1. Staff News
2. 1998 Professional/Staff Merit Award
3. IUSB Job Posting
4. Ergo Info
5. Ergonomics Survey
6. Family Story Time At The Lilly Library
7. BLFC Grant Program Schedule
8. Master Calendar
9. New Subscriptions For 1999 (IUPUI)
10. Weekly Calendar
1. Staff News
Effective November 2, Daniel Comiskey accepted the Bloomington Delivery Service Coordinator position in Customer and Facilities Services. Daniel has worked hourly in the Document Delivery area of Customer and Facilities Services since 1997.
Effective October 30 David Sutton transferred from Libraries Information Technology (but he was actually based at the University Library in Indianapolis) to the Digital Libraries Team with the University Library at Indianapolis.
Dolores J. Hoyt, IUPUI University Library, gave a presentation on "Education of Instructors in the Seminars and Normal College of the American Turners," at the John Saw Billings History of Medicine Society, Inc., on October 12, 1998, at the Athenaeum, Indianapolis. The Normal College of the North American Gymnastics Union was the forerunner of the IUPUI School of Physical Education. Early courses always included instruction by Medical Doctors, and students frequently were instructed on cadavers through association with Medical Schools. The Ruth Lilly Special Collections and Archives at the IUPUI University Library is the national repository of the American Turner records.
Ellen Bosman, Assistant Librarian and Head of Technical Services at IUN, recently presented "Creating the User Friendly Library with Signs" to the Lutheran Church Library Association in Newton, Iowa. Similarly, Bosman addressed the Association of Christian Librarians in June at Taylor University, Upland, IN. The presentation can be viewed on the internet at: http://www.lib.iun.indiana.edu/libsign1.htm
2. 1998 Professional/Staff Merit Award
Terry Reynolds, Circulation Supervisor at the Business/SPEA Library is the 1998 recipient of the IU Professional Staff Award. The awardee is selected on the basis of demonstration of a positive attitude towards their position and the University, exemplary work performance, good attendance record, and demonstrated special effort toward improving Indiana University for the benefit of students, faculty, staff, alumni, and other University associates.
We would like to provide an informal forum for Terry's friends and co-workers at the Libraries to congratulate her and to celebrate her award. Please join Terry and the rest of us for cake and punch in the 3rd floor staff lounge (Main Library) on Tuesday, November 10th from 1:30 to 2:30 pm.
Position opening at South Bend:
Reference Librarian/ Library Instruction Coordinator. Assistant
Librarian. Primary responsibility for the coordination and development of
the Library Instruction Program, including instruction sessions, workshops,
credit courses, and collaborative teaching. Students, faculty and staff
are instructed in the use of traditional and electronic resources using a
variety of methods and media. Additional responsibilities include working
regularly scheduled hours at the reference desk (including evening and
weekend rotation) and maintaining the instruction handout collection. Some
collection development responsibilities possible.
Required: ALA-MLS and experience in teaching, training, or library instruction. Familiarity with a variety of electronic reference applications. Energetic, motivated, and creative professional with a strong service orientation. Ability to work well as a team leader and team member, as well as independently; relates effectively with varied clientele. Must possess strong oral and written communication skills and be able to meet the responsibilities of a tenure-track appointment. Preferred: Academic library experience; knowledge of HTML and presentation software.
Reports to the Director of IUSB Schurz Library Services. Twelve-month appointment beginning July 1, 1999 will be at Assistant Librarian rank.
Salary: Competitive.
Closing Date: January 29, 1999.
Send letter of application, resume, and three letters of reference to: Rosanne M. Cordell, Chair, Search and Screen Committee, Franklin D. Schurz Library, Indiana University South Bend, P.O. Box 7111, South Bend, IN 46634. FAX: (219) 237-4472; e-mail:rcordell@iusb.edu. IUSB is strongly committed to achieving excellence through cultural diversity. The university actively encourages applications and nominations of women, persons of color, applicants with disabilities, and members of other underrepresented groups. Visit our web site: http://www.iusb.edu/~libg/
4. Ergo Info
For an informative article by Dr. Mark Ciancone on "Computing's not supposed to hurt," go to the Libraries Ergonomics Team's page (http://www.indiana.edu/~libergo/) and follow the link to that title. There is discussion on prevention as well as what to do if you are already hurting.
Linda Kamoji for the Ergonomics Team
Has your office chair been adjusted properly for your work area? Does the lighting enhance your work area or detract from it? Or is your work area adjusted properly for you? The Library Ergonomics Team wants to know if your work area "works" for you. The Team will be surveying all employess through their supervisors throughout the month of November to find out. This survey will address such issues as lighting, chairs, desks, air quality, and noise and will include all employees in the Main Library and Campus Libraries. We want to find out about problem areas and about areas where there are no problems so everyone will be asked. If you are more comfortable speaking directly with an Ergonomics Team member, you may contact them directly. They are:
Lila Fredenburg, Library HR, email:lfredenb@indiana.edu
Joetta Black, Library IT, email:jablack@indiana.edu
Juliette Smith, Law Library, email:jcsmith@indiana.edu
Lisa Howard, CFS, email:lihoward@indiana.edu
Linda Kamoji, MPS, email:lkamoji@indiana.edu
Tim Larson, IOCM, email:tlarson@indiana.edu
Jane Goldsmith, CFS, email:goldsmi@indiana.edu
6. Family Story Time At The Lilly Library
The Bloomington Storytellers' Guild will lead an afternoon of storytelling suitable for school-age children and older on Sunday, November 8 at the Lilly Library on the IU Bloomington campus. The event will last from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is free.
