IUL News for October 14, 1996 Volume 23, Number 40




IN THIS ISSUE...
1. Thanks!!!
2. Faculty/Staff News
3. Communication Forum - Change in Time
4. Reception for New Librarians and Staff
5. INCOLSA Information Majordomo
6. Philanthropy Collection
7. LITA/LAMA National Conference - Last Reminder
8. Workshop on Old Hand Tools at Wylie House
9. BLFC Continuing Education Committee
10. Journals at Ruth Lilly Medical Library
11. Ergo Info








1. THANKS!!!

Thanks to B.J. Irvine from the Ergonomics Team for agreeing to present monthly yoga sessions for librarians and staff. The first session was very successful and received rave reviews. We're looking forward to future sessions.

2. FACULTY/STAFF NEWS

On Saturday, September 21, 1996, Robert A. Hinton, Reference and Research Team, IUPUI Libraries, was a panelist on the Records and Cyberspace portion of the Your Right to Know Conference. This conference celebrated the 30th anniversary of the Freedom of Information Act. Mr. Hinton discussed the concept of federal government documents, explained the Federal Depository Library Program, and discussed and demonstrated how citizens can access federal government information electronically. This conference was sponsored by FOIndiana, a coalition of media and community organizations dedicated to education and advocacy on freedom of information issues. The conference keynote speaker was Ralph Nad er.

David Lasocki (Head of Reference Services, Music Library) is the editor of a newly published book, The Recorder in the Seventeenth Century: Proceedings of the International Recorder Symposium Utrecht 1993 (Utrecht: STIMU Foundation for Historical Performance Practice, 1995). He also contributed three items to the book: "The Reco rder's Role in Seventeenth-Century Music, Then and Now," "Gaps in Our Knowledge of the Recorder in the Seventeenth Century and How They Could be Filled," and (with Richard Griscom) "Bibliography of Writings About the Recorder in the Seventeenth Century."< P> Gary Wiggins was the speaker for the 1996 Lesh Lecture Series on Scientific and Chemical Information at Penn State University on October 2. The topic was "Current Trends in Chemical Information: Perspectives of an Academic Chemistry Librarian."

Effective October 7, Cheryl Smith accepted the Assistant Circulation Supervisor position in Access Services. Previously she was a student worker for two years and held a support staff position in the Reference Department. Cheryl is currently working on her MLS.

3. COMMUNICATION FORUM--CHANGE IN TIME

The Communication Forum will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, October 15, instead of the previously announced time of 2:00. This is an opportunity to meet with Dean Thorin and to communicate with her and other administrators about issues of interest to you. The location is the Ground Floor Conference Room (043), Main Library.

4. RECEPTION FOR NEW LIBRARIANS AND STAFF

The Libraries' Faculty/Staff Development Committee is planning its semi-annual orientation program for new librarians and staff. Again this year, the Committee will have an informal reception for employees appointed during the last six months. Please jo in us on Wednesday, October 23, from 1:30-2:15 p.m. in the Ground Floor Conference Room for cookies and coffee or tea, and take this opportunity to meet your newest colleagues. The following librarians and staff have joined us since May, 1996:

	Marna Hostetler			Bradley Warren
	Brenda Walker			Lisa Howard
	Lisa Browar			Rebecca Moss
	Emma Dederick			Rita Barsun
	John Cash			Tony Fehrenbacher
	Lynn Uhls			Kendra Boileau
	Carlton Stokes			William Lawrence
	Eileen Buerkert			Aaron Reichert
	Suzanne Thorin			Jon Hansen
	David Greenebaum		Cheryl Smith
5. INCOLSA INFORMATION MAJORDOMO

Communicating information about INCOLSA meetings and workshops to those libraries and staff within the Bloomington libraries has been problematic. The solutions we have attempted haven't been as effective as we had hoped, so we are trying something new - a list for posting INCOLSA information. You can sign on to this list by sending an e-mail message to:

majordomo@indiana.edu

Ignore the subject line of the header. In the body of the message write:

subscribe nilson_incolsa@indiana.edu your full e-mail address

Example: subscribe nilson_incolsa@indiana.edu yoda@indiana.edu

Make sure that you do not append a "signature" file. Majordomo will be confused if you do.

Sometime next week, we will distribute the INCOLSA calendar for the remainder of October and November. We hope this list will have many uses, including providing a place for a more general exchange of information. Let us hear from you.

