IUL NEWS October 5, 1998 Volume 25 Number 35




IN THIS ISSUE:

1. Staff News
2. IU Bloomington United Way Campaign
3. IULFC Meeting
4. InULA Membership Meeting
5. Humanities Fund Proposals
6. Grants From IMLS
7. Master Calendar
8. Ergo Info
9. Serials Cancellation Requests
10. IUPUI Library Hosts National Touring Exhibition
11. Weekly Calendar



1. Staff News

Effective September 25, Richard Ring resigned from his positions in the Education and HPER Libraries.

Effective September 25, Deborah Selk resigned from her position in the Preservation department.

2. IU Bloomington United Way Campaign

THIS MESSAGE IS FROM SUZANNE THORIN, RUTH LILLY UNIVERSITY DEAN OF UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES

As the United Way Campaign begins to gain momentum, I want to take this opportunity to solicit your participation, no matter what the size of the contribution. The Libraries can be a significant factor in the success of the Indiana University campaign because we are one of the largest units on campus. I have already made my contribution and urge you to do the same.

As residents of Bloomington, Monroe County, and Indiana, United Way's services grace our lives in so many ways by providing to those in need of help. I urge you to give generously to this year's campaign - "Help us Celebrate the Power of U in Our Community". You can make a difference!

3. IULFC Meeting

IULFC is scheduled to meet in Bloomington on Thursday, October 22,1998, from 1:00-3:00 P.M. Agenda items for this meeting may be submitted to Chris Long, IULFC Secretary, (celong2@iupui.edu) prior to October 15,1998.

4. InULA Membership Meeting

"InULA, THE NEXT 25 YEARS: MISSION IMPOSSIBLE?"

The Annual Fall membership meeting of the Indiana University Librarians Association will be held on Tuesday, October 6 in the Faculty Club, #250 of the Indiana Memorial Union from 1:30-3:30 p.m.
Linden Fairbairn, exchange librarian from the University of Sydney who is working in UGLS, will speak on the status of academic librarians at Sydney and other Australian libraries. Larry Griffin, President of InULA, will address priorities for InULA in 1998-99.
All members and those interested in supporting the goals of the organization are invited to attend. The meeting will conclude with refreshments and a social hour.
------Larry W. Griffin, President, InULA

5. Humanities Fund Proposals For IU Bloomington

This year marks the eleventh year for distributing income earned from a NEH Challenge Grant Endowment that provides support for the acquisition and preservation of humanities materials in the IU Bloomington Libraries. The total amount available for distribution this year is unusually high: $80,000. Bibliographers in the humanities are invited to submit proposals that would permit the purchase of materials they might otherwise not be able to afford.

Proposals must include a full bibliographic description of each item intended for purchase, the price (including shipping), a brief description of the item (including publisher's blurb, if available), and a statement justifying its acquisition on the NEH fund. Criteria that the NEH Selection Committee will use in considering requests are outlined below. Members of the committee are: Nancy Boerner (Chair), Carl Horne, Kay Martin, Lorraine Olley, Jean Poland (CDC liaison), Marian Shaaban, and Martha Brogan (ex-officio).

The Humanities include: African Studies, African-American Studies, Archaeology, Central Eurasian Studies, Children's Literature, Classics, Comparative Literature, East Asian Studies, English, Film Studies, Fine Arts, Folklore, French and Italian, Gender Studies, Germanic Studies, History, History and Philosophy of Science, History of the Book, India Studies, Jewish Studies, Latin American Studies, Linguistics, Music, Middle Eastern Studies, Philosophy, Religious Studies, Slavic Studies, Spanish and Portuguese, Speech Communication, Theater, and West European Studies.

Preference will be given to requests that meet one or more of the following criteria:

Requests should not duplicate the holdings of the Center for Research Libraries.

Please send your proposals to Mary Hellmann, Library Administration, Main Library C-2. If you have any questions, contact Nancy Boerner, NEH Selection Committee Chair.

The deadline for submission of proposals is Wednesday, November 4th.