The storytellers will share five stories inspired by the American short story. Storytellers do not read aloud, but instead interpret a story by narrating and acting.
The presentation coincides with the Lilly Library's exhibition The American Short Story, and is made possible, in part, by a grant from the Indiana Humanities Council.
7. BLFC Grant Program Schedule
From the BLFC Continuing Education Committee:
When You Have a Great Project But No Funding...
Grant Opportunities for Librarians
November 9, 1998
2:00 - 4:30 p.m.
Media Viewing Room of Main Library (E174)
2:00 - 2:05 Opening Remarks: Nonie Watt, Chair,
BLFC Continuing Education Committee
2:05 - 2:15 Introduction to the IU Libraries Development
Program: Beverly Byl, Director of University Libraries Development
2:15 - 3:15 Funding for Special Projects: Marcia Landen,
Director of Sponsored Program Development, Office of
Research and The University Graduate School
3:15 - 3:30 Break
3:30 - 3:45 National Endowment for the Humanities:
Experiences with the NEH as Applicant, Recipient, Reviewer,
and Panelist: Elizabeth Johnson, Lilly Library
3:45- 4:05 Reflections (and more) from Grant Recipients:
Suzanne Mudge, Archives of Traditional Music
Recipient of RUGS Grant-In-Aid of Research Award and
Grant-in-Aid Committee member
Emma Dederick-Colon, Music Library
Recipient of InULA Research Incentive Grant
4:05 - 4:15 Summary of Corporate and Foundation
Grantsmanship : Eric Bartheld, Head of Public Relations and
Assistant Director of University Libraries Development
4:15 -4:30 Question and Answer Period: All Panelists
Members of the BLFC Continuing Education Committee are Nonie Watt (chair), Rita Barsun, Elizabeth Hanson, Taemin Park, Andrea Singer, Saundra Taylor, and Celestina Wroth.
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.
9. New Subscriptions For 1999 (IUPUI)
Title Cost Requestor 1) Advances in renal $152.00 ILS replacement therapy 2) Alimentary pharmacology & $586.00 ILS therapeutics 3) American journal of medical $166.00 ILS quality 4) Alternative Medicine Alert $189.00 Mitchell-Mackie-Medicine 5) Amyloid: the international $245.00 Hamidi-Med.Genetics journal of experimental and clinical 6) Bailli`ere's clinical $221.00 ILS haematology 7) Clinical and diagnostic $239.00 ILS laboratory immunology 8) Clinical rehabilitation $426.00 ILS 9) Controlled clinical trials $475.00 ILS 10)Current opinion in $490.00 ILS nephrology and hypertension 11)Current topics in medical Bill later ILS mycology 12)Diabetes, Obesity and $332.00 Harris-Biochemistry Metabolism 13)Drugs under experimental $340.00 ILS and clinical research 14)European journal of nuclear $1,128.00 ILS medicine 15)European journal of $1,873.00 ILS obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive biology 16)Gastroenterology nursing $136.00 ILS 17)Histology and histopathology $250.00 ILS 18)Immunologic research $430.00 ILS 19)Internal medicine $268.00 ILS 20)International clinical $580.00 ILS psychopharmacology 21)International journal of $428.00 ILS hematology 22)Journal of burn care & $125.00 ILS rehabilitation 23)Journal of insurance $45.00 ILS medicine 24)Journal of magnetic $480.00 ILS resonance imaging 25)Journal of medical screening $203.00 ILS 26)Journal of neuroendocrinology $1,175.00 ILS 27)Journal of psychopharmacology $328.00 ILS 28)Nature biotechnology $545.00 ILS 29)New Horizons: an official $160.00 ILS publication of the society of Critical Care Med. 30)Nutrition $357.00 ILS 31)Nutrition and cancer $790.00 ILS 32)Obesity research $198.00 ILS 33)Osteoarthritis and cartilage $362.00 ILS 34)Radiographics $110.00 ILS 35)Seminars in respiratory $174.00 ILS infections TOTAL $14,006.00 --Michelle Barton IUPUI IB 310 274-1404
10. Weekly Calendar
Family Story Time
Sunday, November 8, 1998
3:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Lilly Library
Grant Program
Monday, November 9, 1998
2:00 - 4:30 p.m.
Media Showing Room, E-174
IU Bloomington
PA Council
Wednesday, November 11, 1998
10:30 - 12:00
Ground Floor Conference Room
IU Bloomington
BLFC
Wednesday, November 11, 1998
3:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Administrative Conference Room
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