E. 2nd Street in Bloomington. Register by calling 855-6224 or e-mail Bill Lawrence at wlawrenc@indiana.edu.
Wylie House Museum will hold its annual Spring Seed Sale on Saturday, March 6, from 10 am to 4 pm. Visitors to the Seed Sale can choose from more than 30 historic varieties of flower, herb and vegetable seeds -- all grown in the Wylie House garden using organic methods and germination-tested to ensure viability. These are varieties that were grown in America before 1850, and many are rare today. Seed packets include historical information, as well as how to grow and save seed.
A seed swap table will give local seed-savers an opportunity to exchange free seeds from their own gardens. (Seed swappers: please bring seeds that have been properly stored, labelled, and are not more than two years old.) And a resource area with information on seed-saving and heirloom gardening will prove helpful to beginning gardeners and veterans alike.
Wylie House Museum is located at 307 E. 2nd Street in Bloomington, Indiana. It is handicap accessible from the east drive. For more information, call 855-6224 or e-mail Larime Wilson at lajwilso@indiana.edu.
9. Videoconference On Electronic Licensing
Register now for "De-mystifying the Licensing of Electronic Resources," a videoconference co-sponsored by ARL and the Special Libraries Association and funded in part by Lexis-Nexis. The videoconference will be aired in Bloomington (place to be announced) March 4, 1999, from 1:00-4:00 p.m. Register by sending an email to Mary Hellmann (hellmann@indiana.edu) by March 1st. Seating is limited to 75 registrants. (All members of the IUB Libraries Senior Management Group are automatically registered, but contact Mary if you are UNABLE to attend. This will serve as our March 4th SMG meeting. Please mark your calendars.)
"De-mystifying the Licensing of Electronic Resources" is an excellent opportunity to learn the basics of licensing electronic resources. Panelists include Molly H. Sherden, Attorney with Peabody & Arnold, Boston; Pamela Clark, Vice President of American International Group, London and New York; and Trisha Davis, Head of Continuation Acquisition Division, Ohio State University Libraries. The Videoconference will cover the basic elements of a license agreement, the legal foundations of a license, including copyright and other relevant areas of the law, and user, access, and legal terms. Special Libraries Association is a certified provider of CEUs, participants will are earn 0.3 CEUs. For those who may be unable to attend that day, the videoconference will be videotaped so the video can be borrowed from Media/Reserves through March 30, 1999.
Watch next week's IUL News for additional details.
Martha Brogan
Associate Dean of Libraries & Director of Collection Development
Indiana University Libraries
Main Library C-2, 1320 East Tenth Street
Bloomington, IN 47405-1801
Main Office: 812-855-3403 Direct: 812-855-3406 (voice mail)
Fax: 812-855-2576
email: mbrogan@indiana.edu
10. Weekly Calendar
Monday, February 8 InULA 9:00 - Noon Ground Floor Conference Room IU Bloomington Wednesday, February 10 PA Council 10:30 - Noon Ground Floor Conference Room IU Bloomington Wednesday, February 10 BLFC 3:00 - 5:00 p.m. Administrative Conference Room IU Bloomington
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