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*Effective May 30, 2000, Erica Whichello accepted the Assistant Circulation Supervisor position in Customer and Access Services at IU Bloomington. Prior to accepting this position, Erica was employed at the public Library in Novi, Michigan. She has a BA in English from Alma College in Alma, Michigan.

*Effective June 20, Lori Robbins resigned from her position as Administrative Secretary in Library Development at IU Bloomington.

*Effective June 21, Terrie Wilson resigned from her position as Reference/Technical Associate in the Fine Arts Library at IU Bloomington.

*Effective June 23, Shana McDanold accepted the Technical Services Assistant position in the Education Library at IU Bloomington. Previously Shana worked as a student employee in the Cataloging Division of Technical Services. She has an MLS and an MA in Latin American and Caribbean Studies.

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*IUPUI University Library Job Posting

INDIANA UNIVERSITY PURDUE UNIVERSITY INDIANAPOLIS UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES
POSITION: INSTRUCTIONAL INFORMATICIAN
Assistant or Associate Librarian - LI03 or LI02

POSITION AVAILABLE: Position is available July 1, 2000

JOB DESCRIPTION: The successful candidate will serve as a primary member of the Library's Instructional Team and as a resource member of the Reference and Research Team.

As a member of the Instructional Team, the incumbent will participate in the Library's Instructional Programs and work collaboratively with staff in the campus Center for Teaching and Learning to assist faculty with course development and curriculum design, particularly as these relate to the teaching and learning of information skills or the introduction and use of information resources. Additionally, the Instructional Informatician will provide developmental opportunities for librarians that wish to enhance their skills in course development and/or classroom management.

As a member of the Reference and Research Team, the incumbent provides assistance to patrons using the library, serves as liaison to the School of Education, and assists with the delivery of information to the public. Some weekend and evening hours may be required.

QUALIFICATIONS: Required: ALA accredited MLS, degree in the field of education. Demonstrated ability to develop and implement instructional materials and programs are critical to this position. Additionally, this position requires a demonstrated knowledge of current emerging technologies as they contribute to meeting the needs of researchers and students in an academic community; an ability to work in a complex team-based environment and with a diverse user group; strong verbal and written skills; and knowledge of library information technology.

Preferred: Teaching experience in a higher education setting.

ENVIRONMENT: The IUPUI University Library is a leader in the application of technology to library service () and in developing instructional teams that bring together faculty, librarians, computer professionals, and students to develop and deliver courses. University Library is a team-based organization with each librarian serving on two library teams.

SALARY: Assistant minimum: $35,000/yr.
Associate minimum: $40,000/yr.

FRINGE BENEFITS: A month's vacation time, sick leave, major medical plans available, dental plan, group life insurance, TIAA/CREF annuity plan.

APPLY: Send letter of application, resume, and names, addresses, and telephone numbers of four (4) references to:

Mary J. Stanley
Director of Business Affairs/Human Resources
IUPUI University Library
755 West Michigan Street
Indianapolis, IN 46202-5195

CLOSING DATE: Applications received by July 15, 2000 will be guaranteed consideration. Closes when position is filled.

Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis is an Equal Opportunity Affirmative Action Institution. Individuals who require a reasonable accommodation in order to participate in the application process must notify Mary J. Stanley at the above address or (317)274-0487), a reasonable time in advance.

*SFX Beta Testing Underway at IUPUI

The IUPUI University Library is joining four other national institutions as beta testing sites for SFX, the context-sensitive reference linking solution, originating in research work by Dr. Herbert Van de Sompel at Ghent University in Belgium. The product is owned by Ex Libris, a leading worldwide developer of high performance applications for libraries and information centers.

In addition to the IUPUI University Library, SFX Beta Test sites include the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), Harvard University Library, Los Alamos National Laboratory, and Vanderbilt University.

These institutions are making their e-collections interoperable with the SFX solution and in the process of so doing are involving some major information industry vendors from whom they license data. Many of these information providers have already enabled their resources to work with SFX through implementation of the OpenURL, a generic, public syntax to allow for metadata transportation and interoperability between information resources and service components. The OpenURL specification can be found at http://www.sfxit.com/OpenURL.

David Lewis, Dean of the IUPUI University Library, believes that "SFX should solve two of the most vexing problems of web-based resources. Firstly, in linking the resources supplied by different providers in a way that allows librarians to embed their expertise into the system, users should be able to navigate the literature much more efficiently and productively. Secondly, SFX can provide uniform and vendor independent measures of use, thus providing a critical tool in the management of web resources."

For further details on SFX, visit http://www.sfxit.com, and for information on the IUPUI University Library, visit http://www.ulib.iupui.edu.

CONTACT:
Norman Brandenstein
External Relations Team
IUPUI University Library - UL 1112D
755 West Michigan Street
Indianapolis, Indiana 46202-5195
Phone: (317) 278-0232
Fax: (317) 278-2300
nbranden@iupui.edu

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*IULFC Meeting Locations

IU Libraries Faculty Council Meeting locations:

M-26 JUN
9:00a-11:00a
in rooms:
IPFW - Helmke B35
IUN - Hawthorn 338
IUB - Radio TV 175
IUPUI - Nursing 314
IUK - Main 111
IUSE - Hillside 102
IUE - Whitewater 119
IUSB - Northside 038

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*Weekly Calendar

IULFC Meeting
Monday, June 26
9:00-11:00 a.m.

Indianapolis Indians Baseball Game Event
Wednesday, June 28
7:00 p.m.
Victory Field

IU Alumni Trustee Election
Friday, June 30
Main Library Lobby
IU Bloomington

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