Speaker: Randi Stocker

Speakers: Gary Charbonneau and Carol Hixson

Speaker: Mary Popp

Speaker: Ed Stockey

Questions, as time allows. The program will be videotaped.

--Andrea Morrison, Continuing Education chair

6. RECYCLING EFFORTS RECOGNIZED

The Libraries have received an award from the University for our recycling program. On behalf of the Library, Randy Lent, Circulation Supervisor and Recycling Coordinator, received the award from President Brand on May 1, 1996 at a brief ceremony in Brya n Hall. The plaque reads "In recognition of your outstanding contribution and dedication to the recycling and source and reduction effort at Indiana University."

The Plaque can be seen at the Retirement and Recognition Reception on May 23rd and will be mounted along with other Library awards at a later date.

It is a fitting tribute to all our staff for consistently contributing and participating in this program. Let's go for another one!!

--Harold Shaffer, Head, Access Services

7. InULA CONTINUING EDUCATION COMMITTEE WORKSHOP

The InULA Continuing Education Committee is sponsoring a workshop on Research and Publishing. The workshop will be held in two locations. The program outline includes:

Grants and Funding information from Marcia Zuzolo, Sponsored Research and Margaret Parks, Library Communications Coordinator, IU Bloomington.

Research Basics and Tips - speaker not definite.

Writing and Publishing, featuring Judy Dye, Tony Stamatopolos and Sharon Hay

Locations:

South Bend, Friday, May 31st, 1:00-5:00 p.m., The Alumni Room, IUSB Administration Building. In South Bend, an optional tour of the Franklin D. Schurz Library will be held at 10:30 a.m., and lunch at a local restaurant (cost not included) will be arranged at 11:30 for interested parties.

Bloomington, Friday, June 7th, 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m., The Persimmon Tree Room, IMU. In Bloomington, an optional lunch at a local restaurant (cost not included) will be arranged at 1:15 p.m. for interested parties.

There is no cost for InULA members. A $10.00 registration fee will be charged for non-members. Registration should be sent by May 15th via e-mail to: nwootton@vines.iusb.edu.

Follow this format:

I will be attending the workshop in:

(If location is SB) I am interested in a tour of Schurz Library

I am interested in having lunch with other librarians that day

Your name and e-mail address

If non-members, make check payable to InULA, and mail (by May 15th) to: Nancy Wootton, Franklin D. Schurz Library, Indiana University South Bend, 1700 Mishawaka Ave., P O Box 7111, South Bend, IN 46634

8. IUB LIBRARIES REFERENCE SERVICE EXTENDS TO THE ELECTRONIC ARENA

As the kinds of information resources available in the IUB Libraries continue to change and move toward electronic platforms, so have its information services. Since 1987, IU's Main Library Reference Department has offered IUB students, faculty and staff the option of requesting and receiving reference assistance online, via e-mail at LIBREF@INDIANA.EDU. In 1995, the service also became accessible through the Library's Research Collections and Services Department "A sk a Librarian" Web page http://www.indiana.edu/~libweb/question.html.

The reference department promotes the service as "one of the best ways for you to send your reference questions directly to us" and encourages IU faculty, staff and students to use the service to ask any kind of question they would ask in person at the re ference desk. The reference librarians check for messages every few hours and try to answer questions as quickly as possible, but within 24 hours. Ann Bristow, head of the reference department, says the service has huge benefits to patrons. Some people, she notes, are much more comfortable asking questions electronically than in-person. "When you're at the desk you often hear: I know this is a silly question...' We don't get that preface as often to questions submitted over e-mail."

Conducting reference service electronically also enables librarians to concentrate on specific questions when they are not distracted by ringing phones or a line of people waiting for assistance. It's also easier for staff members to direct questions sent by e-mail to the librarian with the most knowledge of the question's subject matter, and to continue investigating questions for which no immediate answer is available.

As use of the World Wide Web continues to grow and become the focal point for IU's information resources, Bristow would like to see the "Ask a Librarian" option added to other Web pages and integrated with other library services. The option currently appe ars at the bottom of the IUB Library's Home and companion Web pages along with links to IUCAT, the IUB Libraries Home page and the IUB Home page. She points out that the reference desk is physically located near both print and electronic resources in IU's research collections and services department to make assistance readily accessible. "I'd like to replicate that on the Web," she says, "so that you'll easily see a place where you can ask for help -- and know that a human being will respond."

Bristow disputes the notion that the need for librarians and library services will decrease as information resources become more automated and accessible through electronic means. "If anything," she says, "information resources are becoming more complex a nd the need for assistance is greater....It just has to be the right kind of assistance."

