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INDIANA UNIVERSITY LIBRARY NEWS*****January 11, 2002, Vol. 29, Number 2 |
| *STAFF NEWS |
*LIBRARY NEWS |
*LIBRARY EVENT |
*LIBRARY DISPLAY |
*BLOOMINGTON MASTER CALENDAR |
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*Staff Updates, IUB
Effective January 4, Janice Clinch retired from her position as Supervisor of Shelving and Searches in Customer and Access Services at IU-Bloomington.
Effective January 3, Holly Silvers accepted the position of ALF Library Catalog Specialist in the Lilly Library at IU-Bloomington. Prior to accepting this position Holly worked in the Fine Arts Slide Library and the Lilly library. She has a BGS, a MA in Art History, and a MLS with specialization in rare books and special collections from Indiana University.
Effective January 2, Amy Thomas accepted the position of Office Services Assistant in the Budget/Supply Office at IU-Bloomington. Prior to accepting this position, Amy worked at HSS Rental USA in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Effective January 2, Jane Vanauken resigned from her position as Library Campus Coordinator in the Geography and Map Library at IU-Bloomington.
*John Walsh Attended the XML 2001 Conference in Orlando, FL
John Walsh, Manager of Electronic Text Technologies for the Digital Library Program/LETRS, attended the XML 2001 conference in Orlando, FL, December 10-14, 2001, where he delivered a talk on the Digital Library Program's Russian Periodical Index Project. John is Technical Manager of the project. The paper is entitiled "Creating an XML-Based Scholarly Research Tool: Challenges and Methodology." An online version is available at: http://www.idealliance.org/papers/xml2001/papers/html/03-04-06.html.
Submitted by: Kristine Brancolini, IUB
*IUPUI University Library Upgrades Computer Service
As part of an overall commitment to provide state of the art computer workstation services, IUPUI University Library has migrated its Local Area Network to new, high speed Dell servers running the Microsoft 2000 operating system. This move allows the library to stay current with the IUPUI campus strategy of moving out of the Novell LAN server environment. The new server platform will facilitate improved logins, allowing patrons to begin using their campus user id's and passwords on University Library workstations.
Currently, patrons may use either their campus ids or a generic user id to log on to Library computers. In support of the Indiana University plan to enhance computer system security, the University Library will require personal user id's at library workstations for all users beginning Summer Semester 2002. At that point, no generic user id's will allow access. Library patrons without campus credentials will be able to generate user id's by visiting the Circulation Desk of the University Library.
This represents the first time user id's have been required for use at University Library computer workstations, and patrons are reminded to logout upon completion of their use of the computers to ensure computer and user security.
For further information, visit the University Library home
page at www.ulib.iupui.edu or contact Charles Dye, Director of Information
Technology, at cdye@iupui.edu or (317) 278-3025.
Submitted by: Norman Brandenstein, IUPUI University Library
*InULA Winter Luncheon in Bloomington
Sign up for the InULA Winter Luncheon. Non-members Welcome!
| Date: | Thursday, January 31, 2002 |
| Time: | 11:30 am - 1:30 pm |
| Place: | Great Wall, a Chinese restaurant, 2038 N. Walnut Street, Bloomington |
| Speaker: | Mary Strow |
| Cost: | $8.50 |
Join InULA for a lunch buffet at the Great Wall restaurant. The cost covers the full buffet including beverages, desserts, taxes and tip. Vegetarian and non-MSG selections available.
| 11:30 am | Lunch Begins |
| 12:00 - 12:20 | InULA Board welcome and business meeting |
| 12:20 - 1:00 | Presentation |
| 1:00 - 1:30 | Questions, mingling, dessert |
InULA is proud to announce that our featured speaker is Mary Strow, Head Librarian, HPER Library, IUB, who traveled to China to hike on the Great Wall. She will be sharing her experiences of camping on the Great Wall, a privilege rarely granted. She will be making a media presentation and talking about her trip.
SIGN-UP INFORMATION - Advance registration requested by Friday, January 25, 2002, however walk-ins are welcome.
To sign up please e-mail Taemin Park at park@indiana.edu to confirm your attendance. Checks should be made to InULA for $8.50 and be sent to Andrea Singer, InULA Treasurer, Main Library, Government Documents, C264, IUB. Checks will also be accepted at the luncheon.
Reminder: If you haven't paid your InULA membership dues, please bring your check to the luncheon. Please contact Miriam Murphy, 317-274-1928, mimurphy@iupui.edu, Chair of InULA Social and Program Committee for any further questions.
Submitted by: Lois Sewell, IUB
*IUPUI Rufus Reiberg Reading Series Announced
The Indiana University School of Liberal Arts Department of English Creative Writing Program and the IUPUI University Library are collaborating to present the sixth annual IUPUI Rufus Reiberg Reading Series of visiting writers for Spring 2002.
