October 6, 1997 Vol. 24, No. 38

1. Faculty/Staff News

2. Search and Screen Committee Appointed

3. Fine Arts Library Hosts New Book

4. Career Exploration Forum

5. InULA Awards Grant

6. New Subscriptions on Web

7. Library Grant Opportunities

8. Weekly Calendar

1. FACULTY/STAFF NEWS

Effective October 1, Anne Graham accepted the Reference/Technical Associate position in Reference. Prior to accepting this position Anne was employed as the Hotline Assistant Director and Information Coordinator at the Indiana Career and Postsecondary Advancement Center.

Charlotte Hess traveled to Kampala, Uganda (Sept 4-25, 1997) to help develop the new library at the Forestry Department, Makerere University. She set up a computer database for an online library catalog and trained staff in computer data entry, library organization, management, and security, and methods of collection development. The project also involved meeting with various local librarians, researchers, and other information providers. She presented the paper "Collaboration, Information, and Reciprocity" on the Makerere University campus.

While in Uganda, Hess also attended the Forum-Project Workshop on agricultural research collaboration in Entebbe, sponsored by the Rockefeller Foundation.

This travel was part of Hess' sabbatical project to investigate ways to improve the flow of environmental research information to and from developing countries. It was funded by the MUK Forestry Department and grants from the IU Office of International Programs and the Indiana University Librarians Association (InULA).

2. SEARCH AND SCREEN COMMITTEE APPOINTED

The search and screen committee for the Personnel Officer position has been appointed. The members are: Jackie Byrd, IOCM; Erika Dowell, Fine Arts Library; Edy Feazel, Technical Services, IU-Kokomo; Jane Goldsmith, Customer and Facilities Services; Mike Parrish, Business/SPEA Library; Peggy Richwine, Ruth Lilly Medical Library, Indianapolis; Lynn Smith (Chair), Budget Officer; Rachael Stoeltje, Preservation; Susie Trisler, Customer and Facilities Services.

3. FINE ARTS LIBRARY HOSTS "ART AND LIFE IN BANGLADESH: THE CREATION OF THE BOOK"

Henry Glassie's new book, "Art and Life in Bangladesh" (Indiana University Press, 1997) studies the traditional arts of this country with the skill and insight of a folklorist committed to field research. Long years of experience with the world's folk art has inspired a new analysis of the Bangladeshi system of aesthetics; an equal number of years tangling with art book publishers also inspired him to design and produce this book himself. The exhibit blends pages and photographs from the book with the artifacts of his study to show how art historians can use old fashioned patience and modern computer technology to take control of their publications.

"Art and Life in Bangladesh: The Creation of the Book" is on display in the Fine Arts Library lobby October 1-18, 1997.

4. BETA PHI MU'S CAREER EXPLORATION FORUM

On Friday, October 17, 1997, The Indiana (Chi) Chapter of Beta Phi Mu, the International Library and Information Science Honor Society, will present its third Career Exploration Forum for students and alumni of the Indiana University School of Library and Information Science. The event will begin at 1:30 p.m. in the SLIS-Bloomington auditorium, Library 033. A five-member panel will speak about library and information science career options. At 3 p.m., refreshments will be served in the SLIS Library. Chi Chapter invites and encourages BPM members and library professionals within the I.U. Libraries to attend the forum and to participate as resource persons for students during the refreshment/discussion portion of the forum.

--Maggie Harter

5. INULA AWARDS RESEARCH INCENTIVE FUND GRANT

I am pleased to announce that the Indiana University Librarians Association (InULA) has awarded Emma Dederick-Colon, Music Library, Bloomington, an $800.00 Research Incentive Fund grant for her project "Latin American Popular Music: A Collection of 78s sound recordings available at the Archives of Traditional Music at Indiana University."

Emma will travel to New York City to work at the Rodgers & Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound. She will be locating and identifying labels, performers, and composers included in this special collection as they relate to the tango and music from the Caribbean. I.U.'s Latin American Collection of 78 rpm sound recordings was acquired by Frank Gillis, Director of the Archives of Traditional Music, from 1977 to 1979. It includes over 3,000 sound recordings of folk and popular music performed by Latin American musicians from the 1930s-1960s. Only a partial and inaccurate inventory of the recordings exists at present.

Congratulations to Emma from the InULA Board!

--Andrea Morrison, InULA President

6. SUBSCRIPTION TO U.S. AND CANADIAN COLLEGE CATALOGS ON THE WEB

Undergraduate Library Services announces the subscription to U.S. and Canadian college catalogs via the World Wide Web, replacing the microfiche subscription. The WWW connection gives access to 6,300 catalogs, and includes current as well as archival copies.

Users may connect to the catalogs through the IUL Home Page. Click on "Search IUCAT and other databases," then under the heading "Dictionaries, Encyclopedias & Literary Texts." College Catalogs is one of the databases listed.

If Adobe Acrobat Reader has not previously been loaded onto your computer, you must do that prior to requesting a catalog. The instructions are given on the first page. Once you have loaded it, you do not have to do it again.

The UGL has retained archival copies of both domestic and international catalogs on microfiche for public use, and is also maintaining a microfiche subscription to International College Catalogs until they are available through the WWW next year.

We hope that this new method of access will expand use of this product. The URL is: http://www.collegesource.org

--Mary Strow, Undergraduate Library Services

7. LIBRARY GRANT OPPORTUNITIES

LIBRARY SUPPORT PROGRAM GRANT

The Japan Foundation. The Library Support Program is designed to promote research on and understanding of Japan in the United States through donations of books and other materials related to Japan and funding for resource acquisitions. Another goal of the Library Support Program is to promote resource sharing and library cooperation both regionally and nationally.

For more information, see above.

8. WEEKLY CALENDAR

Monday-Friday, October 6-10		Administrative Conference room is
					 Booked for Promotion and Tenure
					 Committee meetings


Monday, October 6			Horizon Working Group
8:45 - 11:30 am
GFCR - 043


Monday, October 6			L M C  Meeting
2:30 - 3:30 pm
GFCR - 043


Wednesday, October 8			P A  Council Meeting
10:30 - 12 Noon
GFCR - 043

Thursday, October 9			B L F C  Meeting
9:00 - 11:00 am
GFCR - 043

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