LIBRARY NEWS
LIBRARY EVENTS
*Effective October 27, Larime Wilson resigned from her position as Coordinator of Outdoor Interpretation with the Wylie House Museum at Bloomington.
*Effective November 1, Melissa Stewart resigned from her position as Senior Budget Coordinator in the Budget/Supply Office at Bloomington.
*Digital Library Program Staff
Following the renovation in E170, Digital Library Program staff have moved back in. The list below gives the names of the people who are now working there, with their titles, phone numbers and email addresses.
Main Library E170
Fax Machine
6-2062
Kristine Brancolini Director
Main Library E170 5-3710 brancoli@indiana.edu
Jon W. Dunn Assistant Director for Technology
Main Library E170 5-0953 jwd@indiana.edu
Music Library 275B
Nergiz Cagiltay Digital Library Programmer/Analyst
Main Library E170 6-5752 ncagilta@indiana.edu
Jamie Marquart Digital Library System Administrator
Main Library E170 6-5174 jomarqua@indiana.edu
Jennifer Riley Digital Media Specialist
Main Library E170 6-5759 jenlrile@indiana.edu
Sibyl Bedford Imaging Technician, U.S. Steel Project
Main Library E170 5-1619 sbedford@indiana.edu
Andy Spencer Project Manager, Russian Periodical Index Project
Main Lib. E170 5-1261 gaspence@indiana.edu
Natalia Rome-Lindval Electronic Text Specialist, Russian Periodical
Index Project
Main Library E170 5-9290
nromelin@indiana.edu
-Submitted by: Kristine R. Brancolini, Director, Digital Library Program
*Law and Political Science Day
Election Day, November 7, 2000, Proclaimed Law and Political Science Day in the Academic Library Community
"A popular Government, without popular information, or the means of acquiring it, is but a Prologue to a Farce or a Tragedy, or, perhaps both." ...James Madison, letter to W.T. Barry, August 4, 1822.
Law and political science librarians help members of the academic community stay abreast of issues of the day, thus making them more informed voters. To celebrate this contribution to academe, Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) President Lizabeth Wilson has proclaimed Election Day, November 7, 2000, as Law & Political Science Day in academic librarianship.
WHEREAS, The people of the United States will exercise their right of ultimate participation in the democratic process on November 7, 2000; and
WHEREAS, The members of the academic community look to their libraries to provide the information to help them become involved on issues of the day; and
WHEREAS, Law and political science librarians guide members of the academic community to the appropriate sources of that information; and
WHEREAS, These librarians come together for support and professional growth in the Law and Political Science Section of the Association of College and Research Libraries;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Lizabeth Wilson, by virtue of the authority vested in me as President of ACRL, do hereby proclaim November 7, 2000 as
in the academic library community.
IN OFFICIAL RECOGNITION WHEREOF, I hereby affix my signature this 2nd day of October, 2000.
Lizabeth Wilson
President
-Submitted by Marian Shaaban, Government Publications
Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL)
Samuel Lazerow Fellowship for Research in Acquisitions or Technical
Services
ACRL is pleased to announce the Call for Proposals for the 2001 ACRL Samuel Lazerow Fellowship. Each year, ACRL awards $1,000 to a librarian to defray the costs of travel and writing in the fields of Acquisitions or Technical Services. The cash award is sponsored by the Institute for Scientific Information. The 2000 Samuel Lazerow Fellowship Award was presented to Kyle Banerjee for his proposal, "Developing a Procedure for Processing Electronic Theses and Dissertations."
Detailed information, criteria, and submissions guidelines can be found on
the web at
http://www.ala.org/acrl/lazerow.html.
For additional information,
please contact the Samuel Lazerow Fellowship Committee Chair, Lynda
Clendenning
at lfc9k@virginia.edu.
-Submitted by: Martha L. Brogan, Associate Dean of Libraries & Director of Collection Development, Indiana University Bloomington Libraries
*Digitizing the Art and the Art of Digitizing
You still have a chance to make it to the Indiana Chapter of the Special Library Association meeting and learn about art resources in the Digital Age and how to start your own digital project.
