IUL NEWS for December 18, 1995 Vol. 22, No. 48

2. MUSIC LIBRARY AT IUB TO CLOSE FOR EXTENDED BREAK:

Friday Dec. 15th 5:00 p.m. -- Monday Jan. 8th 7:30 a.m.

The Indiana University Music Library, Bloomington, will close Friday December 15th at 5:00 p.m. for three weeks to enable the move of its collections and staff into new facilities. The library will reopen on Monday January 8th as the William and Gayle Cook Music Library in the Bess Meshulam Simon Music Library and Recital Center. Telephone numbers will be unchanged, and mail sent to our present address will continue to reach us.

During the hiatus, telephones will be unanswered or disconnected; e-mail, snail-mail, and fax communication will be interrupted; the Music Library's World Wide Web site will be down; interlibrary loan requests cannot be filled.

We regret any inconvenience. After reopening, we ask your patience during what we hope will be a smooth and brief startup period.

--Michael Fling, Head of Music Collection Development

3. FEBRUARY FEST

Please mark your calendars for the Libraries' next special event. The February Fest will held on Thursday, February 15, from 3:30-4:30 in the 3rd floor lounge. Watch IUL News for more information about this event.

Dates of other events are: Student Recognition Reception (April 9, 3:30-4:30), Retirement & Recognition Reception (May 23, 2:00-3:30), and the picnic (July 18).

4. CONFERENCE REPORT

Dolores Hoyt, Giles Hoyt and Ruth Reichmann were organizers of a conference, "Towards a Survey of German-American Museums, Historic Sites, Archives and Libraries in North America," held Nov. 3-4, 1995, in Indianapolis. This conference was sponsored in part by a grant from the Max Kade Foundation and by assistance from the IUPUI University Libraries. The purpose of the conference was to demonstrate a prototype Web-site database and homepage for resources relating to German-Americana, and to develop the nucleus of a grant proposal that would support creation of electronic databases as well as link together Max Kade German American Center resources and other major German-American resources, including sites in Germany. Participants included people from such groups as the German Historical Institute, the Palatines to America, the Center for Migration Studies, Bremerhaven, Germany, and a number of Max Kade Centers. The following IUPUI University Library personnel participated in the development of the Web resources and presentations at the conference: Robin Crumrin, Dolores Hoyt and Steven Schmidt. Please explore the Web site at: (TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT

We have a full schedule of training and development opportunities for the spring semester. Listed below are the workshops being presented in the Main Library by HRM trainers. We are also scheduling several UCS classes to be presented for library employees at the Indiana Memorial Union. The classes are Shakespeare and Pine (EZMail), Introduction to Windows, Basic Wordperfect for Windows, Advanced Wordperfect for Windows (desktop publishing), and Paradox for Windows. Dates will be announced early next month. In addition to the UCS classes, a library expert in Lotus will be presenting Lotus classes for library employees during the spring semester.

Human Resources classes (Ground Floor Conference Room):
"Preparing Job Manuals"--Tuesday, February 20, 9:30-11:30 a.m. Presenter will be Sue Gastony.

"Stress Management"--Tuesday, March 19, 9:00 a.m.-noon. Presenter will be Sue Gastony.

"Handling Difficult Customers"--Thursday, March 20, 9:00 a.m.-noon. Presenter will be Deb Nelson.

"Supervising Student Employees"--Wednesday, April 10, 9:30-11:30. Presenters will be Deb Nelson and Jan Nickless.

On Wednesday, January 31, 9:00-11:00, Brenda Bailey-Hughes (HRM) will meet with interested supervisors to talk about developing on-the-job training programs. This meeting will be for supervisors of students as well as for supervisors of staff. She will then work over a period of time with individual supervisors to tailor a program to meet specific needs.

To register for any of the above programs, please contact Marilyn Shaver (SHAVER@indiana.edu). All sessions will be held in the Ground Floor Conference Room.

6. IUB LIBRARIES WWW HOME PAGE REDESIGN

The WWW Design Committee will implement a new IUB Library home page on December 18. Library patrons should find it easier to use the new and improved home pages. The link to Behind the Scenes has been removed from this page. A working group will begin to evaluate the IUB Libraries staff home page in January. Library staff may continue to access Behind the Scenes at OCLC PUBLICATIONS HAVE ARRIVED IN M P S:

1) "OCLC access ... expanding your options" This is a 3-page publication briefly describing the five ways to access OCLC: internet, dial access, multidrop line, multidrop line via local area network, and TLP (Telecommunications Linking Program).

2) "The future is now: reconciling change and continuity in authority control : proceedings of OCLC Authority Control Symposium, ALA Annual Conference, June 23, 1995" It is 33 pages in length. This is available at no charge for paper copies; it is also available on the Internet by e-mail or ftp.

Please contact Anne McGreer (mcgreera@indiana.edu or 855-1666) if you would like copies of these documents.

8. PLEASE NOTE CORRECTION TO PREVIOUS ANNOUNCEMENT:

The William Jenkins Award Committee members were incorrectly listed in the last issue. The members are Julie Nilson ('94-'96), chair, Ruth Davison ('94-'96), Nels Gunderson ('95-'97), Wen-ling Liu ('94-'96), and Gary Wiggins ('95-'97).

9. SERIALS CANCELLATION REQUESTS

The following serials cancellation requests have been received.

The titles below are the last copies in the IUB Libraries. Fund managers who wish to assume any of the titles should contact Laura Gabbard, Serials Department (855-4262 or lscurtis@silver.ucs.indiana.edu) within 2 weeks following the date of this newsletter.

Fund 09 (East Asian Studies)
-ASIAWEEK

Fund 17 (Business)
-ADVANCES IN STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT
-WORLD COMPETITIVENESS REPORT

Fund 30 (Databases)
-MATH SCI DISC 

Fund 43 (Geology) 
-EARTH SCIENCES (DUBLIN, OHIO) 
-HYDRODATA 
-NCDC SUMMARY OF THE DAY 

Fund 51 (History)
-GALLIA
-GALLIA PREHISTOIRE
-SUPPLEMENT A GALLIA
-SUPPLEMENT A GALLIA PREHISTOIRE

Fund 87 (Slavic)
-RUSSIAN POLITICS AND LAW

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