2. FACULTY/STAFF NEWS
Effective August 7, Craig Eich accepted the position of Systems
Coordinator in the Business/SPEA Library. Prior to accepting
this position Craig was Reference Associate/Technical Associate
in the Business/SPEA Library.
Steven Ingeman resigned his position as Assistant Stacks Supervisor in Access Services effective August 1.
Jay Marme resigned his position as Systems Coordinator in the Business/SPEA Library effective June 9.
Jill Moore resigned her position as Cataloging Technician in the Music Library effective August 4.
Jennifer Radtke resigned her position as Senior Retrospective Conversion Cataloger in MPS effective August 11.
Beverly Thacker accepted the position of Acquisitions Coordinator in MPS effective July 31. Beverly was Financial Records Assistant in MPS before accepting this position.
Eric Stachera resigned his position as Subject Authority Bibliographic Specialist in IOCM effective August 11.
Lori Wibbels resigned her position as Senior Purchasing Assistant in MPS effective August 4.
3. IN HONOR OF LINA
In response to the many people asking the best way for the
Libraries to memorialize Lina Duncan, a special fund has been
established that will be used to purchase a tree on the IU campus
in honor of Lina. We are hopeful the tree can be planted on the
grounds of the Main Library this September. In order to
accomplish this, a $200 gift must be raised by Labor Day
(September 4, 1995). With the gift, a tree will be selected by
the University Horticulturist, a permanent endowment is added to
provide lifetime maintenance for the tree (and replacement if
necessary) and a permanent plaque is placed at the base of the
tree. The plaque will identify the tree (both by common and
scientific names) and read "Memorial to Lina Duncan by her
Friends and Colleagues in the IU Libraries." While the
Horticulturist will make the final selection of the type of tree,
he does welcome suggestions. Contributions for the memorial tree
are tax deductible gifts for charitable purposes and checks
should be made out to the IU Foundation/Lina Duncan Memorial.
Cameron McGuire (Main Library C-2) will collect and tally the
gifts and see that Physical Plant gets the tree planted. If you
wish to participate in this program, please send your check to
Cameron McGuire and include any thoughts you have on the tree
selection. We plan to hold a brief ceremony at the tree planting
to dedicate it and remember Lina. If there are any funds
remaining after the tree gift, they will be used to purchase a
book that will have a plate affixed that reads the same as the
tree plaque. Remember, for us to get the tree planted this year,
the money must be collected by September 4, 1995, otherwise the
campus waits until the next September to plant new trees.
--Midge Harris, Library Administration
4. SEARCH AND SCREEN COMMITTEE FOR DEAN OF UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES:
PROGRESS REPORT
The job announcement (available in Library Personnel) has been
submitted to the Chronicle of Higher Education, College and
Research Libraries News, and several academic library electronic
discussion groups, with a closing date of October 15. A letter
inviting nominations for the position will be mailed to all
Indiana University faculty and librarians. The preliminary
calendar for the Committee is to bring semi-finalist candidates
to Indiana in early 1996 and send final recommendations to Vice
President and Chancellor Gros Louis by March 15. Our goal is to
have a new dean in place in Summer 1996.
We hope to make this search process as open and accessible as possible, and invite nominations, suggestions, and comments from all constituents. We will try to keep librarians and library staff informed of our progress by periodic reports in IUL News. We also plan to inform ourselves of the issues and concerns across the system by scheduling open meetings with library staff on each campus in the next two months.
Search and Screen Committee for Dean of University Libraries at Indiana University: Julie Bobay, co-chair, IUB Libraries, Bloomington; Jeanne Peterson, co-chair, History and College of Arts and Sciences, Bloomington; Jana Bradley, SLIS, IUPUI; Kathryn Diamond, student, Bloomington; Lee Ehman, Education, Bloomington; Jane Goldsmith, CWA, IUB Libraries, Bloomington; Carol Hixson, IUB Libraries, Bloomington; Benjamin Hunter, student, IUPUI; Elizabeth Johnson, Lilly Library, Bloomington; Bob Klemkosky, Business, Bloomington; Connie Mayer, Library Professional Council, IUB Libraries, Bloomington; Jim Mullins, Library, South Bend; Bill Orme, University Libraries, Indianapolis; Bernice Pescosolido, Institute for Social Research, Bloomington; Peggy Richwine, School of Medicine Library, Indianapolis; Harold Shaffer, IUB Libraries, Bloomington; Ruth Stone, Folklore, Bloomington; Jay Wilkerson, Library Support Staff Council, IUB Libraries, Bloomington; and Perry Willett, IUB Libraries, Bloomington.
