The tour of the HPER Library will begin at 1:30pm. You can meet us there, or a group will meet in the Main Library Lobby at 1:20pm to walk over. We will walk from HPER to Journalism, where the tour will begin about 2:15pm.
3. NEWS FROM THE PRESERVATION COMMITTEE
The Libraries Preservation Committee is planning two educational events this Spring. In February an exhibit highlighting the "Cost of Health Care for Books" will be installed in the Main Library lobby display case. In April the Committee will sponsor a viewing of "Into the Future: On the Preservation of Knowledge in the Electronic Age," with responses by a panel of librarians and computer experts.
The Libraries Preservation Committee supports the Preservation Department's mission by sharing information, ideas, and priorities with the Department, the IUB Libraries, and the Libraries Administration. The Committee 1) promotes campus library-wide awareness of preservation as an essential component of collection management and customer service, 2) advises the Preservation Dept. Head and the Libraries Administration about preservation-related needs and priorities, and 3) works on projects as charged by the Library Administration.
In order to promote communication campus-wide, committee members are appointed by the Library Administration from among librarians, PAs and support staff, with representation from the Main and Campus libraries (including the extra-system libraries). Current members are: Jeff Graf (chair), Andrea Morrison, Roger Beckman, Emily Okada, Lori Dekytdspotter, Nancy Boerner, Elaine Hehner, Phil Bantin, Keith Welch, and Lorraine Olley (ex officio).
--Lorraine Olley, Head, Preservation
4. INDIANA UNIVERSITY COPYRIGHT TUTORIAL
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Educators! Researchers! Librarians! Authors! Artists!
Graphic Designers! Webmasters!
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WHICH OF THESE STATEMENTS DO YOU BELIEVE TO BE TRUE?
* The publisher owns the copyright when you write an article for publication.
* A published work is in the public domain if it has no copyright notice.
* If you write a report for someone, that person owns the copyright.
* If you are using materials for educational purposes on your website, it is
fair use.
* The amount of photocopying that you can do for your class is set by
guidelines.
ARE YOU SURE?
The answers may surprise you!
And they will not necessarily disappoint you!
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Here is an opportunity for easy, honest learning:A series of short, readable, and helpful (we hope) electronic messages will be provided via listserv from February 9 through the end of Spring Semester 1998.
To subscribe, simply send e-mail to listserv@iupui.edu. Put nothing in the subject line. In the message body type: sub Copyright-Online-L yourname. Do not use a signature block.
For additional details, visit
http://www.iupui.edu/it/copyinfo/Online_Tutorial.html
For more information about the CMC, visit
http://www.iupui.edu/it/copyinfo
5. SEARCH AND SCREEN COMMITTEE APPOINTED
The search and screen committee has been appointed for the Assistant Director of Information Technology position. The members are: Kendra Boileau, Monographic Processing Services; Phyllis Davidson, Information Technology (Chair); Jon Hansen, Undergraduate Library Services; Randy Lent, Customer and Facilities Services; Steven Sowell, Education Library; and Gary Wiggins, Music Library.
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Awards Grant to Indiana University To Prepare African and Slavic Studies Librarians
A $164,000 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to the Indiana University Bloomington (IUB) Libraries will be used to launch a program that prepares area studies Ph.D.'s for positions as research librarians.
Indiana University boasts eight international programs that are recognized and awarded funds through the U.S. Department of Education Title VI National Resource and Fellowship Program. Two of these programs--the African Studies Program and the Russian and East European Institute--will serve as models as Indiana University advances the field of area studies with support from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation award.
"We're rethinking the entire approach to educating area studies librarians," Dean Thorin says. The post-doctoral fellows will apprentice under an area studies librarian--in this case either Nancy Schmidt, African Studies Area Bibliographer, or Murlin Croucher, Slavic Studies Area Bibliographer. The fellows will also gain critical hands-on experience by working with the appropriate academic department at Indiana University and traveling to other libraries with extensive African or Slavic collections. In addition, the fellows may audit selected relevant courses at IU's School of Library and Information Science.
"At a time when interest in global studies is gaining scholarly importance and widespread popularity, area studies librarians play a critical role in helping others to understand the world's cultures," says Suzanne Thorin, University Dean of University Libraries. "We want the Indiana University Bloomington Libraries to play an even greater role by helping to prepare these valuable specialists." Indiana University's goal is to increase the pool and the talents of those entering the profession of area studies librarianship.
The fellowship program builds on the strengths of the collections of the IUB Libraries. The African Studies Collection includes materials in European and more than 30 African languages and is considered by many to be among the top five collections nation ally. The Libraries' Slavic Collection has exceptionally strong holdings for the Bohemian lands, the Hapsburg Empire, Poland, Slovenia, and Yugoslavia. Of particular importance is the Estonian collection, considered by many to be unsurpassed in the country.
Martha Brogan, Director of Collection Development and University Bibliographer, will coordinate the program. For information, contact her at mbrogan@indiana.edu or (812)855-3403.
Nominations for the Jenkins Award are due in Library Personnel on February 1, 1998. This award is presented annually to current or former IU librarians in recognition of outstanding contributions to the IU Libraries or to the library profession. For a copy of the nomination form or for more information about the award, consult the Library Faculty Handbook or contact Betty Andis in Library Personnel.
8. CALL FOR LIBRARIAN RESEARCH
The Research Committee IULFC has been charged with soliciting and publishing a system-wide compilation of librarian research projects. The Committee is now requesting this information from librarians. The finished listing will go onto a Web page designed for this purpose.
Will all librarians who have conducted/published research projects within the last five years (1992/93 - ) or who currently have such projects in progress, please submit the following:
For completed, published projects: 1. A full citation, accompanied by a 50-100 word description 2. Your e-mail address, phone number, and snail mail address 3. Indicate any grant funding received for this project For ongoing projects: 1. Working title of the project along with a 50-100 word description 2. Your e-mail address, phone number, and snail mail address 3. Indicate any grant funding received for this projectSend to Marty Rosen at IU Southeast in electronic format: crosen@ophelia.ucs.indiana.edu
DEADLINE: February 13, 1998
--Gail MacKay, IU Kokomo Library
9. SERIALS CANCELLATION REQUESTS
The following serials cancellation requests have been received.
The subscription/standing orders listed below represent the last copies in the IUB Libraries. Fund managers who wish to assume any of the orders should contact Laura Gabbard, Serials Department (email lscurtis or 855-4262), within two weeks following the date of this newsletter.
Fund 6 (Archeology) -ARHEOLOSKI VESTNIK -MAGYARORSZAG REGESZETI TOPOGRAFIAJA -TURK TARIH KURUMU YAYINLARINDAN Fund 13 (Biology) -CONTEMPORARY TOPICS IN IMMUNOBIOLOGY Fund 17 (Business) -ADVANCES IN INVESTMENTS ANALYSIS AND PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT -AGRICULTURE AND HUMAN VALUES -INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION RESEARCH -MANAGEMENT COMMUNICATION QUARTERLY Fund 73 (Optometry) -SOCIEDAD AMERICANA DE OFTALMOLOGIA Y OPTOMETRIA. ARCHIVOS DE LA SOCIEDAD AMERICANA DE OFTALMOLOGIA Y OPTOMETRIA Fund 82 (SPEA) -GAUNTLET (SPRINGFIELD, PA.)10. WEEKLY CALENDAR
Wednesday, February 4 B L F C Meeting (Informal) 12 noon - 1:30 pm ACR Thursday, February 5 Management Group 1:30 - 3:30 pm 043 Thursday, February 5 Interlibrary Workstation 3:30 - 5:00 pm 043
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