1. Staff News
2. United Way Web Address
3. IULFC Meeting
4. IU Kokomo Job Posting
5. Polish Exhibition At The Fine Arts Library
6. Lilly Library Presentation
7. Serials Cancellation Requests
8. Weekly Calendar
1. Staff News
Ellen Maher, Associate Librarian and Head of Collection Development at the Franklin D. Schurz Library, was the luncheon speaker at the District One Conference of the Indiana Library Federation, held at the University of Notre Dame on October 13. Her topic was Guards and Gumshoes: Librarians in '90's Murder Mysteries. Also presenting at the conference were Nancy Wootton Colborn, Assistant Librarian; Michele Russo, Director; and Beth Schuck, Visiting Assistant Librarian. They team taught Customer Service with CLASS: Customers Leaving Appreciative, Satisfied and Sold. The Customer Service Training is required for all new employees of the Library.
The web address for United Way is:
http://www.bloomington.in.us/socserv/unitedway
This is a good resource to find out about the agencies within United Way and the mission of the campaign, to look at a list of the most frequently asked questions, and to see the United Way newsletter that they have online.
IULFC is scheduled to meet in Bloomington on Thursday, October 22,1998, from 1:00-3:00 P.M. in the Administrative Conference Room in the Main Library. Agenda items for this meeting may be submitted to Chris Long, IULFC Secretary, (celong2@iupui.edu) prior to October 15,1998.
Technical Services Librarian, Indiana University Kokomo Library
(URL: http://www.iuk.edu/LIBRARY)
This is a 12-month full time tenure track position requiring professional development and service in addition to excellent performance. IUK offers a small campus atmosphere which focuses on student success while maintaining access to the extensive library and computer facilities of the main campus (IU Bloomington) and opportunities for research and teaching collaboration across the IU system. The position reports to the Library Director. Salary: $37,000-$38,500 with excellent benefits.
RESPONSIBLE FOR effective and efficient operation of all aspects of the technical services department (cataloguing, acquisitions, serials, processing and binding); maintenance of online NOTIS catalog; supervision and training of clerical staff; attend the reference desk; and assist with library instruction activities. (Full position description is available.)
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS: ALA accredited masters degree in library science, or equivalent; minimum 6 years experience in an academic library; demonstrated experience in acquisitions and cataloging functions of technical services; OCLC cataloging and NOTIS based systems experience; supervisory/training experience; knowledge of microcomputer hardware and software; familiarity with basic reference sources, bibliographic and research techniques, computer-based library services, and information needs of a diverse community of users; excellent verbal and written communication skills, including an ability to relate to a wide variety of library users; ability to meet the responsibilities and requirements of a tenure-track appointment.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: ability to work well independently and in a team situation; ability to promote friendly relations and work cooperatively with other librarians on campus, in the locale, and in the IU Libraries system.
Review of applicants will begin immediately and close November 16, 1998. Send letter of application, vita, and names, addresses, and phone numbers of 3 references to:
Diane Bever
Indiana University Kokomo Library
2300 South Washington Street
P.O. Box 9003
Kokomo, IN 46904-9003
Indiana University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer.
5. Polish Exhibition At The Fine Arts Library
WITH HEART AND HAND: POLISH RELIGIOUS FOLK ART ON EXHIBIT AT THE FINE ARTS LIBRARY
October 8 - November 29, 1998
In celebration of Polish Heritage Month, the Fine Arts Library is pleased to host an exhibition organized by the Polish Studies Center which brings some of Walter Whipple's collection of Polish folk art to IU. Professor Whipple, an amateur collector and professor of Eastern European cultures and languages at Brigham Young University, has the largest private collection of Polish folk art in the United States. The collection was recently on display at the Brigham Young University Museum of Fine Arts.
Professor Whipple acquired most of his collection of folk art while living in Poland between 1990 and 1993. The contemporary art works on display include sculpture, relief sculpture, and reverse glass painting.
-- The Lilly Library at Indiana University, with support from the Indiana Humanities Council, is sponsoring an exhibition in celebration of the American Short Story. "One Hundred and Fifty Years of the American Short Story, 1819-1968" opened to the public on Saturday, September 12 and will run through December 15. The exhibition is designed to inform Indiana residents and students about the history of this genre and to convey the literary and sociological importance of the short story in America.
Lilly Library hours are M-F, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. & Sat., 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
For more information call (812) 855-2452.
7. 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 40 (Government Publications)
- OFFICIAL GAZETTE OF THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
- STATISTICS CANADA
Fund 43 (Geology)
- ACTA UNIVERSITATIS STOCKHOLMIENSIS
- ANTARCTIC SCIENCE
- COMPUTATIONAL SEISMOLOGY AND GEODYNAMICS
- EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND ENGINEERING GEOPHYSICS
- FIZIKA ZEMLI
- GEOLOGICAL CURATOR
- GEOSCIENTIST
- IAHS PUBLICATION
- IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON GEOSCIENCE AND REMOTE SENSING
- INDIAN MINERALOGIST
- INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON APPLIED GEOLOGIC REMOTE SENSING
- LOG ANALYST
- MEDDELELSER OM GRONLAND. GEOSCIENCE
- MOSASAUR
- MOSKOVSKII GOSUDARSTVENNYI UNIVERSITET IM
- NONLINEAR PROCESSES IN GEOPHYSICS
- PALAEONTOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF INDIA
- PANGEA
- SYMPOSIUM ON THE APPLICATION OF GEOPHYSICS TO ENGINEERING AND
ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS
- TI CH'IU HUA HSUEH. ENGLISH (CHINESE JOURNAL OF GEOCHEMISTRY)
Fund 84 (Reference)
- PSYCHOLOGICAL ABSTRACTS
- SOCIOLOGICAL ABSTRACTS
Fund 89 (Sci-Ref)
- SCI JCR (Microfiche)
IULFC Meeting
October 22, 1998
1:00-3:00 p.m.
Administrative Conference Room
CHL
October 23, 1998
8:30-4:00
Ground Floor Conference Room
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