---Martha Brogan
Director of Collection Development & University Bibliographer

6. Grants From IMLS

Two grants totaling $456,000 from the Federal Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) to Indiana University will support projects to make fine arts and music collections available on the Web. A $166,000 grant will fund a project to digitize IU's Hoagy Carmichael jazz collection. Users of the World Wide Web will be able to listen to selections of Carmichael's widely recognized music or view images of original scores, photographs, scrap books, and lyric sheets. The project will be managed jointly by the IU Digital Library Program and the IU Archives of Traditional music. A $290,000 grant awarded to the IUPUI University Library in partnership with the Herron Art Library and the Art Museum Image Consortium (AMICO), will provide access on a trial basis to AMICO's digital image database for the K-12 educational and public library communities in the greater Indianapolis area.

For more information visit the IMLS Web site at:
http://www.imls.fed.us/nlgPR.htm

---Yolanda Cooper-Birdine
Library Administration

7. Master Calendar

DON'T FORGET TO USE THE MASTER CALENDAR!
There is a master calendar in Libraries Human Resources where we list most meetings and training sessions that have been widely announced. Suzann Easter (sleaster) maintains this calendar, and you can let her know if you want something listed. If you're scheduling a meeting and want to avoid conflicts, consulting the master calendar may help.

8. Ergo Info

For an interesting site on postural problems when using a mouse, see:
http://ergo.human.cornell.edu/mousepres1/Sld001.htm

---Linda Kamoji for the Ergonomics Team

9. Serials Cancellation Requests

The following serials cancellation requests have been received.

The subscription/standing orders listed below represent the last copies in the IUB Libraries. Bibliographers who wish to assume any of the titles should contact Judy Grannan, Serials Department (email:jgrannan) within two weeks following the date of this newsletter.

Fund 13 (Biology)
- ANNALES BOTANICI FENNICI
- ARCHIV FUR HYDROBIOLOGIE
- BIO SYSTEMS
- BSBI ABSTRACTS
- BULLETIN OF ENTOMOLOGICAL RESEARCH
- BULLETIN OF THE NATIONAL HISTORY MUSEUM: ENTOMOLOGY
- BULLETIN OF THE NATIONAL HISTORY MUSEUM: ZOOLOGY
- CANCER: CYTOPATHOLOGY
- CELL PROLIFERATION
- DIAGNOSTIC MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES
- EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE
- HISTOCHEMICAL JOURNAL
- HISTOCHEMISTRY AND CELL BIOLOGY
- HYDROBIOLOGIA
- IMI DESCRIPTIONS OF FUNGI AND BACTERIA
- JOURNAL OF SUBMICROSCOPIC CYTOLOGY
- PERIODICUM BIOLOGORUM
- PROTOPLASMA
- TISSUE ANTIGENS
- ZOOLOGISCHER ANZEIGER

Fund 25 (Economics)
- BUSINESS KOREA
- KIELER STUDIEN - NEW YORK UNIVERSITY. INSTITUTE ON FEDERAL TAXATION. PROCEEDINGS OF
- NEW YORK UNIVERSITY NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON LABOR. PROCEEDINGS OF

Fund 47 (Political Science)
- CIVILISATIONS
- ETUDES RURALES
- LAW AND CONTEMPORARY PROBLEMS
- MONOGRAPH SERIES (WOODROW WILSON SCHOOL OF PUBLIC & INTERNATIONAL)
- NUOVO MEZZOGIORNO
- RIVISTA INTERNAZIONALE DI SCIENZE SOCIALI
- SPECTRUM (LEXINGTON, KY.)
- SUGGESTED STATE LEGISLATION

10. IUPUI Library Hosts National Touring Exhibition Reminder:

The University Library of Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) will serve as a regional host for a national traveling exhibition to America's libraries, organized by the American Library Association. The Frontier in American Culture, scheduled for presentation September 3 - October 15, 1998, was organized in cooperation with and based on the Graff and Ayer collections of the Newberry Library, Chicago.

