There is just ONE WEEK until the IUB Libraries' Special Events Committee sponsors the Fifth Annual FEBRUARY FEST! Don't forget to sign up to bring a special dish. This event gives us all a chance to recognize and celebrate cultural and ethnic backgrounds of library employees, by sharing desserts and snacks from different countries, ethnic groups, and regions of the U.S.

Please help to make this event a success by contributing some special food item. Send Rachael Stoeltje an email message (RSTOELTJ) or sign up on the sheets that are going around your department. Include your name and the name and origin of your food donation.

If your department has not sent your sign up sheet back to Rachael Stoeltje in the Preservation dept., please do so now so that we can have labels made up to go with your dish.

February Fest will be held on February 6th at 3:30 PM in the Main Library's Staff Lounge. We encourage you to wear ethnic of traditional clothing to this event. If you have any question, please feel free to contact Rachael Stoeltje (5-6282) or Julie Pophal (5-4626), co-chairs of this event.

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February Fest Sign-Up form:

Return to Rachael Stoeltje, Preservation Department, Main Library, (RSTOELTJ), by February 3.

NAME:___________________	

NAME OF FOOD DONATION:_______________________

ORIGIN OF FOOD DONATION:_____________________

2. DOCENT TRAINING AT WYLIE HOUSE MUSEUM

If you have an interest in early 19th-century history, a love of learning and sharing what you've learned, and a free afternoon every other week, we'd love to have you as a volunteer docent at Wylie House! Expand your knowledge of such topics as Georgian architecture, 19th-century women's issues, health and illness, food preservation, and the family life of IU's first president! A docent training session is scheduled for Wednesday, February 19, from 1 to 4 p.m. Call Bonnie Williams at 855-6224 or e-mail BVWILLIA for more information or to sign up for docent training.

--Bonnie Williams, Curator

3. THE SOURCE NEWSLETTER SEEKING ARTICLE IDEAS

Dear faculty, staff, and students:

We are seeking your ideas for articles you'd like to see in the Spring issue of the IUB Libraries' newsletter, The SOURCE, which will be published in late March.

Our audience is the IU Bloomington faculty, librarians in the fifteen branch libraries and the Main Library, as well as donors who have made gifts to the libraries.

The purpose of our newsletter is to publicize upcoming events and important gifts, spotlight interesting people and departments, report on great things happening in the development of collections and technology, and to provide a forum for readers to add things of timely and special interest.

Please send us a brief description of your ideas, and we will choose the story which best fits in scope and content.

Anything related to the IU Bloomington Libraries will be considered, including: history, policies, conservation and preservation, special collections, issues related to the Internet and new technology, literacy, or personal anecdotes.

For more information please contact Margaret Parks at e-mail: maparks, or phone 855-3403.

4. SUMMARY OF GRANT OPPORTUNITIES

Special Libraries Association
1700 19th Street N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20009-2508

SLA Research Grants
The Research Committee of SLA supports research projects in special librarianship and information management. Proposals should address areas specified in the SLA research agenda, including futures, user issues, measures of productivity and value, client/user satisfaction measures, and staffing. Proposals will be evaluated according to purpose and objectives, subject, methodology, qualifications of staff, costs, and the timetable. For a copy of the agenda, guidelines, and criteria contact the association.

DEADLINE: February 28, 1997
AMOUNT: Up to $20,000
CONTACT: Director, Research, (202) 234-4700 ext. 615; FAX: (202)265-9317; 
e-mail: liana@sla.org

5. SUMMARY OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITY/UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH AND CREATIVE ACTIVITY PARTNERSHIP

The Office of Research and the University Graduate School(RUGS)

RUGS announces the spring competition for Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Grants. Designed to provide an increasing number of undergraduate students an opportunity to explore an intellectually challenging problem in close conjunction with a faculty mentor, this partnership will allow research on a topic of personal interest and relevance.

All undergraduates are eligible to apply. Application packets are available in the RUGS Office in Kirkwood 111.

DEADLINE: April 1, 1997
AWARDS: Resources of up to $1,500 for each student/faculty mentor team: a $500 stipend for the student and up to $1,000 to cover project costs, including travel, research equipment, and so forth.

CONTACT: Eugene R. Kintgen, Associate Dean
The Office of Research and the University Graduate School
(RUGS) Kirkwood Hall 111
Bloomington, 47405-3901
(812) 855-9343
FAX: (812) 855-4266

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