3. Continuing Education Presents...
5. InULA Research Incentive Fund Grant
Effective in early January 1998, Marilyn Shaver will be on a one year leave of absence.
Effective December 15, Edwin Cheek has accepted the Technical Services Assistant position in the Fine Arts and Journalism Libraries. Edwin will work mornings in the Fine Arts Library and afternoons in the Journalism Library. He has worked at the Tichenor College Textbook Company in Bloomington since 1995. He has a Master's of Fine Arts in Studio Art.
Nancy Eckerman, M.L.S., M.A.R.S., Special Collections Librarian at the Ruth Lilly Medical Library, was the featured speaker at a meeting sponsored by the John Shaw Billings History of Medicine Society, Inc., the Indiana State Archives-Indiana Commission on Public Records, and the Ruth Lilly Medical Library-Indiana University School of Medicine.
The meeting was held December 4, 1997, in Indianapolis. Ms. Eckerman's talk was titled "The Story of Medical Licensing in Indiana in the 19th Century." Currently, Ms. Eckerman is coordinating a project with the Indiana State Archives to compile information on 19th century Indiana physicians and healers. The project is funded through the Friends of the Indiana State Archives by an Indiana Heritage Grant.
Joseph Harmon, IUPUI University Library, gave a presentation, "The Treatment of Charity in Short Fiction," at the 27th annual conference of The Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action, December 4, in Indianapolis.
Gary Wiggins lectured on "Use of the Internet in Distance Education: the CHEMINFO Experience" at the Chemical Information Group Meeting during the December 3 American Chemical Society Cincinnati Section Meeting.
There will be an exhibition of Mexican pictorial manuscripts on view at the Lilly Library December 11-20. Call 855-2542 for more information.
3. CONTINUING EDUCATION COMMITTEE PRESENTS...
Save the Date: January 27, 1998
At 1pm on January 27, 1998, the Continuing Education Committee will present a program entitled " The Best Web Site: How Librarians Can Create, Design, Manage and Maintain a Web Site". The program will take place in Media Room 174.
--Juliet C. Smith, Electronic Services Reference Librarian, Indiana University School of Law
Nominations for the Jenkins Award are due in Library Personnel on February 1, 1998. This award is presented annually to current or former IU librarians in recognition of outstanding contributions to the IU Libraries or to the library profession. For a copy of the nomination form or for more information about the award, consult the Library Faculty Handbook or contact Betty Andis in Library Personnel.
--Marilyn Shaver, Personnel Officer
5. INULA RESEARCH INCENTIVE FUND GRANT AWARDED
The Indiana University Librarians Association (InULA) is pleased to announce that Jo Burgess, Preservation Dept., Conservation Services, Bloomington, has been awarded an $800.00 Research Incentive Fund grant to work on her research project entitled: The David S. McIntosh and Garry L. Harrison Collections of Southern Illinois Folk Music. Jo will be collaborating with Garry Harrison to produce a book that documents the folk music played and sung in southern Illinois during the last part of the 19th century through the first half of the 20th. Little of the McIntosh collection and none of the Harrison collection has been published. Congratulations to Jo!
-Andrea Morrison, InULA President
Monday, December 15 L M C Meeting 2:30 - 3:30 pm GFCR - 043 Tuesday, December 16 Horizon Working Groups 1:30 - 2:30 pm GFCR - 043 Thursday, December 18 Communication Forum 10:00 - 11:00 am GFCR - 043 Thursday, December 18 Workstation Interface 3:30 - 5:00 pm GFCR - 043
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