Deadline for registration: 12 PM, November 6, 2000.
The meeting "Digitizing the Art and the Art of Digitizing" will feature two guest speakers - Sonja S. Staum-Kuniej, a head librarian at the Herron School of Art Library, and Allison R. Kopczynski , Information Management Specialist for the Environmental Research Institute of Michigan.
The meeting - presentations and a dinner - begins at 6:15, November 9, 2000, at Baker & Daniels, 300 N. Meridian St., downtown Indianapolis. Take an elevator to the 27th floor and a receptionist will direct you from there.
Tour of the Herron School of Art Library, 1701 N. Pennsylvania, downtown Indianapolis, begins at 5:00.
Board meeting is open to all and begins at 4:00 at the Herron Art School, room H105.
For more details about the program, parking and directions see http://birch.palni.edu/~insla/Meetings/nov_9_2000.html
Registration Form:
Your Name:
Title:
Organization:
Phone:
Fax:
Email:
SLA member ($20) :
Non-member ($25) :
Student ($12) :
You may pay at the door.
If you pay with a check, make it payable to SLA-Indiana Chapter.
Please indicate on you registration form whether you'd prefer a vegetarian
dinner.
Please send your reservations to Zoya Golban:
Email: zgolban@bakerd.com
Fax: 317-237-1000
Phone: 317-237-1446
See you soon!
-Submitted by: Zoya Golban, IUPUI
The African American Cultural Center Library presents a BOOK TALK featuring Bakari Kitwana, author
Tuesday, November 14
7:30 p.m.
African American Cultural Center
Africa Room
Ashton Ctr./Coulter Hall 1st floor
Corner of Union & 7th Streets
(South of Eigenmann Hall, East of the School of Education)
Mr. Kitwana is the author of the 1994 book, THE RAP ON GANGSTA RAP, and the forthcoming title, HIP-HOP GENERATION. The title of his talk will be, Beyond Gangsta Rap: translating hip-hop's commercial success into political power for the hip-hop generation.
Marianna Brough, Branch Coordinator
African American Cultural Center Library
Indiana University Libraries Faculty Council
2000 Fall Meeting
Nov. 9, 2000 -- 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. via VIC
Rooms:
IPFW - Kettler G22
IUB - Radio TV 175
IUPUI - ES 2101
IUSE - Hillside 102
AGENDA (tentative)
Indiana University Libraries Faculty Council
2000 Fall Meeting
November 9, 2000-1:00- 3:00 p.m.
Via VIC
AGENDA
I. Announcements/Introductions - Dean Thorin
II. Approval of the June 2000 minutes - Dean Thorin
III. Selection of Secretary-Elect from the 2000-2002 - Emma Dederick-Colon
IV. IULFC Committees: Rosters, Chairs/Liaisons, Emma Dederick-Colon Charges, etc.
a) Faculty Review Board
b) Faculty Standards Committee
c) Promotion & Tenure Committee
d) Research Committee
e) Sabbatical Leave Committee
f) White Award Committee
V. Librarians' Day - Emma Dederick-Colon
a) Committee Members
b) Planning
VI. Other Business
VII. Administrative Report - Dean Thorin
VIII. Council of Head Librarians Meeting Report - Dean Thorin
IX. Date/Location of Next Meeting - Emma Dederick-Colon
IU 2001 Benefits Open Enrollment & Information Sessions
Monday, November 6
Whittenberger Auditorium, IMU
9:00-10:30 a.m. or
Noon-1:30 p.m. or
2:00-3:30 p.m.
IU Bloomington
BLF Meeting
Tuesday, November 7
BLF Meeting
3:00-5:00 p.m.
Main Library 3rd Flr. Staff Lounge
IU Bloomington
PA Council
Wednesday, November 8
PA Council
9:00-10:30 a.m.
Ground Floor Conference Room
IU Bloomington
IULFC Fall Meeting
Thursday, November 9
1:00-3:00 p.m.
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