It is my pleasure to announce that Martha Brogan, Associate Dean and Director of Collection Development, has been selected to participate in the 2001 Frye Leadership Institute, which will be held at Emory University in Atlanta, June 3-15, 2001. Supported by a grant from the Robert W. Woodruff Foundation and sponsored by the Council on Library and Information Resources, EDUCAUSE, and Emory University, the Frye Leadership Institute exists to bring the insights and understanding of tomorrow's issues to the potential leaders of today.
The institute results from work that these organizations have done to assess the implications of information technology for the scholarly and educational enterprise: the blurring of the formerly distinct boundaries among teaching, research, information management, and scholarly communication; and the extension of information resources, and services beyond the walls of traditional organizations (such as libraries, computer centers, and museums) to permeate the educational enterprise.
This is the right moment for Martha to take advantage of the opportunities that the Frye Institute offers her and to use them to further develop her own leadership.
Please take a moment to congratulate her on this honor.
--Submitted by Suzanne Thorin, Ruth Lilly University Dean of University Libraries
A series of seminars designed to present technical details of various information technology projects throughout Indiana University includes "Digital Libraries in Music," a presentation by Jon Dunn, Assistant Director for Technology, IU Digital Library Program, on the following dates:
IUB: Wednesday, April 25 11am - noon, IMU Oak Room
IUPUI: Thursday, April 26, 11am - noon, Lilly Auditorium, University
Library
"Indiana University is a nationally recognized leader in digital library
systems for music content. The VARIATIONS system at IUB is used daily by
music students, instructors, and researchers to access a digital sound
recording and musical score collection of more than 1.5 terabytes in size.
This seminar will explore the technical implementation of VARIATIONS,
including digitization, organization, storage, and network access, and
also provide a look at some of the technical challenges being explored in
IU's new NSF- and NEH-funded Digital Music Library project."
(http://it.iu.edu/itseminars.html)
The series schedule appeared in the March 2 issue of IU Home Pages.
--Submitted by Martha L. Brogan, Associate Dean & Director of Collection Development, IUB Libraries
*Musical Memorials for Musicians
Michael Fling (Cook Music Library, Bloomington) has published "Musical Memorials for Musicians: A Guide to Selected Compositions" as no. 29 of the Music Library Association's Index and Bibliography Series (Scarecrow Press). This 376-page bibliography provides access to more than 2,100 musical works composed between the late fourteenth century and the year 2000 as memorials to musicians. This unique resource provides name, dates, and professional details of the musician being memorialized; name and dates of the composer; title, subtitle, and quote of the memorial dedication of the musical work; publication data, and additional descriptive notes when warranted to clarify the context of the work's creation. The bibliography is indexed by composer names as well as by birth and death dates of the dedicatees.
--Michael Fling, Collection Development Librarian, Cook Music Library
*Gros Louis Special Recognition Award
At a ceremony on March 23, B.J. Irvine received the Gros Louis Special Recognition Award from the Office for Women's Affairs. This new award, established this year in Ken Gros Louis' honor, recognizes women's contributions to the reseach and teaching mission of the university. Congratulations to B.J. for winning this fine award.
Effective March 19, Misty Walter accepted the position of Senior Collection/Reference Assistant with the Subject and Area Librarians at IU-Bloomington. Prior to accepting this position, Misty worked at Almagre Books in Bloomington. She has a degree in Studio Art and Art History from IU.
*Search Committee Appointed The following members were appointed to the search committee for Multicultural Outreach Librarian: June Cargile, FASE Mentoring Program; James Castrataro, Technical Services; Yolanda Cooper-Birdine (ex officio), Libraries Human Resources; Diane Dallis (chair), Undergraduate Library Services; Emma Dederick-Colon, Cook Music Library; Wen-ling Liu, Technical Services; Debbie Thorson, Education Library.
The position position may be found on the web at:
http://www.indiana.edu/~libpers/outreach.html.
