2. FACULTY/STAFF NEWS
Effective August 1, Hilary Jolly accepted the position Acting
Head, Halls of Residence Libraries in UGLS. Before accepting
this position Hilary was Conference Coordinator in Library
Administration.
Effective June 11, Bruce Kleinschmidt joined the Law Library at Indianapolis. Bruce came to I.U. from the School of Law at the University of Texas at Austin. He has MLS, J.D., and B.A. degrees.
Scott Opasik accepted the position of Visiting Assistant Librarian in Technical Services at the Schurz Library, IU-South Bend effective July 1. Scott has worked part time in the Schurz Library since August 1992 and received his MLS this past May.
Jean Poland has been selected to represent the American Library Association and U.S. librarianship as a Library Fellow. The joint program of the ALA and the United States Information Agency places U.S. library specialists in institutions overseas for up to one year. Jean will assist with the inventory and assessment of library resources and services at the Universities Central Library of the Department of Higher Education in Rangoon, Burma. She will also advise on automation systems and online databases to meet the user needs of the academic community, conduct Workshops on library automation, and consult with library studies teaching staff on the addition of a library automation component to the curriculum. She will also serve as ALA/USIA Library Fellow to Burma for the four month period February through May, 1996.
Nancy Schmidt, Librarian for African Studies, is the author of "Africana resources for undergraduate libraries: a bibliographic essay: in Africa," edited by Phyllis Martin and Patrick O'Meara, Indiana University Press, l995. The 8th in her series of filmographies "Recent films by Sub-Saharan African Filmmakers" appeared in the African Literature Association Bulletin, Vol 21,No l, l995.
Effective August 1, Feng Shan accepted the position of Assistant Librarian, Head of Computer Applications at Schurz Library, IU- South Bend. Feng was previously employed in the Media Center at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana and holds an MLS and a B.A. degree in English.
Andrew White joined Undergraduate Library Services effective August 1 as Electronic Systems Coordinator. Before joining UGLS Andrew was a student assistant in the Music Library.
Cary Murphy has accepted the position of Administrative Secretary in the Lilly Library. She will be on vacation from August 10 through August 27. She will begin her work in the Lilly Library on Monday morning, August 28.
3. TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT
Supervising Student Employees--This two-hour workshop will be
presented by Debra Nelson, HRM Training & Development, and Jan
Nickless, Student Employment Office. Supervisors of student
employees are encouraged to attend this session. Areas covered
will include motivating good performance, orientation and
training, setting goals, evaluating performance, and general
information about policies and special challenges facing
supervisors. This workshop was presented last winter, and those
who attended gave it good evaluations. The date and location are
Thursday, September 28, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Ground Floor Conference
Room, Main Library. To register, contact Marilyn Shaver
(SHAVER). (Registration will be limited to 21.)
4. UNIVERSITY PRESS APPROVAL PLAN REPORT
The vendor for our University Press Approval Plan, Midwest
Library Services, reported to Monographic Processing Services
staff about the order and delivery activities for the past fiscal
year, July 1994 through June, 1995.
Books which were automatically shipped, according to our profile, totaled 4799. Of that quantity 2 percent, or 106 items, were returned. The vendor also supplied bibliographic forms for 2259 items. Orders were placed and delivered for 1163 of those forms, or 51 per cent. Of the orders based on bibliographic forms less than 1 per cent, 2 items, were returned.
The profile established by fund managers continues to operate smoothly. If anyone is interested in seeing the detailed reports, which are printed by Library of Congress classification numbers, they are available in the MPS department from David Smith or Barbara Henn.
--Barbara Henn, MPS
5. WALK FOR THE ANIMALS! JOIN THE LIBRARIES TEAM!
The Monroe County Humane Association is sponsoring a "Walk for
the Animals" to raise funds to support its efforts to help our
furred and feathered friends in the county. The I.U. Libraries
will be entering a team, and we need some walkers to volunteer.
The walk will be on Sunday, Oct. 1st, 2-4:30 pm, and it will begin in Third Street Park. The walk will be approximately 3 miles.
Walkers on the team will NOT be asked to solicit donations--there will be another team for that.
Please contact Jackie Byrd, IOCM (email: byrd) if you would like to volunteer for the team. We also need a name for the team, so if you have any ideas for that, email Jackie!
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