LIBRARY NEWS
LIBRARY EVENTS
LIBRARY AWARDS
*Steve Egyhazi and Anne Graham are the proud parents of a healthy baby boy. Sean Graham Egyhazi was born on March 19, 2000 at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis. Baby, mother and father are all doing well! Anne is on staff in the Reference Department at IU Bloomington.
*Effective March 18, Tracey McGookey resigned from her position as Computer Assistant in Media & Reserve Services at IU Bloomington.
*Gary Wiggins, Chemistry Library, and Elizabeth Hanson, Life Sciences Library at IU Bloomington, served as resume reviewers for the students who participated in the March 21 "(Jump) Starting Your Information Career" program which was sponsored by the Indiana Chapter of the Special Library Association.
*Serials Cancellation Requests
February
Fund 09 (East Asian Studies)
-CHE-CHIANG TA HSUEH HSUEH PAO (JOURNAL OF ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY)
-T'UNG CHI TA HSUEH HSUEH PAO (JOURNAL OF TUNG CHI UNIVERSITY)
-T'IEN-CHIN TA HSUEH HSUEH PAO (JOURNAL OF TIANJIN UNIVERSITY)
-SHANG-HAI CHIAO-TUNG TA HSUEH HSUEH PAO (J.OF SHANGHAI JIATONG UNIV.)
-CH'UNG-CH'ING TA HSUEH HSUEH PAO = CHONGQING DAXUE XUEBAO
Fund 80 (Library Tools)
-VERZEICHNIS LIEFERBARER BUCHER
-LES LIVRES DISPONIBLES
Fund 87 (Slavic)
-ANTHROPOLOGY AND ARCHEOLOGY OF EURASIA
-HISTORY OF EDUCATION QUARTERLY
Fund 97 (UGL)
-THE BEST PLAYS OF ..(YEAR)..
March
Fund 43 (Geological Sciences)
-ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL
Fund 84 (Reference)
-THE TIMES INDEX
IUPUI University Libraries had a strong presence at the 2000 ILF Conference. In addition to staff and librarians who attended the conference, the following individuals contributed to specific events.
As program presiders: Robin Crumrin, Joe Harmon, Dolores Hoyt, May Jafari, and Cindy Stokes.
As presenters: Michelle Fiander, Vania Goodwin, Randall Halverson, Steve Schmidt, Sonja Staum-Kuniej, Randi Stocker, and Marie Wright.
As volunteers at the ILF Conference Store and/or Registration Desk: Glenda Armstrong, Katy McBryan, Marian Corya, Vania Goodwin (Conference Store chair), Steve Schmidt, and Margaret Vollmer.
*Search And Screen Committees Appointed at IU Bloomington
The search and screen committee for the position of Associate Dean and Director of Technical Services has been appointed. The members are: Michael Arthur, Technical Services; James Castrataro, Technical Services; Yolanda Cooper-Birdine (ex officio), Libraries Human Resources; Mary Davidson, Cook Music Library; Phyllis Davidson (co-chair), Library Information Technology; B.J. Irvine (co-chair), Fine Arts Library; Marty Joachim, Technical Services; Tim Larson, Technical Services; Gwen Pershing, Education Library; Mary Strow, Undergraduate Library Services; Ruth Tucker, Technical Services.
Instructional Design Librarian - The members are: Anne Bock, Undergraduate Library Services; Yolanda Cooper-Birdine (ex officio), Libraries Human Resources; Bob Goehlert (chair), SALC; Jeff Graf, Reference; Emily Okada, Undergraduate Library Services; Mary Popp, Library Information Technology; Pat Vahey, Life Sciences Library.
Digital Library System Administrator - The members are: Kris Brancolini, Digital Library Program; Yolanda Cooper-Birdine (ex officio), Libraries Human Resources; Jon Dunn (chair), Library Information Technology and Digital Library Program; Ron Hafft, Library Information Technology; Connie Mayer, Cook Music Library; John Walsh, University Information Technology Services and Library Electronic Text Resource Service.
