LIBRARY EVENTS
*Effective February 26th, Jacintha Nambi accepted the position of Office Services Assistant in the Budget and Supply Office at IU-Bloomington. Prior to accepting this position, Jacintha worked at the School of Education.
*Spring 2001 Events at Schurz Library, IUSB
Franklin D. Schurz Library
Indiana University South Bend
Spring 2001 Events
March 1, 2001, 1 - 4 p.m., L009
Linda Fisher, Government Publications-Business Workshop
"Going about your Business: Accessing Information on the Internet"
March 27-10 AM to 6 PM, and March 28 - 8 AM to 4 PM
Friends of the Library Used Book Sale
IUSB Cafeteria
March 27, 2001, 7:30 p.m., 5th floor atrium
"Perspectives: A Forty-Year Retrospective of Adult Literacy"
Anabel Newman, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Language Education,
School of Education, IU Bloomington, and a nationally respected literacy
professional, with responses from local literacy leaders.
Respondents: Kay van Duesen, Executive Director of the Literacy Council of
St. Joseph County; Gayle Silver and Greg Long, South Bend Community School
Corporation Adult Basic Education
Sponsored also by the IUSB School of Education
Reception follows
April 17, 2001, 7:30 p.m., 5th floor atrium
Dr. Otis R. Bowen, booksigning and author talk
"Doc: Memories from a Life in Public Service"
with co-author William Du Bois, Jr.
Sponsored also by the IU Press
Reception follows
All events are sponsored by the Friends of the Schurz Library. The public is invited to attend.
Nancy Wootton Colborn,
Reference Librarian, Coordinator of
Staff Development and Public Relations
*Antique Quilt Exhibit at Wylie House Museum
Wylie House Museum, a historic house museum built in 1835, will
have approximately twenty antique quilts on display from March 1-3, 2001.
The exhibit will run concurrently with the Indiana Heritage Quilt Show
held at the Bloomington Convention Center. A trolley will provide free
transportation between the Convention Center and other locations,
including Wylie House, the Mathers Museum and the Monroe County Historical
Society Museum (both of which are also having quilt exhibits). Wylie House
will extend its hours for these three days, offering free viewing between
the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.
The Museum is located at 307 E. Second Street, Bloomington, IN and
is handicap accessible from the east drive.
Submitted by: Jo Burgess, Director, Wylie House Museum
*Historic Seed Sale at Wylie House Museum
Wylie House Museum will hold its annual Spring Seed Sale on
Saturday, March 3, from 10:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. Visitors to the Seed
Sale can choose from 25 historic varieties of flower, herb and vegetable
seeds - all grown in the Wylie House garden using organic methods and
germination-tested to insure 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.
This year, in addition to our own seeds, we will offer over thirty
varieties from the Seed Savers Exchange including beans, cantaloupes,
cucumbers, lettuce, peppers, squash and tomatoes. We will also have a
resource area with information on seed-saving and heirloom gardening,
which will prove helpful to beginning gardeners and veterans alike.
The sale is being held in conjunction with an antique quilt
exhibit at the Museum, so visitors can enjoy both events for free. Wylie
House Museum is located at 307 E. Second Street in Bloomington, Indiana.
It is handicap accessible from the east drive. For more information, call
812-855-6224 or send email to libwylie@indiana.edu.
Submitted by: Jo Burgess, Director, Wylie House Museum
*Chemoinformatics Lecture at IU Bloomington
Chemoinformatics: Where it has come from, where it is now and where it is going
Lecture by Peter Willett (Professor, Department of Information Studies, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom)
Wednesday, February 28, 2001, 4:00 p.m.
Harry G. Day Lecture Hall, Chemistry 122, IUB
This presentation will begin with an historical overview of the development of computer techniques for the processing of databases of chemical structure information. These techniques provide many of the tools for the emerging subject of chemoinformatics, which also draws upon developments in molecular modelling, in chemical synthesis and biological testing, and in computer hardware and software. The presentation will then provide an overview of some of the main foci of current interest in chemoinformatics, highlighting areas that may be of importance in the future, and conclude with an overview of recent UK developments in the provision of postgraduate programmes in chemoinformatics.
Submitted by: Gary Wiggins, Head, Chemistry Library
*An ALA Reminder for San Fransisco
This Friday, February 23d is the deadline for early-bird registration for ALA. ALA personal/division member registration is $120 compared to advanced registration of $145 prior to May 18th. On-site registration is $200. You can register online at: https://cs.ala.org/annual/default.cfm or by going to ALA's home page: www.ala.org
Submitted by Martha L. Brogan, Associate Dean & Director of Collection Development, IUB Libraries
Unicorn Question & Answer Session - WebCat
Monday, February 26
3:00-4:00 p.m.
Main Library E-174
IU Bloomington
Chemoinformatics Lecture
Wednesday, February 28
4:00 p.m.
Harry G. Day Lecture Hall, Chemistry 122
IU Bloomington
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