2. New Director of Technical Services
3. Digital Library Presentation
Effective October 27, Teresa Burgin has accepted the Accounting Assistant position in Serials. Currently Teresa is Accounts Payable Coordinator at Bloomington Hospital.
Effective October 10, Christia Thomason resigned her position as Cataloging Technician in the Music Library.
Emma Dederick (Music Library), Suzanne Mudge (Archives of Traditional Music) and Ralph Papakhian (Music Library) attended the annual meeting of the Midwest Chapter of the Music Library Association, Oct. 16-18, 1997, Minneapolis, Minn. Emma Dederick was invited to participate in a panel discussion on "Digital Sense: Practical Applications in Electronic Music Resources." The keynote speaker was Craig Curtis from Minneapolis Public Radio. Other sessions included Basic Cataloging of Electronic Materials in the Music Library, Evaluation and Selection of Electronic Music Materials, and, Searching the Internet for Music Reference Service. The meeting concluded with a presentation by Phyllis Danner, Sousa Archives for Band Research, on "Sound Sense: Practical Preservation Practice."
Carole Francq Gall was honored in September 1997, with a plaque and pictorial book of Indianapolis for her work with organizing thirty-six multitype libraries in Indianapolis.
The thirty-six libraries from academic, public, and high school institutions within Indianapolis have the unique opportunity to apply for grants from the Library Fund which began in 1989 from an $18,000,000 anonymous bequest managed by the Indianapolis Foundation. To date the Library Fund has provided $4,298,211 to the thirty-six libraries for proposals approved by the Indianapolis Foundation Board of Trustees.
The plaque is to Carole Gall "in recognition of exemplary volunteer service through soundly stewarding the Library Fund, mentoring library staff in Marion County, and advancing access for Marion County residents to quality information resources." It is signed by Dr. Kenneth L. Gladish, Executive Director of the Indianapolis Foundation and Laura Bramble, current President of the thirty-six city libraries.
Carole is the Director of Collection Management of the Ruth Lilly Medical Library Indiana University School of Medicine where she started as cataloger in 1984.
The IUPUI University, medical, law, and dental libraries on the IUPUI campus are part of the thirty-six eligible libraries for the Library Fund.
At the Fall Conference, October 24, 1997, Robert A Hinton, Assistant Librarian,IUPUI University Libraries, was made Chair of INDIGO (Indiana Networking for documents and Information of Government Organizations) which is the state wide government documents organization for Indiana.
2. NEW DIRECTOR OF TECHNICAL SERVICES
Michael Kaplan will join the IUB Libraries as Director of Technical Services on January 2, 1998. Michael is currently Head of the Database Management Team, Cataloging Services Department at Harvard College Library. He is actively involved in developing and implementing national cooperative cataloging programs and is an expert in technical service workstation development. He is the author of "Planning and Implementing Technical Services Workstations", published this summer by ALA Editions, as well as numerous articles dealing with technical services librarianship.
3. DIGITAL LIBRARY PRESENTATION
Dr. Henry M. Gladney IBM Research Division will visit the IU Bloomington campus October 23-28, 1997. Two presentations are scheduled at the Main Library in room E174:
October 24, 1997 Intellectual Property Rights and Digital 9:00 - 10:30 a.m. Libraries Main Library E174 October 27, 1997 The Status of Digital Libraries: Growing 1:30 - 3:00 p.m. Collections Worldwide Main Library E174
Dr. Henry M. Gladney IBM Research Division, has been an IBM research staff member since receiving his Ph.D. in chemical physics from Princeton University in 1963. He has held management positions in physical sciences and in computing services, and is a member of the Association for Computing Machinery and a fellow of the American Physical Society. Dr. Gladney has published in scientific journals in physics, chemistry, laboratory automation, computer security, and database technology. He was a principal contributor to three software projects which became widely used IBM products: RACF*, a component of OS/MVS and OS/2 LAN services which aids administrative control and information security; EDX/1, a multiprogramming-multitasking operating system for process control computers; and ImagePlus VisualInfo, an operational image service. Dr. Gladney's current interest is data management in extremely large systems, with special attention to Digital Library opportunities.
4. DON'T FORGET TO USE THE MASTER CALENDAR!
There is a master calendar in Library Personnel 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.
The Horizon Communications and Training Committee (HCTC) is pleased to announce a system-wide teleconference for the purpose of sharing information regarding the upcoming implementation of Horizon throughout the IU Libraries system. Our goal is to provide a basic forum that will attempt to address the questions and concerns of all library staff.
Although the program itself will take place in Bloomington, the event will be simultaneously telecast to the regional campuses as well, providing viewers with an opportunity to ask questions and provide input. Short demonstrations of the individual modules will be given as will an overview of the whole project. Also, librarians from IUPUI will share with us their experiences pertaining to the recent implementation of INDYCAT.
The tentative date for the Horizon Teleconference is Nov. 10 from 1-3 pm. The official date and location will be announced as soon as they become available.
--Nonie Watt on behalf of the HCTC
Mark Your Calendars for the Upcoming Annual Conference of the Special Libraries Association that will be held June 6-11, 1998 in beautiful INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana.
This is a great opportunity to check out the organization and meet Special Librarians from around the world!
Volunteers are needed to staff the hospitality booth and to help with other preparations such as the local Web site, and places to visit in Indiana. Below are contacts:
Local InSLA Web Site: http://omni.cc.purdue.edu/~techman/insla Scott Brandt, InSLA Secretary techman@purdue.eduNordstrom/SLA Event Coordinator needed in the next week!, contact: Bernadette Ewen, President of the Indiana Chapter of the SLA at: ewen@lilly.com 317-276-2374 Places you like to visit in Indiana: contact: Sarah Kelly, Program Committee, 1998 SLA Conference, InSLA sakelly@purdue.edu
Staff the Hospitality Booth! Contact: Adele Hoskin, InSLA Director at Large 317-299-3302 ahoskin@iquest.net
Want to know more about SLA???!!! Be sure to visit the Special Libraries Association Web Page at: http://www.sla.org
1998 Meeting Previews http://www.sla.org/committee/98conf/index.html http://www.sla.org/conf_meet/indy.html
--Kellie Kaneshiro, Senior Reference Librarian, Ruth Lilly Medical Library
Monday, October 27 Horizon Working Chairs 8:45 - 12 noon Ground Floor Conference room Monday, October 27, The Status of Digital Libraries: 1:30 - 3:00 p.m. Growing Collections Worldwide Main Library E174 Dr. Henry Gladney Monday, October 27 Reference & Instruction Review 1:00 - 3:00 pm AND 3:00 - 5:00 pm Ground Floor Conference room Tuesday, October 28 Reference & Instruction Review 10:00 - 12 noon AND 1:00 - 3:00 pm Ground Floor Conference room Wednesday, October 29 Horizon Technical Svcs Demo 9:00 - 12 noon Main E 174 Thursday, October 30 Reference & Instruction Review 1:00 - 3:00 pm AND 3:00 - 5:00 pm Ground Floor Conference room Thursday, October 30 Horizon Technical Svcs Demo 1:00 - 4:00 pm Main E 174 Friday, October 31 Horizon Working Chairs 10:00 - 11:30 am Administration Conference room Friday, October 31 Reference & Instruction Review 10:00 - 12 noon AND 1:00 - 3:00 pm Ground Floor Conference room
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