Featured national authors will include Jonathan Hall Kovacs (Thursday, January 31, 4:00 p.m.), Jyl Lynn Felman (Wednesday, March 6, 4:00 p.m.), and Primus St. John (Friday, April 19, 7:00 p.m.). Also included in the series will be a celebration of International Women's Day, Thursday, March 7, 7:00 p.m., including presentations by Indianapolis literary and performing artists.
The Rufus Reiberg Reading Series was established in 1997 with an endowment in honor of Dr. Reiberg, the late chair of the Liberal Arts Department of English. The intention for the series is to present nationally recognized writers on the IUPUI campus, for the benefit of students and the community.
Jonathan Hall Kovacs is the producer and director of Rathskeller, the internationally recognized Deaf theatre ensemble. A dynamic solo performer and American Sign Language presentor, Kovacs has also performed on stage and television.
Author, performance artist and lawyer, Jyl Lynn Felman, is a Women's Studies professor at Brandeis University. Her work has been featured on radio and television, including her widely anthologized, one-woman show, If Only I'd Been Born a Kosher Chicken. A collection of Felman's short stories, Hot Chicken Wings, was a 1993 Lambda Literary Finalist.
Primus St. John has worked as a laborer, gambler, and civil servant, and for the past twenty-six years he has taught literature and creative writing at Portland State University in Oregon. His poetry is widely recognized, receiving a reading on National Public Radio, an Oregon Book Award for Poetry and a nomination for the American Book Award.
Co-sponsors of the 2002 Rufus Reiberg Reading Series include the, Indiana School for the Deaf, Etheridge Knight Poetry Festival, and the IU School of Liberal Arts' ASL/English Interpreting and Women's Studies Programs, the IUPUI Office for Student Life & Diversity, and University College.
All of the Rufus Reiberg Reading Series presentations are free to the public. The January 31 and March 6-7 programs will take place at the IUPUI University Library, Lilly Auditorium, Lower Level, 755 West Michigan Street, with guest parking available at the North Street Garage. The Indiana Historical Society, 450 West Ohio Street, will serve as the site for the April 19 performance. For further information, please call (317) 274-9831.
Submitted by: Norman Brandenstein, IUPUI University Library
*IUPUI University Library Features Black American Art Display
In recognition and celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and Black History Month, IUPUI University Library is currently hosting a cultural display, scheduled through February 28, 2002. The installation, entitled, Seeing Through Black American Eyes, features the private collections of IUPUI Professor William E. and Dr. Joyce G. Taylor, as well as fine art created by national artist, Dr. Margaret T. Burroughs, and Indianapolis resident, Bruce Armstrong.
The Taylor collection will also be the focus of a lecture and reception featuring William and Joyce Taylor, and hosted by the IUPUI University Library on Tuesday, February 12, 6:00 p.m. in the Lilly Auditorium, Lower Level. The program is free and open to the public.
William and Joyce Taylor have been researching the history of African American visual artists for over twenty years, and the display of books, catalogs, posters and periodicals from their collection reflect the range of this focus. Significant contributions to the retrospective of books include historic and contemporary titles of, "The New Negro" and "6 Black Masters of American Art," as well as, "From Sambo to Superspade: Black Experience in Motion Pictures" and "Romare Bearden, His Life & Art."
The Taylor collection also includes art exhibition catalogs from installations at the Museum of Modern Art, National Museum of Art, Studio Museum of Harlem, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Bucknell University and the Indianapolis Museum of Art. Posters from national Black History exhibitions, and periodicals like The International Review of African-American Art and Black Enterprise complete the collection display.
Professor William E. Taylor, a graduate of Indiana University, has provided a sampling of his own sculpture art for the University Library display. Also included are linocut prints of Dr. Margaret T. Burroughs, founding director of the DuSable Museum of African-American History, Chicago, Illinois. Bruce Armstrong studied art at Crispus Attucks High School and Indiana University, and his art pieces featured in the display include pastels, acrylics and charcoal, all created in 2000-2001.
The Seeing Through Black American Eyes display is located in the University Library Level 1 Lobby, 755 West Michigan Street. Public parking is available at the North Street Garage. For further information, call (317) 274-0462.
NOTE: Visual Image Available in Attached Word Document Taylor Display - Burroughs Linocut
Submitted by: Norman Brandenstein, IUPUI University Library
*Calendar Week 01/14/02-01/18/02, IU-Bloomington
| DATE | EVENT | TIME | PLACE |
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| January 17, 2002 | Resources Subcommittee | 8:30 - 9:30 a.m. | Administrative Conf. Rm. |
| January 17, 2002 | Libraries Management Team | 9:30 - 11:30 a.m. | Administrative Conf. Rm. |
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