*SLIS to Grow its IUPUI Program
The School of Library and Information Science (SLIS) and the Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) campus are collaborating on strengthening and developing the Master of Library Science (MLS) program offered at IUPUI. Both parties are fully committed to re-energizing the program in library science to meet state and regional needs. The IUPUI program will complement the master's and doctoral programs available at IU Bloomington, but will have a distinct focus and a mission oriented toward professional practice at the master's level.
With significant additional campus support, the School will undertake to recruit faculty and to accelerate the program's growth. The MLS will continue to be offered in its entirety at IUPUI, and will be developed as an area of strength for Indiana University as a whole as well as IUPUI. Students in the program may augment the MLS with course work from IU Bloomington. The SLIS IUPUI program will report to the Dean of SLIS, but will follow the models of other professional schools (e.g., business, education, public and environmental affairs) in offering a complete program which can seek separate professional accreditation, if and when the SLIS Dean and the IUPUI Executive Vice Chancellor determine this to be advisable. The IUPUI program will be directed by an Executive Associate Dean, who will report both to the SLIS Dean and to the IUPUI Chancellor.
An internal, fast-track search to fill the Executive Associate Deanship will be conducted during the spring 2001 semester.
For further information contact:
Dr. Blaise Cronin
Dean and Rudy Professor of Information Science
School of Library and Information Science
Indiana University Bloomington
IN 47405
(812) 855-2848
bcronn@indiana.edu
--Submitted by Debora Shaw, School of Library and Information Science
*IU Joins Nationwide Library Survey
In the coming weeks, a random sample of Indiana University Bloomington students and faculty will be asked to participate in a survey of satisfaction with local library services. The Web-based survey, LibQUAL+, is a research and development project to define and measure the quality of services across nearly 50 libraries nationwide. Results from Indiana University will help the IU Bloomington Libraries assess five service characteristics--reliability, responsiveness, assurance, empathy, and physical facilities and equipment--and compare the results with similar institutions.
The project is based at the Association of Research Libraries in collaboration with the Texas A&M University Libraries and is funded, in part, by the U.S. Department of Education's Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education. For more information, see http//www.arl.org/libqual/.
If you are selected as a member of the random sample, the IU Bloomington Libraries would like to thank you in advance for your participation. Results of the survey will be shared with the Indiana University community.
Students in the Main Library campus will benefit from wireless technology and a newly furnished media center, thanks in part to the IU Parents Fund.
Donations to the Parents Fund allowed the IU Libraries to purchase four laptop computers, four digital cameras, and four video cameras students can use for their projects. The wireless laptops can be used anywhere in the library: students can use them to type reports in the stacks, take them to the lobby to work on group projects, or create presentations at a study carrel. When used on the first floor of the Main Library's west tower, the laptops also provide access to the library's computer network, allowing students to search the Internet or find a resource in the library's electronic catalog. The laptops can be signed out for three-hour increments.
With Parents Fund income the IU Libraries also purchased equipment for students to use in video production. The equipment includes a computer workstation, television, and VCR to support video and audio editing. Students will be able to create, duplicate, and edit their own videos for classroom assignments. In addition, a computer workstation with a scanner will allow students to manipulate static images. Both workstations will also provide support for the new digital cameras. Student can check out the cameras, take pictures, then return to the multimedia area to download, edit, or copy the resulting digital images.
The Main Library also provides one of the few media centers on campus for students to use videos, films, DVD, audio cassettes, and laser discs. The media department recently relocated to the ground floor of the Main Library to renovated space, and new furnishings for the area were provided by an anonymous donor and the Parents Fund.
"This is a pivotal time for the IU Libraries," says Dean Thorin. "Technology is transforming libraries, and we're grateful that the Parents Fund is helping us to increase our services to benefit students."
