This Week in IUL News
- IOLUG: Call for Proposals
Staff News
Sarah McAfoose has accepted the
position of Senior Collections/Reference Assistant
in Area Studies effective Monday, September
17. Sarah most recently worked as an IT
Training Classroom Assistant/Instructor for
Indiana University IT Training and Education, as a
Lab Consultant for the School of Library and
Information Science, and as a Student Assistant
for the Archives of Traditional Music.
Additionally, Sarah previously worked for the Cook
Music Library as an Acquisitions and Collection
Development Intern. She holds a Bachelor of
Arts in Music and Women's Studies from
Allegheny College, a Master of Arts in Music
History and Literature from Indiana University of
Pennsylvania, and is completing a Master of
Library Science with a Music Librarianship
Specialization from Indiana University.
Please join me in welcoming Sarah to the Libraries!
Submitted by: Jen Geary, Human Resources and
Staff Development Coordinator, IUB
Library News and Events
Check Out
the New IUCAT The new IUCAT
is almost here! The Discovery Layer
Implementation Task Force is pleased to announce
the release of the new interface for staff review,
leading up to the public beta release scheduled
for mid-October.
Features and functionality we'd like to
highlight:
- Faceted searching
- My Account: Patron services for request
delivery and renewal
- Campus Views: Customized interfaces which
default to search items held at that campus; these
campus views also enable users to easily expand
their search to all of IUCAT within the campus
view interface.
We're still hard at work on the new
IUCAT, so bear with us while we continue
development on all aspects of the interface, and
in particular on:
- Authentication to enable access to
e-resources for off-campus users
- Course reserves
- Call number browse and enhancements to the
granularity available through the call number
facet
- Compatibility with Zotero
- Access to Ask a Librarian and other patron
support within the interface
- Data and Access: Currently the beta can be
accessed only on-campus or via VPN; bibliographic
data is updated approximately weekly; and checkout
and request data is drawn from IUCAT test
(sporadically refreshed)
Check out the new IUCAT at
http://beta.iucat.iu.edu
Or, try a campus view:
Bloomington:
http://beta.iucat.iu.edu/iub
Columbus:
http://beta.iucat.iu.edu/iupuc
East:
http://beta.iucat.iu.edu/iue
Fort Wayne:
http://beta.iucat.iu.edu/ipfw
Indianapolis:
http://beta.iucat.iu.edu/iupui
Kokomo:
http://beta.iucat.iu.edu/iuk
Northwest:
http://beta.iucat.iu.edu/iun
South Bend:
http://beta.iucat.iu.edu/iusb
Southeast:
http://beta.iucat.iu.edu/ius
We encourage you to spend some time in the
new interface, and to start using it whenever
possible in lieu of the current interface.
Please send your feedback, comments, questions,
and suggestions about this beta product to
iucat@indiana.edu.
Information to come about orientation
sessions, the public beta, and more very soon!
Submitted by: Courtney Greene, Chair,
Discovery Layer Implementation Task Force,
IUB
Indiana
Online Users Group: Call for
Proposals The
Indiana Online Users Group (IOLUG) Program
Committee invites you to submit a proposal to
present at the Fall 2012 IOLUG Prgram on November
2, 2012 at Indiana Wesleyan in Indianapolis,
IN. The deadline for proposals is
Friday, September 21. The
committee is particularly interested in proposals
that address:
-
Mobile Applications: What free or
inexpensive apps and tools are you using in your
library? How are you sharing/promoting these
tools to your users (e.g. inclusion in standard
build on circulating mobile devices)?
-
HTML 5 & CSS3: Using HTML5
& CSS3 to quickly and easily build a website,
mobile or standard.
-
Discovery Layers/Discovery
Interfaces: What discovery interface or
discovery layer are you using? How have you
implemented discovery layers or discovery
interfaces in your library? How are you
teaching your users about the new interfaces, and
what kind of feedback have you received on your
discovery layer?
-
Chat Reference: With the death of
Meebo, what other free or inexpensive options are
available?
-
E-Books: What is your collection
development strategy regarding e-books? Have
you increased your e-book purchases? Have
you adopted new e-book acquisition strategies,
such as PDA (Patron Driven Acquisition) or DDA
(Demand Driven Acquisition)? What are the
challenges with implementing e-books (e.g. ILS
integration, device selection, etc.)?
-
Outreach activities: How are you
partnering with members of your local
community or campus to teach digital literacy to
your library users? Digital literacy may
include instruction on how to use social media,
e-readers, and tablets, as well as educating on
online privacy concerns, Internet searching
methods, and website evaluation methods.
Submit your proposal using the
online form by
Friday, September 21,
2012.
Submitted by: Chanitra Bishop, Instruction and
Emerging Technologies Librarian, IUB
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