Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) University Libraries - Associate Librarian or Librarian - Head, Ruth Lilly Special Collections and Archives. To apply send letter of application, resume, and names, addresses, and telephone number s of four references to Mary Stanley, Acting Personnel Librarian, IUPUI University Libraries, 755 W. Michigan Street, Indianapolis, IN 46202-5195. Applications or nominations received by 4/30/96 will be guaranteed consideration. Position remains open until filled and is available immediately. For more information or a complete copy of the posting contact Mary Stanley at the above address.
The Search and Screen Committee for the position of Assistant or Associate Librarian, Subject Specialist for Anthropology, Sociology, Folklore and Women's Studies consists of the following members: Judith Allen, Nancy Boerner (Chair), Jo Burgess, Inta Carpenter, Glenn Read, Patricia Riesenman, Anya Royce, and Martin Weinberg.
--Marilyn Shaver, Libraries Personnel Officer
Please mark your calendar now for the next Research Forum. It has been rescheduled for Thursday April 4, 1996 from 12N to 1:00 in the Ground Floor Conference Room. Frank Quinn, Reference, will be speaking on: Abortion Titles in Indiana Public Libraries , an Examination of Factors Influencing Collection Diversity. Bring your lunch and join us in a lively discussion.
-Ruth Davison, GPD, for BLFC Continuing Education Committee
6. STUDENT RECOGNITION RECEPTION APRIL 9
On behalf of Acting Dean Pat Steele, the Special Events committee cordially invites all library faculty, staff and student employees to attend the Student Recognition Reception on Tuesday, April 9 from 3:30 to 4:30 pm in the Staff Lounge. While all studen ts are invited, students who have worked in the Libraries at least five semesters will receive individual invitations to this event. Acting Dean Steele will acknowledge individual student employees who have worked eight or more semesters in a brief ceremo ny at 4:00 pm. Please join us to honor this vital part of the Libraries' work force!
--Jo Burgess, Head, Conservation Services
This electronic communication includes a registration form and a program. You will receive a more detailed program, a map and parking instructions in the mail. The registration fee covers the luncheon costs. Continental breakfast is provided compliments of the Indiana University at Bloomington Library, and items for the afternoon break are supplied compliments of the Indiana University Librarians Association (InULA). Late and on-site registrations are free but will not include lunch.
Please complete the form below and make checks payable to the IU Foundation.
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Name: ________________________________________________________________
Library:________________________________________________________
Work Phone Number:______________________________________________
Luncheon* $8.35 ________
*Lunch buffet to include a selection of two types of salads, three types of meats, three types of bread, two dessert selections, various condiments and beverages.
Please return by April 12th to: Philip Bantin
IU Librarians Day
Indiana University Archives
201 Bryan Hall
Bloomington, IN 47405
BANTIN@indiana.edu
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09:00 - 10:00 -- Registration and Continental Breakfast
10:00 - 10:15 -- Welcome, Introductions and Announcements
10:15 - 10:45 -- "State of the Libraries" - Pat Steele
10:45 - 11:00 -- InULA Report - Phil Bantin
11:00 - 11:45 -- IULFC Committee Reports
11:45 - 01:00 -- Lunch
01:00 - 02:30 -- "Horizon: Update and Discussion"
Facilitators: Gary Charbonneau, Barbara Albee and four other members of various project task forces. This session will include updates by Charbonneau and Albee. Following these reports, the audience will break-up into small groups, led by a facilitator, to discuss various pertinent issues related to the project.
02:30 -03:00 -- Break
03:00 -04:00 -- 5 Concurrent Discussion Sessions:
Facilitator: Lorraine Olley
Desired Values: A Review of the Libraries System of Rewards
Facilitators: Pat Steele and Steven Sowell
Integrated Careers: Cross-Training, Job Rotation,
Split Positions
Facilitator: Mary Popp
Promotion and Tenure Issues
Facilitators: Ann Bristow, Vania Goodwin and
Michele Russo
Special Collections in the IU System: Where are We,
and Where are We Going?
Facilitator: Philip Bantin
04:00 -04:15 -- Wrap-Up
8. INCOLSA WORKSHOP CATALOG AND CALENDAR AVAILABLE
The MPS Department has received INCOLSA's "Workshop Catalog and Calendar" for March 1996 through June 1996. For more information, please contact Anne McGreer, MPS Department, 855-1666 or mcgreera@indiana.edu.
INCOLSA has sent us brochures about the following workshops:
1. "Copyright Law in the Age of Technology" with Laura Gasaway, May 14 (Merrillville) and May 15 (Crawfordsville). $70 for INCOLSA members. All-day workshop, "designed to provide librarians with an overview of the current status of the U.S. copyright l aw and its impact on library services."
