1. Staff News
2. Promotions and Tenure Granted
3. Digital Library Program Open Forum
4. Serials Cancellation Requests
1. STAFF NEWS
Glenn Read, Librarian for Latin American Studies, has announced his retirement effective June 30, 1998. Glenn joined the University Libraries in 1976 after positions with the University of California-Berkeley, New York Public Library, and Cornell University. Closing his career with a flourish, Glenn has recently contributed the final chapter, "Researching Latin America in the Library: the Electronic Age," to Latin America: Perspectives on a Region (Holmes & Meier, 1998). He will be remembered as a Life Member of ALA, an active participant in SALALM (Seminar on the Acquisition of Latin American Library Materials), where he most recently served on its Committee on National Level Cooperation, and a member of the Latin American Studies Association. For more than two decades, Glenn has guided the growth and preservation of IU's Latin American collections, serving also as the steward of the DeVault Latin American Endowment Fund.
--Martha Brogan, Director of Collection Development
Jim Baldwin, Resource Development Team Leader at IUPUI University Libraries, gave a presentation on "Approval Plan Selection in an Outsourcing Environment: The Library Perspective" at the annual conference of the Ohio Valley Group of Technical Services Librarians, in Bowling Green, Ky. on May 14.
Susan London, Head of Reference at the Ruth Lilly Medical Library, IUPUI, received a 1998 Teaching Excellence Recognition Award (TERA) in the amount of $1,500. She was selected by the School of Medicine Faculty Awards Committee because of her sustained dedication to the art and science of teaching as well as excellence in its practice.
--Dana McDonald, Ruth Lilly Medical Library
Effective June 1, Mary Hellmann has accepted the Collection Development Assistant position in Library Administration. Mary is currently employed as Assistant Contract Manager with the Division of Residential Programs and Services. She has extensive experience working with Excel, PageMaker, and ClarisWorks in addition to database management software and the creation of web pages. Mary has an M.M. from the University of Illinois and a B.M. from the University of Louisville.
2. PROMOTIONS AND TENURE GRANTED
Congratulations go to the following librarians who were granted promotion and/or tenure this spring:
Rosanne Cordell South Bend Associate Librarian with Tenure Carole Gall Indianapolis Librarian Marilyn Irwin Bloomington Librarian Jian Liu Bloomington Associate Librarian Stephen McShane Northwest Librarian Jean Poland Bloomington Tenure
We commend these colleagues for their achievements and accomplishments as Indiana University librarians.
3. DIGITAL LIBRARY PROGRAM OPEN FORUM
A Digital Library Program open forum is scheduled for Monday, June 1st in Sweeney Hall, M015 Simon Music Library and Recital Center 2-4 p.m. At the forum there will be project demonstrations, updates on current initiatives, and a question/answer period regarding the IU Digital Library Program. The Digital Library Program Statement is available on the web at: http://www.indiana.edu/~diglib/page1a.html. If you have specific questions you would like answered at the forum, please forward them to: diglib@indiana.edu.
--Yolanda Cooper-Birdine
4. 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 Lisa Lent, Serials Department (email llent or 855-5672), within two weeks following the date of this newsletter.
Fund 01 (African Studies) -PRETEXTS -STAR & SA TIMES INTERNATIONAL -SUNDAY NEWS (DAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIA) Fund 27 (Education) -CALIFORNIA PUBLIC SCHOOL DIRECTORY -CAREER DEVELOPMENT QUARTERLY -COLORADO EDUCATION & LIBRARY DIRECTORY -DIRECTORY OF MONTANA SCHOOLS -DIRECTORY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOLS -EDUCATION INDUSTRY REPORT -EDUCATIONAL DIRECTORY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOLS -FUTURE SURVEY -HAWAII. DEPT. OF EDUCATION OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT. DIRECTORY -IOWA EDUCATIONAL DIRECTORY -JOURNAL OF DRUG EDUCATION -LOUISIANA. DEPT. OF EDUCATION. LOUISIANA SCHOOL DIRECTORY -MINNESOTA EDUCATION DIRECTORY -MISSOURI SCHOOL DIRECTORY -NEBRASKA EDUCATION DIRECTORY -NEVADA PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIRECTORY OF LICENSED PERSONNEL -NORTH CAROLINA EDUCATION DIRECTORY -NORTH DAKOTA EDUCATIONAL DIRECTORY -OKLAHOMA EDUCATIONAL DIRECTORY -OREGON SCHOOL DIRECTORY (SALEM, OR. : 1975) -PENNSYLVANIA EDUCATION DIRECTORY -RHODE ISLAND EDUCATIONAL DIRECTORY -TEACHING SOCIOLOGY -TEXAS SCHOOL DIRECTORY -UNIVERSITY BOOKMAN -UTAH SCHOOL DIRECTORY -WASHINGTON EDUCATION DIRECTORY -WISCONSIN SCHOOL DIRECTORY (MADISON, WIS. : 1991) -WYOMING EDUCATION AND PARTNERSHIP DIRECTORY
Monday, June 1st Technical Svcs Reorganization Task Force 1:00 - 3:00 pm 043 Monday, June 1st Digital Library Program Open Forum 2:00 - 4:00 pm Sweeney Hall M015 Simon Music Library Wednesday, June 3rd Technical Svcs Reorganization Task Force 3:00 - 4:30 pm 043 Thursday, June 4th Publication Review Committee 9:00 - 10:30 am ACR Thursday, June 4th Web Policy Committee 10:30 - 12:00 pm ACR
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