*Cook Music Library (IU Bloomington) News
The Cook Music Library was well represented at the Music Library Association 69th Annual Meeting in Louisville, Kentucky, February 23-26. In attendance were staff members John Anderies, Mary Wallace Davidson, Emma Dederick-Colon, Michael Fling, David Lasocki, Constance Mayer, Ralph Papakhian, Chuck Peters, and Sue Stancu, as well as music librarianship students Beth Flood, Peter Lisius, Alisa Rata, and Patty Von Stein.
Mary Wallace Davidson chaired the Walter Gerboth Award Committee and served on the Legislation Committee, which presented a plenary session on "Copyright in the Digital Age - Electronic Reserves, Distance Learning, and Fair Use"; Michael Fling and Constance Mayer presented the paper "Practical Preservation through VARIATIONS: Providing Online Access to Music Materials"; Mayer also chaired the Information Sharing Subcomittee of the Reference and Public Services Committee.
Preceding the MLA meeting, Emma Dederick-Colon, Ralph Papakhian, Chuck Peters, and Sue Stancu attended the Music OCLC Users Group (MOUG) Annual Meeting, February 22-23, also in Louisville. Emma Dederick-Colon presented "RILM Abstracts on FirstSearch," and Ralph Papakhian presided at the NACO-Music Project participant's meeting.
The Cook Music Library is also well-represented in the special millennium (March) issue of Notes: The Quarterly Journal of the Music Library Association. In this special issue, entitled "Music Librarianship at the Turn of the Century," Ralph Papakhian writes on "Cataloging," Mary Wallace Davidson on "Copyright," and David Lasocki on "Reference," comprising three of the thirteen articles.
*Continuing Education Spring Workshop at IU Bloomington
Please mark your calendars for the Spring Workshop sponsored by the Continuing Education Committee.
What: Distance Librarianship & Distributed Education: What's the Connection?
Date: Wednesday, March 29, 2000
When: 1:30 - 4:00 p.m.
Where: Main Library E-174
Who: Erwin Boschmann, Associate Vice President, Distributed Education
Patricia Steele, Head, Customer and Access Services
Ashley Vollmer, IUB Libraries Coordinator for Distributed Education
Services
Rita Barsun, Walden University Library Liaison
The White Award Committee has selected two recipients for this year's award.
Taemin Park will attend the OCLC Institute, "Knowledge Access: Management Tools and Concepts for Next-Generation Catalogers,"
James Canary will attend a microscopy course in Chicago, IL as well as travel to the UK - British Library in his continuing study of Tibetan manuscripts.
Congratulations to the two award recipients!
White Award Committee 1999-2000
Nancy Colborn, Chair
Becky Cape
Suzanne Mudge
Cindy Stokes
Beverly Byl, Administrative Liaison
Yolanda Cooper-Birdine, ex officio
Carolyn Walters, IU Bloomington, has won this year's Teaching Excellence Recognition Award (TERA) for SLIS adjunct faculty. The award recognizes the years of teaching service Carolyn has provided to SLIS students. Both they and SLIS rely upon Carolyn for her continuous excellent contribution. The award includes a cash component of $500. Congratulations from all of your peers!
*IU Bloomington Library Staff Awards
It's time to think about awards! The Indiana University, Bloomington Libraries' annual awards recognize an exceptional Support Staff, Professional Administrative, and Student Employee who works for the good of the Libraries and displays a combination of competence, a positive attitude, and helpfulness that is notable among his/her peers.
Information, nomination forms and forms to volunteer to be on the committees can be found on the Libraries Human Resources web page at: http://www.indiana.edu/~libpers/iuawards.html
Please take note of the other deadlines and direct any questions concerning the Award process to Suzann Easter (sleaster@indiana.edu) in Libraries Human Resources (5-5988).
Wednesday, March 29
Continuing Education Spring Workshop
1:30-4:30 p.m.
Main Library E-174
IU Bloomington
Wednesday, March 29
Promotion & Tenure Workshop
12:30-3:00 p.m.
IUPUI University Library 1116
IUPUI
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