--Submitted by Eric Bartheld, Assistant Development Director, Public Relations and Grants, IU-Bloomington
Unicorn Update: http://www.indiana.edu/~sirsi/update
March 23, 2001 Issue #14
In this issue:
* March 4th IUCAT changes
* Training Documentation on the Web
The Unicorn Update is a bi-weekly news update created by the Sirsi Communications and Training Working Group to inform staff about our new Unicorn (Sirsi) System. This issue is available at http://www.indiana.edu/~sirsi/update. Past issues are archived at this site.
It's time to think about awards! The Indiana University, Bloomington Libraries' annual staff awards recognize exceptional Support Staff, Professional Administrative staff, and Student Employees who work for the good of the Libraries and display a combination of competence, a positive attitude, and helpfulness that is notable among his/her peers.
Information and nomination forms can be found on the Libraries Human Resources Web page at http://www.indiana.edu/~libpers/iuawards.html and http://www.indiana.edu/~libpers/staffawards.html.
Nominations should be submitted to Libraries Human Resources by April 9,2001.
We are also seeking volunteers to be on the Awards' Committees.
Support Staff Award - five support staff: 2 from the Main Library, 2 from campus libraries, and one at large.
Professional Administrative Award - three professional staff: 1 from the main library, l from campus libraries, and one at large.
Student Award - three staff members: 1 support staff, 1 professional staff, and one librarian.
If you would like to volunteer for one of these committees or if you have any questions regarding the award process, please contact Barb McDonald e-mail bjmcdona or by phone at 5-5988, in Libraries Human Resources as soon as possible.
Thank you.
--Submitted by Barb McDonald, Libraries Human Resources
Mark your calendars!!
ANNUAL InULA BOOKSALE
IUB Main Library, Room E174
April 1-2, 2001
Sunday, April 1, 1:00-4:00 pm Preview sale ($10 admission)
4:00-7:00 pm free admission
Monday, April 2, 9:00 am-8:00 pm
noon-5:00 pm Half price sale
5:00-5:30 closed
5:30-8:00 pm $2/bag sale
BOOK DONATIONS REQUESTEDThe Indiana University Librarians Association is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to promote excellence in library service and to provide opportunities for continuing education and professional development. A letter can be provided to donors for tax purposes.
To donate books, please contact David Frasier 855-8028 or frasier@indiana.edu.
--Submitted by Anne Haynes, Associate Librarian, Reference Department, Distributed Education Library Services Coordinator, Indiana University Libraries
*InULA Book Sale 2001 Call For Volunteers
The annual InULA used book sale is to be held this year on April 1 and 2. This is the major fund-raising event for the Indiana University Librarians Association to provide scholarships and grants for research and professional development. We need YOUR help with setting up for the sale, selling books, and clean-up.
If you have an hour or two to volunteer, please contact Erika Dowell (edowell@indiana.edu) or Mary Popp (popp@indiana.edu). Please include your name, hours you can work, email address, and phone number. Sign-up sheets should also be posted in departments.
Volunteers may select several of the regularly priced books at no cost in return for their work. They also receive a nice letter of appreciation from the Co-Chairs of the book sale, always useful in a P & T dossier as evidence of service!
Volunteers are needed for the following days and times:
Saturday, March 31, 2001 -- Setup
9:00 am to 4:00 pm
Help bring boxes down from the fifth floor storage area, remove the books from boxes, and arrange them by subject on tables in room E174.
Sunday, April 1, 2001
12:30 pm to 7:00 pm
Help with sales in a variety of ways: door security during the preview sale, organization of books for major buyers, tidying up throughout the day, and collecting money from buyers.
Monday, April 2, 2001
9:00 am to 8:00 pm
Help with collecting money from buyers and tidying up throughout the day. The most critical times are between 4:00 and 8:00 pm (during the half-price and bag sales).
Tuesday, April 3, 2001 -- Clean-up
8:00 am to 1:00 pm.
Help with packing unsold books in boxes and taking them to the loading dock area; sweeping the floor. Matt Myers and his staff will remove the tables.
