2. FACULTY/STAFF NEWS
Kris Brancolini has been accepted to attend a week-long
institute, "Video, CD-ROM, and Beyond." Offered free of charge
through the generosity of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur
Foundation and National Video Resources, Kris will be joining 57
media librarians and library school faculty at the University of
Texas, Austin, from July 31-August 6. The goal of the institute
is to prepare librarians involved in continuing education for
media librarians and library school faculty to incorporate new
and emerging motion media technologies into workshops and
courses. Kris has taught "Audiovisual Services in Libraries" in
SLIS since 1991. She is also chairing a preconference committee
that will be offering a one-day version of this institute for
practicing media librarians prior to the ALA Annual Conference in
San Francisco in 1997.
Effective July 3 Amy Hagan resigned her position as Senior Collections Management Assistant in the Serials department.
Effective July 3 Charla Mitchell accepted the position of Departmental Assistant/Secretary in Access Services. Prior to coming to I.U. Charla was in data entry at Columbia House.
Effctive July 3 Matthew Myers accepted the position of Branch Assistant in the Education Library. Matthew is working on his BA in Theatre and Anthropology and plans to get an Area Certificate in African Studies this summer. Matthew was a Circulation Assistant in the Education Library before accepting the position of Branch Assistant there.
Effective July 19 Ava Neal resigned her position as Administrative Secretary in the Lilly Library.
Effective July 17 Naomi Pardue accepted the Branch Coordinator position in the Black Culture Center Library. Naomi worked at the Prevention Resource Center before coming to the Libraries. She received her BA in Journalism and her MLS from I.U.
Effective July 7 Robin Sease resigned her position as Serials Procurement Specialist in the Serials department.
3. VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR "DIG" AT WYLIE HOUSE
Wylie House Museum needs volunteers to help sift for artifacts in
soil that was removed for the recent construction of our
wheelchair ramp. Typical finds include buttons, nails, and
shards of glass, porcelain, ironstone, and earthenware. Training
and supervision provided, flexible hours. Work involves some
standing and lifting. Limited number of volunteer spaces
available. Call 855-6224.
--Bonnie Williams, Curator
4. HEIRLOOM GARDEN FAIR AT WYLIE HOUSE CELEBRATES GARDEN HERITAGE
Ragged Jack kale, Deertongue lettuce, Marrowfat soup pea,
Wrens Egg pole bean -- all are part of our rich garden heritage.
Celebrate the history, diversity and pure pleasure of gardening
at the Heirloom Garden Fair, Saturday, August 12, from 1-4 pm at
Wylie House Museum, 307 E. 2nd Street. You'll find seeds,
produce and flowers from these and many more antique varieties
from the Wylie House garden and other local growers. Plus:
vegetable craft demonstrations including flower-pressing and
weaving with Foxfibre cotton; talks on Pioneer Herbs (1:30) and
Biodiversity (2:30); everything you need to know to get started
in seed saving and heirloom gardening; exhibits by WonderLab and
the Monroe County Historical Museum; guided tours of Wylie House;
old-fashioned refreshments! Admission is free. Additional
parking available in the Municipal Lot one block north on
Lincoln. For more information, call 855-6224. This event is
funded by donations in memory of Cynthia Boyer.
--Bonnie Williams, Curator
5. CONSIDERING A CAREER AS AN INDEXER?
Life as an Indexer
Talk by Hazel Blumberg-McKee
Hazel Blumberg-McKee, a free-lance indexer who has experience in
many aspects of information work, will present a guest lecture on
alternative careers and her life as an independent information
professional.
The lecture will be Thursday August 3, 1:00 - 3:00 in the Main Library Room 033 (Lecture Hall/Auditorium). The presentation is part of SLIS L501, and is open to anyone interested.
An informal reception will be held for Ms. Blumberg-McKee following her talk.
--Debora Shaw, SLIS
6. SLIS ADJUNCT FACULTY MEETING
The School of Library and Information Science is instituting its
new curriculum for master's level students this summer and fall.
In preparation we have scheduled times to meet with current and
prospective adjunct faculty members.