For further information about the IUB Library's electronic reference service, see the "Ask A Librarian" Web page at http://www.indiana.edu/~libweb/question.html, or contact Ann Bristow at 855-8028; e-mail: bristow@indiana.edu.

-- L. Champelli, Library Administration Graduate Assistant

9. ORIENTATION PROGRAMS - OPTIONAL TOURS

Beginning June 17, 1996, the Libraries will be a part of the Campus summer orientation program for freshman advising and registration. During this period we will offer general tours for orientation participants twice per day Monday-Friday, June 17 throuch July 18. If you are interested in volunteering to become a tour gui de for these tours, please contact me at 855-3403, or e-mail: YCOOPERB. Training will be available for those who are interested, but have no prior experience in doing Library tours.

-- Yolanda Cooper-Birdine

10. SERIALS CANCELLATION REQUESTS

The following serials cancellation requests have been received.

The titles below are the last copies in the IUB Libraries. Fund managers who wish to assume any of the titles should contact Laura Gabbard, Serials Department (855-4262 or lscurtis@silver.ucs.indiana.edu), within 2 weeks following the date of this newsletter.

Fund 05 (Anthropology)
-CURRENT ARCHAEOLOGY
-MOUNTAIN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
-NORWEGIAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL REVIEW

Fund 09 (East Asian Studies)
-CH'ULP'AN CHONOL
-CH'ULP'AN MUNHWA
-GENDAI NO ESUPURI
-HAN'GUK SINMUN PANGSONG YON'GAM
-RANDOSUKEPU KENKYU
-TOSHO SHINBUN

Fund 11 (Astronomy)
-ADVANCES IN SPACE RESEARCH (which includes COSPAR INFORMATION BULLETIN)
-CELESTIAL MECHANICS AND DYNAMICAL ASTRONOMY
-JOURNAL OF QUANTITATIVE SPECTROSCOPY & RADIATIVE TRANSFER

Fund 17 (Business)
-EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE QUARTERLY
-IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ROBOTICS AND AUTOMATION
-JOURNAL OF BUSINESS AND TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION
-NATIONAL REAL ESTATE INVESTOR
-NURSING HOMES (CLEVELAND, OHIO : 1991)
-VENTURE CAPITAL IN EUROPE

Fund 19 (Chemistry)
-SYNTHESIS AND REACTIVITY IN INORGANIC AND METAL-ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Fund 33 (Fine Arts)
-ARTWORLD EUROPE

Fund 47 (Political Science)
-SCIENCE & PUBLIC POLICY
-SOCIAL INDICATORS NETWORK NEWS
-TOWN PLANNING REVIEW

Fund 60 (Jewish Studies)
-EUROPEAN JUDAISM
-JOURNAL OF JEWISH EDUCATION

Fund 63 (Library Science)
-WEST VIRGINIA LIBRARIES

Fund 64 (Latin American Studies)
-PASOS (SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA)

Fund 66 (Maps)
-CARTOGRAPHY

Fund 67 (Mathematics)
-CALCUTTA STATISTICAL ASSOCIATION. CALCUTTA STATISTICAL ASSOCIATION BULLETIN
-FIBONACCI QUARTERLY
-IZVESTIIA AKADEMII NAUK ARMENII. MATEMATIKA. ENGLISH. JOURNAL OF
   CONTEMPORARY MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS
-JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS
-JOURNAL OF MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES (NEW YORK, N.Y.)
-JOURNAL OF RECREATIONAL MATHEMATICS
-METRIKA
-SELECTA MATHEMATICA
-SEQUENTIAL ANALYSIS
-SOCIEDADE BRASILEIRA DE MATEMATICA. BOLETIM DA SOCIEDADE BRASILEIRA DE 
   MATEMATICA
-STATISTICA NEERLANDICA
-STATISTICA SINICA
-STATISTICS AND COMPUTING
-SUGAKU. ENGLISH. SUGAKU EXPOSITIONS

Fund 79 (Criminal Justice)
-CRIMINAL JUSTICE ABSTRACTS

Fund 82 (SPEA)
-COUNTERTERRORISM & SECURITY REPORT (which includes COUNTERTERRORISM
   & SECURITY (ARLINGTON, VA. : 1994)
-SAGE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION ABSTRACTS

Fund 84 (Reference)
-CURRENT CONTENTS. SOCIAL & BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES
-INTERLENDING & DOCUMENT SUPPLY
-SERIALS IN THE BRITISH LIBRARY

Fund 93 (Sociology)
-CAHIERS INTERNATIONAUX DE SOCIOLOGIE
-CRIMINOLOGIE
-DISASTERS
-SOCIOLOGIE ET SOCIETES

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