August 30, 1999 Volume 26, Number 34

STAFF NEWS

LIBRARY NEWS

LIBRARY EVENTS

CALENDAR

ADDITION TO IUL NEWS

STAFF NEWS:

*The Ruth Lilly Medical Library is happy to welcome Julie J. McGowan, Ph.D. as the new Library Director, effective September 20, 1999. Julie comes to us from the University of Vermont (Burlington), Charles A. Dana Medical Library, where she was the Associate Dean for Health Sciences Informatics and Library Resources.

*Jon Dunn of Library Information Technology and the Digital Library Program and Connie Mayer of the Cook Music Library at IU Bloomington presented a paper entitled "VARIATIONS A Digital Music Library System at Indiana University" at the ACM Digital Libraries '99 conference in Berkeley, California, August 11-13.

*Effective August 27, Julia Simic has accepted the Slide Collection Cataloger position in the Fine Arts Slide Library, IU Bloomington. She has worked in the Lilly Library since 1997. Julia minored in Art History as an undergraduate and has an MLS degree.

*Effective August 27, Ai Wei Weng has resigned from her position in the Area Studies Unit of Technical Services, IU Bloomington.

LIBRARY NEWS:

*Thank you

THANK YOU, JO BURGESS!

On behalf of the staff at the Archives of Traditional Music I want to express our deep gratitude to Jo Burgess, who spent over four hours rescuing Archives' reference books from a water disaster on Wednesday evening. Water from a poorly maintained overhead cooling unit had been leaking on the books for some time before ATM staff found the problem. I phoned Jo at home (6:30 pm) and she responded immediately. As some of you know, it is traumatic to see saturated books, and I thank Jo for the calm, positive, and extremely efficient way in which she handled the disaster. It is another reminder of how vital the Preservation Department and its expert staff are to the IU library system.

Suzanne Mudge

*1999 Staff Merit Awards at IU Bloomington

Nominations are now being accepted for 1999 Staff Merit Awards!

Two $500 awards will be awarded to staff members. Full time appointed staff members working at Bloomington with at least three (3) years of continuous service are eligible. Nominations may be made by anyone. Final selections will be made by committees appointed by Vice President Gros Louis, with representation from the employee groups involved. The finalists will be interviewed by the committees. Criteria include: demonstration of positive attitude toward one's job and the University, exemplary job performance, good attendance record, demonstrated special effort toward improving Indiana University for the benefit of students, faculty, staff, alumni, and other University associates. The deadline for nominating employees for the awards is September 28,1999. Forms may be obtained by contacting University Human Resources at 855-2172 or printed from the University Human Resources web site at http://www.indiana.edu/~hrm/staffmerit.html

*Lilly Library News

The Lilly Library has acquired the papers of Athol Fugard, the acclaimed South African playwright known for his moving dramas that celebrate the strength of the human spirit.

Many of Fugard's works were written during South Africa's years of apartheid, and he became known as one of the most passionate artistic voices against its injustices.

"In the course of a night watching a play in a theater, you can have a new thought, a new sensitivity to something," Fugard has said. "And if you change people, you'll end up changing a society."

Fugard won an Obie Award for "Boesman and Lena (1969)," a New York Drama Critics Circle Award for "A Lesson from Aloes," and a Drama Desk Award for "Master Harold...and the Boys (1982)."

The Fugard papers-- drafts, typescripts, working papers, and production notes--complement the Lilly Library's holdings of novelist Nadine Gordimer,the Nobel Prize laureate in literature from South Africa. The combined resources make the Lilly Library an important research center for contemporary South African literature.

"It is a source of great pride and satisfaction to know that my papers will be in the safe- keeping of as distinguished an institution as the Lilly Library of Indiana University," Fugard says. "It is an added source of satisfaction to know that they will be joining those of my respected friend and colleague Nadine Gordimer. The two collections will offer scholars a unique perspective on the drama of political and social change that has taken place in South Africa."

*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 Easter (sleaster@indiana.edu) if you have any questions or comments about the web page. The web address is: http://www.indiana.edu/~libpers

LIBRARY EVENTS:

*Web Of Science Software Workshops, IU Bloomington

(Science Citation Index Expanded, Social Sciences Citation Index, and Arts & Humanities Citation Index)
Wednesday, September 1, 1999
Main Library Media Viewing Room E174
presented by Mirta Guglielmoni
mirta.guglielmoni@isinet.com

9:00-12:00
Detailed Workshop for Professionals

How the citation index is created; what a citation index is and how to get the best results from your searches; how journals are selected; how to use the web interface; what information is available and what the editorial guidelines are for each field; how to create and refine search strategies; how to print and save your results and strategies; and how to order documents through ISI Document Solution.

1:30-3:00
General Overview

Demonstrations that allow information specialists and/or researchers to become familiar with the web interface, the database content, and the search features, with an emphasis on cited reference and related records searching.

*Web Of Science Workshop, IUPUI

IUPUI University Library To Host Web Of Science Software Workshop

CITATION SEARCHING AND RELATED RECORDS SEARCHING IN WEB OF SCIENCE: A WORKSHOP FOR RESEARCHERS
(Science Citation Index Expanded, Social Sciences Citation Index, and Arts & Humanities Citation Index)

Presented by Mirta Guglielmoni - mirta.guglielmoni@isinet.com

Thursday, September 2, 1999
1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
IUPUI University Library
Lilly Auditorium - UL 0130
Lower Level

This session consists of a series of demonstrations that allow researchers and library staff to become familiar with the web interface, the database content, and the search features, with an emphasis on cited reference and related records searching.

Norman Brandenstein
External Relations Team
IUPUI University Library
755 West Michigan Street
Indianapolis, Indiana 46202-5195
(317) 278-0232
nbranden@iupui.edu

CALENDAR

*Weekly Calendar

First day of Fall Semester
Monday, August 30

Fall Sign-Up for Students
Monday, August 30
10-12 and 1:30-4:30
Main Library Staff Lounge
IU Bloomington

Fall Sign-Up for Students
Tuesday, August 31
10:00-12:00 Noon
Main Library Staff Lounge
IU Bloomington

Web of Science Workshop
Wednesday, September 1
9:00-12:00 and 1:30-3:00
Main Library Media Viewing Room E174
IU Bloomington

Web of Science Workshop
Thursday, September 2
1:30-3:00 p.m.
Lilly Auditorium, UL 0130 (Lower Level)
IUPUI University Library

*ADDITION TO IUL NEWS:

Position Posting

Indiana University-Blooomington. Library Web Administrator. This position is being advertised at the PA and Assistant or Associate Librarian level. For a copy of the complete posting at the Assistant or Associate Librarian level, please contact Betty Andis at 855-8196 or e-mail her at bandis@indiana.edu. For a copy of the complete posting at the PA level, consult the web at: http://www.indiana.edu/~libpers/pajobs.html.

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