Program on the Liability of Information Professionals
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WHO: All are invited!
TOPIC: Reality or Myth: Liability of Information Professionals
Merlin P. Whiteman, Director of Information Services at Ice Miller Donadio &
Ryan, will be speaking to us both as an information professional and as lawyer regarding the legal liability that information professionals have for the products and services they provide.
WHEN: April 17, 1997 (Thursday) 3:30- 5:00pm Board meeting 5:00- 6:00pm Social Time / Tour of Ice Miller Donadio & Ryan's
The meeting will take place at the American United Life (AUL) Tower located at One American Square, Indianapolis, IN. The Tower sits on the block bordered by Ohio, Illinois, New Your, and Capitol Streets in downtown Indianapolis. There is a parking garage located under the building which can be entered either from Illinois or Capitol Streets. Parking on the street is available but can be limited during business hours. Parking meters are strictly enforced until 6:00pm weekdays.
>From the lobby of the building, take the elevators to the 31st floor reception area of Ice Miller Donadio & Ryan.
COST: $5.00 for Members and non-member Guests
No cost for Students
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Please RSVP to Bernadette Cline, president-elect of InSLA, by returning your
check and this form to her. Reservations for dinner will only be made for
those who RSVP. Payment for dinner is due for all reservations unless
cancellation are made before April 11, 1997.
Bernadette G. Cline phone (317-276-2374)
Intelligence Center fax (317-276-5431)
Eli Lilly & Co. e-mail (cline@lilly.com)
Indianapolis IN 46285
Name______________________________________________
Active____ Guest____ Student____
Library/Org.______________________________________
Number Coming___________ First Time?___________
Telephone_______________ E-Mail________________
Fax_____________________
--Kellie Kaneshiro, Past President, InSLA
Dr. Mark Ciancone, of the IU Health Center, will be presenting an ergonomics program covering the topics of: upper back strain, carpal tunnel syndrome, cubital tunnel syndrome and more!
The date, time and location of the program is as follows: April 22 from 2-3 p.m. in the Ground Floor Conference Room of the Main Library.
Seating is limited to 40 people. Registration can be done by contacting Marilyn Shaver.
8. IOLUG SPRING MEETING - AT IUPUI UNIVERSITY LIBRARY
Indiana Online Users Group Spring Meeting
Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis
Friday April 25, 1997
You may have a home page, but how well can your users navigate it?
--Have you incorporated the principles of good design?
--Have you tested your page for usability?
--Does your page conform to ADA guidelines?
Join Your Colleagues for the Indiana Online Users Group Spring meeting. "FACE TO INTERFACE: IMPROVING YOUR WEB PAGE DESIGN," Friday, April 25, 1997, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis, University Library.
Agenda 9:00 am Registration and continental breakfast 9:30 am Welcome and IOLUG business meeting 10:30 am Program * Christine Fitzpatrick, IUPUI, will address visual design principles for computer interfaces and various types of usability testing. * Sharon Hay, IUPUI Library, will discuss the process of redesigning the IUPUI Library home page and her use of a simple usability test which can be replicated easily by other libraries at little or no charge * Wade Wingler, Crossroads Rehabilitation, will discuss the ADA aspects of designing a web site and software which can "read" web pages for the visually impaired. 1:00 p.m. Lunch on your own at the IUPUI food court 2:00 p.m. Breakout sessions * Additional methodologies for usability testing * More on adaptive technologies Critique your web site--put Sharon's technique into action * Critique commercial library database interfaces--help evaluate competing products 3:30 p.m. Wrap up and Door Prizes Parking: IUPUI North Street Garage, cost $5.00. See IUPUI map at: http://www.iupui.edu/home/maptest.html ______________________________________________ REGISTRATION FORM Name: Institution: Address: Phone: Email: Please mark 1st and 2nd choices for breakout sessions ____ Additional methodologies for usability testing ____ Critique your website ____ More on adaptive technologies ____ Critique commercial library database interfaces ____ I require Americans with Disabilities Act special assistance on site Cost on or before April 18, 1997, is $13 for IOLUG members, $18 for guests. Late registration (after April 18, 1997) is $18 for IOLUG members, $23 for guests. New memberships received by April 18 will be honored through June 30, 1998. Make checks payable to Indiana Online Users Group. Mail to: Larry Baerveldt IOLUG Membership Chair 1165 E. Telegraph Rd Madison, IN, 47250 email: BAERVELDT@Hanover.edu--Kellie Kaneshiro, Senior Reference Librarian, Ruth Lilly Medical Library
9. MERGER UPDATE - MEDICAL SCIENCES LIBRARY AND BIOLOGY LIBRARY
Planning and preparations for merging the Medical Sciences Library and the Biology Library are going well; the merger will take place in December 1997.