The new curriculum recognizes the changing technical, social and intellectual aspects of information use; the goal is to prepare students for a variety of careers as information professionals through two master's degree programs -- the Master of Library Science and the Master of Information Science.
Open meetings for former, current, and prospective SLIS adjunct instructors are scheduled in Bloomington,Indianapolis and South Bend:
Wednesday August 2, 1:30 - 3:00 p.m.
IUB Main Library Room 043
Wednesday August 2, 6:00 - 7:30 p.m.
IUB Main Library Room 043
Thursday August 3, 6:00 - 7:30 p.m.
IUPUI Main Library UL 1116
Monday August 7, 5:30 - 7:00 p.m.
place to be determined at IUSB
Please let us know if you have questions.
--Mary Krutulis, Assistant Dean, SLIS (e-mail krutulis)
Debora Shaw, Associate Dean, SLIS (e-mail shawd)
7. SCHOOL OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE WINS FEDERAL GAANN FUNDS
The Indiana University School of Library and Information Science
(SLIS) was approved recently for funding of a three-year Graduate
Assistance in Areas of National Need (GAANN) project, becoming
the only library and information science program in the nation
to be awarded such Federal funds.
GAANN, a project of the U.S. Department of Education, Higher Education Act Title IX, part D, provides fellowships to assist graduate students of superior ability who demonstrate financial need. The program aims to sustain and enhance the capacity for teaching and research in areas of national need, which this year included biology, chemistry, engineering, mathematics, physics, and computer and information sciences.
Under GAANN, SLIS will be awarded $358,395 in Federal funds, or 79.9% of total allocated project funds, over three years to fund six PhD fellows in information science. SLIS and the IU Research and University Graduate School will contribute the remaining 20.1% of project funds, or $14,950 each per year. Allocated funds will total $448,095.
Over the next three to five years, GAANN funds will help SLIS develop a cadre of knowledgeable scholars, innovative researchers, and teachers of information science, said Verna Pungitore, Director of the SLIS Doctoral Program, who spearheaded the grant initiative.
These information scientists will specialize in information storage and retrieval systems, human-computer interaction, multimedia information systems, or networked electronic information, Pungitore explained.
--Susan Yoder, Director of Marketing Communications, SLIS
8. JACOB JOINS SLIS
Dr. Elin Jacob will join the full-time faculty of Indiana
University School of Library and Information Science at
Bloomington in August 1995 as an assistant professor. Jacob has
BA and MA degrees in English from the University of Missouri at
Kansas City and a PhD in Library and Information Science from the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her dissertation
topic was sharing concepts: communicative constraints on the
structure of categories. Prior to joining SLIS, she taught at
Wayne State University.
At SLIS, Jacob will be responsible for developing new courses and research in the areas of classification, categorization theory, and knowledge organization. She has published and spoken widely on these topics, and has been especially active in the American Society for Information Science. Jacob's work has appeared in Advances in Classification Research and the Proceedings of the American Society for Information Science. Her current research is on emergent structure in adaptive information systems.
--Susan Yoder, Director of Marketing Communications, SLIS
9. DIRECTORY UPDATES
Remove Jim Neal's name from the alphabetical and general listing
for Library Administration.
Remove Lina Duncan's name from the general and alphabetical listings for Library Personnel.
Remove Amy Hagan's and Robin Sease's names from the general and alphabetical listings for Serials.
Add Charla Mitchell's name to the general and alphabetical listings for Access Services. Charla's title is Department Assistant/Secretary, her address is Library E164, her phone number is 5-2304, and her e-mail address is CHMITCHE.
Add Matthew Myers' name to the general and alphabetical listings for the Education Library. Matthew's title is Branch Assistant, his address is Education 1160, his phone number is 856-8590, and his e-mail address is MJMYERS.
Remove Ava Neal's name from the general and alphabetical listings for the Lilly Library.
Add Naomi Pardue to the general and alphabetical listings for the Black Culture Center Library. Naomi's address is 109 N. Jordan, her telephone number is 855-4369, and her user name is NPARDUE.
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