The Lilly Library is pleased to announce the opening of the new exhibition Victorian Fiction. This exhibition is based on a 1947 National Book League display of Victorian books. Patrick Brantlinger, professor of English at Indiana University, will present an opening lecture for the exhibition entitled "The Fiction Question: Victorian Novels and Libraries" on Tuesday, April 3, at 4:00 p.m. in the Lilly Library lounge.
Few readers of Victorian novels now know what these books looked like when they were new. What these books look like not only tells us something about how fiction was packaged and promoted as an important kind of Victorian entertainment, but it also tells us about how this fiction was read by its first readers. Victorian readers often read novels in pieces, and delay was a common condition of their reading. Sometimes they read episodes of long novels week by week, or month by month, in separately published penny, sixpenny, or shilling parts. Sometimes they read chapters of novels, as serials published in magazines. Readers who subscribed to lending libraries usually took out three-volume editions - the expensive three-deckers that for most of the period were the mainstay of Victorian literary publishing - volume by volume. Other readers waited until novels were republished in cheaper editions, often in one volume, or still later showed up in a publisher's series of yet cheaper reprints.
A complementary display of Victoriana will be in the lounge of the Lilly Library. This will feature materials representing British learning, culture, and society of the Victorian period. Among the items exhibited are Mrs. Beeton's Book of Household Management, works of Charles Darwin and Florence Nightingale, a model stage for The Mikado, the Happy Families game and a jigsaw puzzle. The display will also include albumen photographs, William Robinson's The English Flower Garden, and documents concerning legislation to improve living and working conditions among the poor and laboring classes.
The exhibitions will be on display in the Lilly Library through June 9, 2001.
*African American Cultural Center Library's Annual Lock-In
The Indiana University Office of Multicultural Affairs, the African American Cultural Center Library, and Atkins Living Learning Center present the 4th Annual Lock-In. This year's theme is: Reclaiming our Heritage in the New Millennium.
Friday, March 23, 2001
6:00 p.m. until ???
Ashton Center Clubhouse
In Ashton Center Building Call 855-3237 for information.
FEATURED SPEAKER: Matthew Kwane Oware
Mr. Oware is a doctoral student and an associate instructor in IU
Bloomington's Department of Sociology. He is the 2000 Lieber Memorial
Teaching Associate Award recipient.
DINNER SERVED AT 6:00 p.m.:
The dinner menu includes barbecued ribs and chicken, baked beans,
macaroni and cheese, and sweet potato pie.
After dinner stay and relax, socialize, and network with African American faculty, staff members, and students. Make new friends, and rekindle old friendships. Enjoy music, games, and prizes!!!
The evening's events are free!! Everyone is welcome!!!!!
--Submitted by Marianna Brough, Branch Coordinator, African American Cultural Center Library
*IUPUI University Library Front Door Host of Herron Student Art
"Whirligig," an interactive visual communications project by Matthew Gavin Walsh and Anita Rodriguez, both students of the Herron School of Art, appeared on the front revolving glass door of the IUPUI University Library on Sunday, March 11, and will remain installed through March 25.
A site-specific installation created in response to writings of French author, Jean Baudrillard and artist, Marcel Duchamp, the project was the result of student work in the Visual Communications Department class of Professor Maya Drozdz.
In describing the art installation, Walsh and Rodriguez stated, "When one window-shops, they desire a remote object that they cannot possess. In order to acquire the object, one must break the glass; however, the actual object never lives up to the adventures we subject it to; and we are left with an un-mysterious, un-tantalizing piece. And we've broken the glass, rendering a return to mystery impossible." Fortunately, no broken glass was required in this actual art installation.
For further information, please call the IUPUI University Library External Relations Office at (317) 278-0232.
--Submitted by Norman Brandenstein, External Relations Team, IUPUI University Library
*Spring 2001 Events at Schurz Library, IUSB
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.
--Submitted by Nancy Wootton Colborn, Reference Librarian, Coordinator of Staff Development and Public Relations, Schurz Library, IU South Bend
SMG
Tuesday, March 27
3:30 - 5:00 p.m.
Main Library E174
IU-Bloomington
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