The combined library will bear a new name, Life Sciences Library. Thanks again to Steven Sowell and Doug Freeman who years ago did a masterful job of writing an excellent summary of the issues involved with the merger--we're still making use of the document you produced!
--Elizabeth Hanson, Medical Sciences Library
10. INULA NOTES
I am pleased to announce that the newest issue of InULA NOTES is available on the InULA Home Page - www.indiana.edu/~inula. The theme of the issue is "Continuing Education and Staff Development: Helping Individuals Adapt to Change," and contains articles by Ruth Davidson, Chair of the BLFC Continuing Education Committee; Marilyn Shaver, Library Personnel Officer; Mary Beth Minick and Mary Stanley, Management Team, IUPUI Library; and Judith Dye and Mahnaz Moshfegh, Co-Chairs of the IULFC Library Research Committee. This issue of InULA NOTES was edited by Mary Popp and Taemin Park. I encourage anyone who has comments or questions regarding the ideas expressed in this issue to share them with other library faculty and staff by e-mailing the comments to inula@www.indiana.edu.
--Phil Bantin
11. SUMMARIES OF LIBRARY GRANT OPPORTUNITIES
Graduate Student Opportunity International Enhancement Grants
Office of International Programs
Franklin Hall 311
PHONE 855-7557; FAX: 855-6452
Internet: inprog@indiana.edu
Fall 1997 International Enhancement Grants
Grants of up to $2,000 are available on a competitive basis for students to pursue relevant academic training programs in order to add or intensify an international component of their IU degrees. Grants are not intended to support research activities. Grants may not support participation in a formal IU overseas study program. Applicants must have an objective that can be completed during the fall semester. Proposals including international travel are encouraged. Applicants may be from any discipline, department, or campus and must have completed at least nine hours of graduate course work at IU at the time of application.
DEADLINE: for fall semester grants April 21, 1997
AMOUNT AWARDED: Up to $2,000
CONTACT: Susan Carty, International Programs 855-7557, FAX 855-6452;
e-mail: scarty@indiana.edu
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Department of Education
Library Education and Human Resource Development Program
The Library Education and Human Resource Development Program promotes high quality library and information science education and provides fellowship and institute grants to institutions of higher education and library organizations or agencies to recruit, educate, and train persons, and to establish, develop, or expand programs, through courses of study or staff development in library and information science.
For applications and more information contact: Chris Dunn of Judy Stark, U.S. Department of Education, 555 New Jersey Avenue, N.w., Room 300, Washington, D.C. 20208-5571; phone: (202) 219-2299 or 219-2284; TDD 1-800-877-8339.
Deadline: May 5, 1997
12. SERIALS CANCELLATION REQUESTS
The following serials cancellation requests have been received.
The titles listed below represent the last subscription copies in the IUB Libraries. Fund managers who wish to assume any of the titles should contact Laura Gabbard, Serials Department (855-4262 or lscurtis@indiana.edu) within 2 weeks following the date of this newsletter.
Fund 27 (Education) -READING AND WRITING Fund 61 (Journalism) -DIRECTIONS (EVANSTON, ILL.)
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