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*Effective December 5, Harrison Wick accepted the position of Microfilming Project Assistant in the Preservation Department in the Main Library at IU-Bloomington. Prior to accepting this position, Harrison worked at University Archives as a student assistant. He has a BA in History from Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland.
*Thank You
A special thanks goes out to the Holiday Party Committee at IU Bloomington who helped make the Annual Library Holiday Party, on December 6th, a festive and memorable event: Anne Haines, Vera Heitink, Pam Owens, Diana Hanson, Jo McClamroch, Carole Williams, Marta Johnson, Toni Sammy, Pat Steele, and Suzann Westerfield. A big thank you also goes out to Mark Fedderson and his daughter, Laura, who played music. We would also like to thank those of you who donated food, money and door prizes. Without your donations, it would not have been such a success. Thank you!
The Best Free Web Sites 2000 compiled by the Machine-Assisted Reference Section (MARS) Best Web Sites Task Force was recently published in the Fall 2000 issue of Reference and User Services Quarterly ( vol. 40, no.1, p.32-40). Carol Rusinek, Reference Services Librarian at Indiana University Northwest is a member of this Reference and User Services Division Task Force of 13 librarians from various types of libraries throughout the United States who selected and critically evaluated the top 29 reference web sites for 2000. This annual list can also be found at the American Library Association's MARS web site at http://www.ala.org/rusa/mars/best2000.html
Carol Rusinek, Reference Services Librarian
Indiana University Northwest
*IUPUI University Library Exhibit
IUPUI University Library Honors
National German-American Organization
IUPUI University Library is pleased to present the exhibit, "A Healthy Mind in a Healthy Body: The 150th Anniversary of the American Turners National Organization," now on display in the Ruth Lilly Special Collections and Archives. The exhibit salutes the American Turners for their 150 years of service to the German-American community and to the cause of physical fitness and physical education.
German immigrants founded the American Turners national organization in 1850. "A Healthy Mind in a Healthy Body: The 150th Anniversary of the American Turners National Organization" highlights the Turners' activities over the years. The Turners fought for the political rights of German immigrants, served as the social and cultural center for many German-American communities, and actively promoted physical fitness and physical education. In 1866 the American Turners founded a school for gymnastic teachers that is today the Indiana University School of Physical Education, located on the IUPUI campus. This school is the oldest continuously operated school of physical education in the United States.
"A Healthy Mind in a Healthy Body: The 150th Anniversary of the American Turners National Organization" is on display through February, 2001 in the Ruth Lilly Special Collections and Archives, located on the Lower Level, Room 0133 in the IUPUI University Library. Hours are 8 AM-5 PM Monday, Thursday and Friday, 8 AM-8 PM Tuesday and Wednesday, and 8 AM-noon on Saturday. For further information, please call (317) 274-0464, or visit http://www.ulib.iupui.edu/special/hdip/home.html.
Norman Brandenstein
External Relations Team
IUPUI University Library - UL 1112D
*BLFC Continuing Education Event at IU Bloomington
Need some comic relief? Then you need to watch a funny movie! The BLFC Continuing Education Committee invites you to a brown bag lunch screening of DESK SET, the classic romantic comedy starring Katherine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy. Meet the librarians in a broadcasting companys research department and the state-of-the-art computer that is designed to make their jobs obsolete in this 1957 movie. Total running time is 103 minutes but feel free to come for all or only part of the movie.
WHEN: Tuesday December 12, 2000 at 11:30
WHERE: Media Showing Room, E174
WHAT: Popcorn will be provided
Submitted by: Jo McClamroch, UGLS
*UCITA Teleconference at IU Bloomington
Through generous sponsorship of the Information Technology Policy Office of the Office of the Vice President for Information Technology, the Main Library will host a teleconference on December 13, 2000 from 1:00-4:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time in E 174 of the IU Main Library. This teleconference will help you learn more about UCITA and what you can do to deal with this legislation in your state! PLEASE EMAIL pbremer@indiana.edu IF YOU PLAN TO ATTEND.
UCITA: A Guide to Understanding and Action A Satellite Teleconference
Sponsored by: American Association of Law Libraries, American Library Association, Association of Research Libraries, Medical Library Association, Special Libraries Association.
The teleconference will feature four panelists:
-James Neal, Dean of University Libraries, Johns Hopkins University
-Rodney Petersen, Director, Policy and Planning, Office of Information
Technology at the University of Maryland
-Sarah K. (Sally) Wiant, Director of the Law Library and Professor of Law,
Washington and Lee University
-Catherine Wojewodzki, Librarian, Reference Department, University of
Delaware Library and former member of the Delaware legislature.
The teleconference will provide a valuable "primer" on UCITA, strategies for dealing with the legislation in your state, and an opportunity to ask the panelists questions. UCITA, the Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act, is a proposed state law that seeks to create a unified approach to the licensing of software and information. Two states -- Maryland and Virginia -- have passed UCITA, and it will be under consideration in many other states in the near future. UCITA's broad scope and focus on software and information requires that the research, education, and library communities understand what the adoption of UCITA will mean for the mission, operation, and core values of the higher education and library communities.
For more information see: http://www.arl.org/ucita.html
Submitted by: Lou Malcomb, Head, Government Publications/Geography & Map
BLFC Continuing Education Brown Bag Lunch & Movie
Tuesday, December 12
11:30-1:00
Media Showing Room, Main E174
IU Bloomington
SMG (Senior Management Group)
Tuesday, December 12
3:30-5:00 p.m.
Main Library E-174
IU Bloomington
PA Council
Wednesday, December 13
9:00-10:30 a.m.
Ground Floor Conference Room
IU Bloomington
UCITA Teleconference
Wednesday, December 13
1:00-4:00 p.m.
Main Library E-174
IU Bloomington
BLFC Meeting
Wednesday, December 13
3:00-5:00 p.m.
Administrative Conference Room
IU Bloomington
InULA Holiday Luncheon
Thursday, December 14
11:30-1:30
Coronation Room, IMU
IU Bloomington
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