--Julie Nilson, INCOLSA Board Member and Sara Laughlin, INCOLSA Field Representative

6. ITEMS FROM PHILANTHROPY COLLECTION TO BE PART OF TRAVELING EXHIBITION

Seven items from the Harold Oram Collection will be included in a traveling exhibition, thanks to an agreement between IUPUI's Ruth Lilly Special Collections and Archives and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. The objects, a telegram and six fundraising flyers from the Emergency Rescue Committee, will be part of "Exiles and Emigres: 1933-1945". The exhibition will include approximately 100 painting, sculptures, photographs, prints, drawings, and architectural models, as well as 200 documents, posters, books, and catalogues, supplemented by film and music. The exhibition has received support from the national Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Helen and Peter Bing Foundation. The exhibition opens at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in February 1997, moves to the Musee des Beaux-Art de Montreal in June 1997 and concludes its tour at the Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin in January 1998.

The Emergency Rescue Committee, formed in July 1940, worked to bring artists, writers, scientists, and intellectuals safely out of Europe before their arrest by the Nazis. Among the notable figures saved were painters Marc Chagall and Andres Masson, scul ptor Jacques Lipchitz, and writer Heinrich Man.

Harold Oram's firm, Harold L. Oram, Inc., served as the fund raising consultant to the ERC. The seven items to be loaned for the exhibition come from the extensive collection of Oram's personal and business papers. The Oram Collection is one of several major philanthropy collections brought to IUPUI through the efforts of the Center on Philanthropy and the Ruth Lilly Special Collections and Archives.

7. LITA/LAMA NATIONAL CONFERENCE - LAST REMINDER

"TRANSFORMING LIBRARIES: A national conference and exhibition on leadership and technology in the information age," is scheduled for October 13-16, 1996 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Sponsored by the Library and Information Technology Association (LITA) and the Library Administration and Management Association (LAMA), divisions of the American Library Association.

Check out the homepage: http://pitcairn.lib.uci.edu/lita-lama

Or request a copy of the preliminary program!!! Call 1-800-545-2433, ext: 5037; TDD: 312/944-7298; or e-mail srussell@ala.org. For more information, contact Anne McGreer (855-1666) or e-mail mgreera.

8. WORKSHOP ON OLD HAND TOOLS AT WYLIE HOUSE

Learn the fine points of appreciating and working with antique planes and drills Saturday, October 26, from 9 to 11:30 a.m. at Wylie House Museum, 307 E. 2nd Street. First in a series of workshops on old hand tools with instructor Bill Lawrence. The class includes a break for old-time refreshments. Cost is $15 (or $12 for Friends of Wylie House). Registration deadline is October 19. Call 855-6224 or e-mail BVWILLIA. Wylie House is handicap accessible.

--Bonnie Williams, Wylie House

9. BLFC CONTINUING EDUCATION COMMITTEE

Upcoming Continuing Education Committee Research Forums:

Thursday, November 7th, Jean Poland will give a slide presentation entitled: "Libraries in Southeast Asia: One Fellow's Travels," from noon-1:15 pm in the Ground Floor Conference Room.

Tuesday, December 10th, Marian Shaaban will discuss her work as editor-in-chief in the preparation of the recent book, Guide to Country Information in International Governmental Organization Publications, published in July 1996, which includes contributions of twelve authors from IU Libraries; and Tony Shipps, author of The Quote Sleuth, returns to share his current research involving electronic resources, all the while revealing that the pursuit of knowle dge is indeed a lifelong journey. This forum will take place in the Ground Floor Conference Room from noon-1:00 pm.

Please feel free to bring your lunch.

10. JOURNALS AVAILABLE FROM RUTH LILLY MEDICAL LIBRARY

The Ruth Lilly Medical Library currently offers the full-text of 15 journals, OVID's Core Biomedical Collection. These titles include:

The American Journal of Medicine
The American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
The American Journal of Surgery
The Annals of Internal Medicine
The Archives of General Psychiatry
The British Medical Journal
The Canadian Medical Association Journal
Circulation
JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association
The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery
The Journal of Clinical Investigation
The Lancet
The New England Journal of Medicine
Pediatrics
Science
Please contact the Reference Department at 274-7185 or medlref@indyvax.iupui.edu for more information.

11. ERGO INFO: A PRESENTATION OF THE ERGONOMICS TEAM

Snacks prevent mid-morning and mid-afternoon blood sugar drops. A diet emphasizing complex carbohydrates, reliable sleeping patterns, and time for yourself can do wonders for workday productivity and the relaxation necessary to prevent repetitive motion injuries.

--Jonathan Bailin, Ph.D.

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