This Week in IUL News
- Exciting News for the IU Archives' Modern
Political Papers Collection
- ScienceOnline Watch Party
- Backpacks from Around the World
- Archives of African American Music and
Culture to Sponsor Black History Month Lectures
and Exhibits
- February 5 Metadata Discussion Group
Meeting
- ILF Districts 5/7 Conference
Library News and Events
Exciting
News for the IU Archives' Modern Political
Papers Collection
On January 24, President McRobbie held a
press conference to make several announcements,
including the fact that Senator Richard Lugar has
graciously donated nearly four decades of his
congressional papers to the IU Libraries, totaling
over 1400 boxes. Held in the stately Lincoln
Room at the Lilly Library, President McRobbie also
announced that Senator Lugar and former
Congressman Lee Hamilton will join the IU faculty
as distinguished scholars and professors of
practice of IU's School of Global and
International Studies. In addition to the
President's announcements, remarks were made
by Dean Brenda L. Johnson, Senator Lugar, and
Congressman Hamilton, which set the tone for a
lovely event that brought public awareness to the
University's School of Global and
International Studies, as well as our very own IU
Archives. Many thanks to the Lilly Library
staff for the extra effort needed to prepare the
facility and staff the event!
An archived broadcast of the event is at
broadcast.iu.edu.
To view the full press release, visit:
http://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/23730.html.
Submitted by: Julie Ranz, Advancement
Associate, IUB
ScienceOnline Watch Party
Please join the IU Libraries and the Data
to Insight Center for a science communication
watching event and discussion. We'll
watch a session on science education and writing,
followed by a discussion and a poll for other
sessions to view. Participants will also
receive a coupon for a free e-book from O'Reilly.
DATE: February 1, 2013
TIME: 1:30pm - 3:30pm
PLACE: Geology Building, East
Wing, Room S201 (John B Patton Room)
TOPIC: ScienceOnline Conference
video and discussion
Abstract: Formal science education,
informal science education, and science writing
are three distinct fields, with their own
training, traditions, audiences and goals.
Should they be as separate as they are? What
are the strengths and weaknesses of each field and
what can we learn from each other? With a
shared goal of encouraging scientific
understanding and literacy, we'll explore the
ways teachers, science writers, museum educators,
and more can work together.
For more information about ScienceOnline
and sessions offered for viewing visit
http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scio13.
Hope you can join us!
Submitted by: Stacy Konkiel, E-Science
Librarian, IUB
Backpacks
from Around the World
What do students in Mexico, China, South
Africa, Romania, Turkmenistan, Guatemala, Germany,
and Japan take with them to school? Come and
find out at the "Backpacks from Around the
World" exhibit at the Herman B Wells
Library. Presented by the IUB International
Outreach Council and the IUB Libraries,
students' backpacks and their contents from
these eight countries will be on display in the
Reference Area on the first floor of the East
Tower, Herman B Wells Library, through the end of
February. Information about IU's
international centers and programs will be
available so that students can learn where to
study about other world regions at IUB. For
more information, please contact
micourtn@indiana.edu or
iocoutre@iu.edu.
Submitted by: Michael Courtney, Outreach and
Engagement Librarian, Department of Teaching &
Learning, IUB
Archives of
African American Music and Culture to Sponsor
Black History Month Lectures and
Exhibits
The Archives of African American Music and
Culture (AAAMC) is collaborating with Indiana
University and the City of Bloomington on
activities for Black History Month 2013, which
will feature lectures by pioneering music industry
executive Logan H. Westbrooks.
As part of IU's Black History Month
kick-off event, Westbrooks will deliver the
presentation "Bustin' Loose: Breaking
Racial Barriers in the Music Industry" on
February 4, from 5:00pm - 6:00pm in the
Neal-Marshall Grand Hall. A reception will
follow, where you can dance along to soul, funk,
and R&B hits from the 1960s - 1980s that were
promoted by Westbrooks over the course of his
career. In conjunction with Westbrooks'
presentation, the AAAMC is unveiling the exhibit
Logan Westbrooks: Music Industry Executive,
Entrepreneur, Teacher, Philanthropist, which
will be available in the Neal Marshall
Bridgewaters Lounge throughout the month of
February. The exhibit offers a glimpse into
the life of one of the first black music
executives at a major record label, and feature
photographs, recordings, awards, and personal
papers from the Logan H. Westbrooks Collection,
which was recently donated to the AAAMC. A
slideshow of photographs from the Westbrooks
Collection is also available through the IU
Digital Library Programs' Image Collection
Online Portal at
http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/images/splash/htm?scope=images/CA4942.