--Julie Bobay
5. PRESERVATION AWARENESS MATERIALS AVAILABLE
We all know how stressful the beginning of the school year can be
on library staff. Consider the impact of all those new or
returning library users on the collections! This is a good time
to display and distribute the bookmarks, posters, and bookbags
created by the IU Libraries Preservation Committee to remind
users to take care in handling and using library materials. IUL
preservation awareness materials are available free to
Bloomington campus libraries and on a cost-recovery basis for
regional campus libraries. To order any of the materials, or to
request a free sample packet, contact Lorraine Olley,
Preservation Dept., Main Library E050 (olley@indiana.edu,
855-6281).
6. SECURITY STRIPS FOR HECKMAN-BOUND VOLUMES
Since the Libraries first began to use theft detection systems,
the practice has been to purchase security strips (Tattletapes,
later Knogo strips) centrally, and send supplies to Heckman as
needed for insertion into volumes being bound there. The recent
rise in prices for security strips now makes it economically
advantageous for the Libraries to let Heckman order strips as
well as insert them. Heckman charges only $.05 per strip (plus
labor); the Libraries pay Knogo and 3M from $.07 to $.13.
Besides saving money, having Heckman furnish the strips
eliminates keeping inventories and calling the Supply Office when
Heckman runs low. To make the change to having Heckman furnish
the security strips, please contact the customer service
representative, Debbie Brown, at 219/982-2107. Also notify
Melissa Stewart in the Supply Office (855-1626 or STEWAR) that
you are making the change. The Supply Office will continue to
order and distribute Knogo strips for application in the
libraries.
The Heckman Bindery also requests that security strips in unbound periodical issues be placed at least 1/4" up from the gutter margin of the piece. Strips that are placed down into the inner margin damage the milling equipment and can cause torn pages.
If you have questions or comments about either of these topics, please contact me (855-6281 or OLLEY).
--Lorraine Olley, Head, Preservation Department
7. IUB LIBRARIES WORLD WIDE WEB: PROGRESS AND NEXT STEPS
Gwen Pershing, Education Library, has agreed to chair the
combined Public and Staff WWW Design Committee which is
responsible for designing the central WWW Home Pages and gopher
menus/documents. Gwen has led the NOTIS Screen Design Committee
for several years and has many years of public service experience
in several IUB libraries. Gail LaMoreaux-McElhany, Electronic
Resources and Services Department, will be an ex-officio member
of the committee and will provide ongoing maintenance, content
coordination, and publication and graphical design expertise for
this committee and other IUB Libraries WWW Information Providers.
Gail is a graphic artist, with extensive background in graphic
design both in higher education and industry, and has experience
in developing and supporting ongoing library instruction
programs.
The first versions of the IUB Libraries Public and Staff Home Pages have been successfully created and now include links to all the services removed from the AIE, plus more. More than twenty departments in the IUB Libraries have created, or are in the process of creating, valuable services and resources for library staff and users. In addition to the accomplishments of many individuals working on their departmental WWW services, the members of the IUB Libraries Home Page Design Committee and the IUB Libraries Staff Home Page (Behind-the-Scenes) Design Committee have done an excellent job of defining content, categories, and design principles for the IUB central home pages, and they have done it within a very ambitious deadline. Special acknowledgement goes to Carolyn Sherayko for design and organizational work and to Yolanda Cooper-Birdine for coordinating library-wide training in Netscape, Lynx, and HTML.
Thanks to the efforts of these many individuals and groups, the IUB Libraries' WWW is a resource on which users and staff are increasingly relying. The appointments of Gwen and Gail to the WWW Design Team will provide staff, resources, and expertise to sustain this growing resource. Gwen will call the committee together soon to decide on next steps.
--Julie Bobay, Electronic Resources and Services Department, IUB
Libraries
8. SCIENCE APPROVAL PLAN REPORT
Academic Book Center, the vendor for our Science Approval Plan,
has issued a report of the activities on our plan during the last
fiscal year, July 1994 through June 1995.
Based on our profile, 753 books were automatically shipped. The vendor also supplied 4163 bibliographic slips. We selected 896 titles from those bibliographic forms. So a total of 1649 items were shipped for fund managers to review. Returns from both categories totaled less than 1 percent, 13 items.
While this approval plan is smaller than the University Press Approval Plan, the fund managers concerned have managed to define the profile successfully to meet their needs.
During this fiscal year, the fund managers and MPS staff will have online access to the vendor's approval plan inventory, listing the status of orders, etc.
If anyone is interested in seeing the full report, which also details the reasons for each return, copies are available in the Monographic Processing Services Department from David Smith and Barbara Henn and from the Science Librarians.
--Barbara Henn, MPS
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