LIBRARY NEWS
Effective July 1, Bill Baus resigned from his position as Assistant Archivist in the University Archives at IU-Bloomington.
Effective July 1, Catherine Johnson resigned from her position as Reference/Technical Associate in the Lilly Library at IU-Bloomington.
Effective July 1, Aaron Reichert resigned from his position as Digital Media Specialist in the Digital Library Program at IU-Bloomington.
IUPUI University Library Announces New Staff Appointments
Three new librarian appointments have been recently announced at the IUPUI University Library.
Frances A. Huehls has been appointed as an Assistant Librarian for the Joseph & Matthew Payton Philanthropic Studies Library, where she has served as a Visiting Assistant Librarian, Research Associate, Indexer/Reference Assistant, and Student Assistant since coming to IUPUI in 1994. Fran received her Master of Arts from the Indiana University Philanthropic Studies Program of the School of Liberal Arts in 1998, and an MLS degree in 1992 from the Indiana University School of Library and Information Science.
Kevin F. Petsche was appointed a Visiting Assistant Librarian and will serve both the Reference/Research and Digital Libraries Teams of the University Library. Kevin completed his MLS degree from the Indiana University School of Library and Information Science in 1997. Most recently he has worked in the Cataloging and Reference/Research areas of the University Library and for the Indiana State Library as a Cataloger of federal government documents.
Mark T. Bay will be joining the University Library staff as a Visiting Assistant Librarian with the Reference/Research and Instructional Teams. He has served as an Education Reference Librarian at the University of Houston M.D. Anderson Library in Texas since completing his Indiana University School of Library and Information Science, MLS degree in 1999. Prior to graduation, Mark worked as Reference Assistant, Intern, Associate Instructor and Instructional Assistant, all within the Indiana University and Monroe County library systems.
The annual summer visit of Walden University faculty and students at IU Bloomington will commence on July 9 and end July 29. Four hundred plus students will come for either two or three week sessions and will be housed in Willlie South. The Walden library site also will be in Willkie and will have 15 computer stations. As usual the Walden students will use many of our facilities and enjoy the excellent services and collections that mark the IUB Libraries. Please contact Rita Barsun or Jay Wilkerson if you have any questions about the summer program.
Effective July 1, SciFinder Scholar, the software that provides easy searching of all of the Chemical Abstracts Service databases, is accessible on all campuses of Indiana University 24 hours/day (except for system downtime on Saturday evening/night). This was made possible by a cooperative acquisitions agreement among all of the IU campuses. I especially want to thank Bob Moran for his leadership of the regional campus libraries in this matter.
Unlike Web databases, SciFinder Scholar is client/server software. Each PC or Macintosh on which the databases are to be searched must have the client software loaded on it. To facilitate that, every authorized IU user may obtain a self-extracting copy of the software from:
http://www.indiana.edu/~libchem/findchem.html#downloads
Please read the STN User Agreement before downloading the SciFinder Scholar software:
http://www.indiana.edu/~libchem/protected/sf_user_agreement.html
The software is already available on all of the Web OPACs in Bloomington and possibly on other campuses, as well. Choose SciFinder Scholar from the list of all available databases or from the Sciences and Medicine list when using an IUB Web OPAC at the libfind page:
http://www.indiana.edu/~libfind/
Contact Denis Taaffe (dtaaffe@indiana.edu or 812-855-9452) if you experience problems with the software.
Gary D. Wiggins
Chemistry Library
Chemistry Bldg C003
Indiana University
Bloomington, IN 47405-7102
Bus: (812) 855-9452
E-mail: wiggins@indiana.edu
*Libraries Human Resources Web Page
The Libraries Human Resources web page is available for your use. You will be able to view the Master Calendar and also find blank forms for PAQs, annual reviews, payroll and others. Please contact Suzann Westerfield (sleaster@indiana.edu) if you have any questions or comments about the web page. The web address is: http://www.indiana.edu/~libpers
DON'T FORGET TO USE THE MASTER CALENDAR!
There is a master calendar in Libraries Human Resources where we list meetings, training sessions, and events that have been widely announced. If you are scheduling a meeting, event, etc., it is essential that you add this information to the calendar and check for conflicts. Suzann Westerfield maintains this calendar. Please contact her for information or additions via e-mail: sleaster@indiana.edu or by phone: 855-5988. The master calendar is located in the Libraries Human Resources Office and on our web page at http://www.indiana.edu/~libpers/master2000.html.
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