The national exhibition explores how a single set of cultural icons (Log Cabins, Covered Wagons, Pioneers, Indians, Frontier Farms) has resonated so powerfully among a diverse national population, and examines the stories Americans tell about this country's frontier past. To understand the attractiveness and influence of the frontier, this exhibition looks at two compelling sources of frontier stories: Frederick Jackson Turner's famous lecture and article, "The Significance of the Frontier in American History," and Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West and Congress of Rough Riders.

To supplement the presentation of the exhibition, the IUPUI University Library will host a series of presentations, activities and displays featuring faculty, authors and professionals of IUPUI and other Midwest universities, and partnerships with Indianapolis cultural institutions. The focus of these programs will include the national frontier perspective, as well as that of the Old Northwest and Indiana Territory. (See below for a complete schedule of activities).

Exhibition programs presented by the IUPUI University Library are free to the public and will take place in the Library facility located on the IUPUI campus at 755 West Michigan Street. For general exhibition information, call (317) 278-0232, (317) 274-4586 or go to the University Library Internet address of http://www-lib.iupui.edu/frontier/

Funding for the national exhibition has been provided by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Washington, D.C. Local funding for this program has been provided by the Indiana Humanities Council.

SUPPLEMENTAL DISPLAYS:
The following special display next week will supplement the main exhibition on site at the IUPUI University Library.

IUPUI Ruth Lilly Special Collections & Archives-
Historical books, documents and visual images that represent the continuing influence of the frontier experience on American culture

Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians & Western Art-
A current profile of museum activities related to the American frontier, with museum artifacts and items from the White River Trader shop

Indiana State Museum-
Northwest Territory pioneer artifacts, art and official documents with a profile of current museum and Historic Sites programs and activities.

PRESENTATION SERIES:
Each of the programs listed are held in the Lilly Auditorium of the University Library.

October 8, Thursday, 7:00 p.m.
What Mrs. Clavers Forgot to Say
Professor Jane Schultz, English, IUPUI
How the demands of rustic domesticity derailed the class expectations that women brought with them to the frontier

FILM SERIES:
October 11, Sunday, 3:00 p.m.
Old West Hero as Failed Patriarch: The Western's Latest Last Stand
Professor Dennis Bingham, English, IUPUI
Introductory discussion and viewing of Wyatt Earp (1994- 191 minutes), with Kevin Costner and directed by Lawrence Kasden

BOOK DISCUSSIONS:
October 15, Thursday, 7:00 p.m.
The Ties That Bind: Communicaton & Networking on the Indiana Frontier
Professor Andrew Cayton, History, Miami University, Ohio and Professor Donald Parman, History, Purdue University
Midwest authors discussion focused on the importance of family connections, religious networks, and patronage in settling and developing Indiana. This program is presented with the IU Press.

IUPUI BookMarks Discussion Series
October 5, Monday, 6:30 p.m.
Massacre At Fall Creek, by Jessamyn West
Professor W. Kenneth Barger, Anthropology, IUPUI
Barnes & Noble Bookstore
3748 E. 82nd Street (317) 594-7525
IUPUI site presenter, date and time TBA

--Norman Brandenstein
External Relations Team
IUPUI University Library
nbranden@iupui.edu

11. Weekly Calendar

IUPUI Bookmark Discussion-Massacre At Fall Creek
Monday, October 5, 1998
6:30 pm
Barnes & Noble Bookstore
3748 E. 82nd St.

AIS
Tuesday, October 6, 1998
11-Noon
Ground Floor Conference Room
IU Bloomington

InULA Membership Meeting
Tuesday, October 6, 1998
1:30-3:30 pm
Faculty Club #250, IMU

PA Council
Wednesday, October 7, 1998
10:30-12:00 pm
Ground Floor Conference Room
IU Bloomington

Presentation Series-What Mrs. Clavers Forgot to Say
Thursday, October 8, 1998
7:00 pm
Lilly Auditorium, IUPUI University

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