As part of the city's
Black History
Month - Bloomington Style: Lessons in
Leadership celebration, Westbrooks will
discuss "Black Leadership in the Music
Industry" on February 5, from 6:30pm - 7:30pm
at Showers City Hall. The public lecture
will be followed by a reception.
Westbrooks' presentation will discuss the ways
in which African American music industry
executives served as community liaisons by
supporting the programs and initiatives of local
and national black organizations and
businesses. In conjunction with the lecture,
the AAAMC is presenting
The Evolution of the
Black Music Industry, an exhibit that traces
the local and national history of African
Americans in the music industry over the last
century. The exhibit, located in Showers
City Hall, will be available throughout the month
of February.
Additional details on these events, as well
as information on Logan Westbrooks and his
collection at the AAAMC, can be found at
http://www.indiana.edu/~aaamc/westbrooks.html.
Submitted by: Brenda Nelson-Strauss,
Head of Collections, Archives of African American
Music & Culture, IUB
February 5
Metadata Discussion Group Meeting
The next Metadata Discussion Group meeting
will be on Tuesday, February 5, from 9:30am -
10:30am in the Wells Library, Room 043. The
Metadata Discussion Group meets monthly to discuss
metadata issues pertaining to libraries, archives,
and museums. The group has no formal
membership. Library staff, SLIS faculty and
students, and those on campus interested in the
topic are welcome to attend.
BIBFRAME, originally known as the
Bibliographic Framework Transition Initiative, is
a Library of Congress project that is tasked with
replacing MARC, the carrier for library
data. This month, we'll talk about some
recent BIBFRAME developments, namely, the
unveiling of
bibframe.org/.
DATE: Tuesday, February 5
TIME: 9:30am -10:30am
PLACE: Wells Library 043
TOPIC: BIBFRAME
RESOURCES YOU MIGHT CONSULT:
Learn more about the Metadata Discussion
Group at our blog,
blogs.libraries.iub.edu/metadata, or join the
group email list by sending the following in the
subject line of the message (leave the body of the
message blank) to
list@list.indiana.edu:
subscribe metadata-discuss-l
Suggestions for future topics are
welcome. Please email
jaliss@indiana.edu with suggestions or questions.
Submitted by: Jennifer Liss,
Metadata/Cataloging Librarian, IUB
ILF
Districts 5/7 Conference
Mark your calendars for the Indiana Library
Federation Districts 5/7 Annual Conference on
Friday, May 17, at Indiana State University in
Terre Haute. More details are forthcoming.
Submitted by: Virginia Sojdehei, Reference
Services Librarian & Information Commons
Coordinator, IUB
Staff News
Rebecca Baumann has accepted the position
of Reference/Technical Associate in the Lilly
Library effective Monday, February 4.
Rebecca has been working as the Reference
Associate in the Lilly Library since June.
She holds a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature
from the University of Oklahoma, a Master of Arts
in English Literature from Indiana University, and
a Master of Library Science from Indiana
University. Additionally, she is a candidate for a
PhD in English Literature from Indiana
University. Please join me in welcoming
Rebecca to the Libraries!
Submitted by: Jen Geary, Human Resources and
Staff Development Coordinator, IUB
With regret and congratulations I must
announce that Sarah Schmiechen is leaving
us. I would say for greener pastures, but
she is leaving for the SWAMP -- Sarah will be
Senior Systems Programmer/Developer on the SWAMP
project in the UITS High Throughput Computing
Group (part of Research Technologies). Her
last day with the Libraries will be Friday, February 8.
Sarah joined the Libraries as a
programmer/analyst in 2006 and has made
significant contributions to our technical and
support services in addition to doing a wide range
of software development. She developed the
iPhone/iPad app for Variations, supported
Variations both at IU and elsewhere, and she has
kept up an assortment of web applications up and
running for our users. Sarah also has served
on the Bloomington Libraries Professional Council,
most recently as Chair. Please join me in
wishing Sarah the best in her new role.
Submitted by: Mark Notess, Head of Teaching
& Learning Systems Development, IUB
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