2. "Communication for Chickens: How to Reduce Your Anxiety and Make Effective Presentations without Laying an Egg," a 3-hour workshop offered April 16, 17, and 18 in various locations. The presenter is Jeff Miller, an award-winning speaker and poet wit h over 30 years' experience in communications, journalism and marketing. $40 per person due by April 1.
The following OCLC brochures have been received from INCOLSA.
1. "Introducing NetFirst: the Authoritative Directory for Internet Resources. NetFirst is a database of Internet resources which is available on the FirstSearch and EPIC services.
2. "OCLC Electronic Journals Online"
3. "FirstSearch Service Databases" This lists and describes all the databases which are available through FirstSearch, such as ArticleFirst, ContentsFirst, WorldCat, and various subject databases.
4. "FirstSearch: Annual Subscription and Online ASCII Document Ordering PriceList for Individual Institutions (North America)" This describes the pricing schemes for the three components of subscription pricing: simultaneous logons, database subscriptio ns, and database user limits.
5. "FirstSearch Case Study: The Arkansas FirstSearch Consortium"
--Anne McGreer, MPS Department
9. InULA BOOKSALE--DONATIONS NEEDED!
The annual InULA Booksale is scheduled for April 21-22, 1996, room E174. The Booksale Committee is soliciting donations of books, journals, posters, CDs, records, tapes (audio and video), etc. for the sale.
Profits from the sale are used to fund many InULA activities, including scholarships, research grants, continuing education programs and workshops.
A letter can be provided to donors for tax purposes.
To donate, please contact:
Lorraine Olley, 855-6281 (olley) or Mary Krutulis, 855-2018 (krutulis).
--Celestina Wroth, for the InULA Booksale Committee
10. INTERACTIVE 1995 ARL STATISTICS NOW AVAILABLE ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB
The 1994-95 ARL statistics are now available at the ARL statistics Web site. A new feature this year provides tables of any ARL data category in rank order. You can also create ratios of any two categories and display a table of the values for all ARL l ibraries. This feature allows you to see previously unavailable data such as total circulations per student or interlibrary borrowing per graduate student or faculty member. To try this new feature, go to:
Also now available are copies of the 1994-95 ARL statistics in spreadsheet format, together with documentation. These files can easily be downloaded through a Web browser to your local computer, and then manipulated with Excel or Quattro or Lotus for loc al needs. The files are available at:
Adventurous users may also want to try out other capabilities of the evolving ARL statistics pages at:
Still under construction, the site now provides a number of varieties of graphic and statistical analysis for ARL statistics, such as interactive regression analysis. ARL library staff members particularly are invited to send comments on the ARL statisti cs pages to martha@cni.org or ssdc@viva.lib.virginia.edu
--Yolanda Cooper-Birdine
Rosanne Cordell and Nancy Wootton, South Bend, have published "Institutional Policy Issues for Providing Public Internet Access" in volume 24, number 1 of RSR (Reference Services Review).
--Maxine Sandretto, Library Business Manager
12. SERIALS CANCELLATION REQUESTS
The following serials cancellation requests have been received.
The titles below are the last 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@silver.ucs.indiana.edu, within 2 weeks following the date of this newsletter.
Fund 19 (Chemistry) -ICP INFORMATION NEWSLETTER -JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL EDUCATION. SOFTWARE. B-JOURNAL OF THE INDIAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY Fund 43 (Geology) -ANNALS OF GLACIOLOGY -AUSTRALIAN COAL GEOLOGY -BULETIN PERSATUAN GEOLOGI MALAYSIA -CANADIAN MINERALS YEARBOOK -CCOP TECHNICAL PUBLICATION -INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGICAL & NUCLEAR SCIENCES MONOGRAPH -IRISH JOURNAL OF EARTH SCIENCES -JOKULL -JOURNAL OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SRI LANKA -MEDDELELSER FRA DANSK GEOLOGISK FORENING -MEMOIR (GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF INDIA) -NORTH WEST GEOLOGIST -OSTERREICHISCHE GEOLOGISCHE GESELLSCHAFT. MITTEILUNGEN DER OSTERREICHISCHEN GEOLOGISCHEN GESELLSCHAFT -PALAEONTOLOGIA AFRICANA -PALAEOVERTEBRATA -ROCKS AND MINERALS -ROYAL SOCIETY OF NEW ZEALAND. PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF NEW ZEALAND -SOCIETA GEOLOGICA ITALIANA. MEMORIE DELLA SOCIETA GEOLOGICA ITALIANA -SOCIETE GEOLOGIQUE DE BELGIQUE. ANNALES DE LA SOCIETE GEOLOGIQUE DE BELGIQUE -USSHER SOCIETY. PROCEEDINGS -ZEITSCHRIFT FUR ANGEWANDTE GEOLOGIE
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