University Library Information Bulletin

LIB-August 2, 2006 - #E-30

On The ARL Server (Aug. 2, 2006)
News and Publications
• News about the Federal Research Public Access Act (FRPAA) of 2006:

• Issue Brief: Libraries and CALEA Obligations
• ARL Recruits a Technical Applications Development Manager for LibQUAL+® and Statistics and Assessment Activities [PDF]
• ARL Recruits Information Technology Services Program Officer
• ARL Recruits Research, Teaching, and Learning Program Director

Meetings and Professional Development Opportunities
• December 2006 ARL/ACRL Institute on Scholarly Communication, applications due Aug. 15
• Leadership and Career Development Program 2007–2008, applications due Sept. 30
• Library Assessment Conference, Charlottesville, Va., Sept. 25–27, 2006
• Open Scholarship 2006: New Challenges for Open Access Repositories, Glasgow, Scotland, Oct. 18–20

ISL Internet Librarian Conference
The Illinois State Library is pleased to offer, in association with Information Today, Inc., a discounted rate to the 2006 Internet Librarian Conference on Oct. 23-25.

The discount rate is $245 for the 3-day event. (No discount rates are available for the pre-conference seminars and workshops.) In addition, discount prices of $169 on the Internet@Schools conference (Oct. 23-24, 2006) and $245 for the combo of the Internet Librarian Conference and Internet@Schools (Oct. 23-25, 2006) are also available.

To receive this discount, please submit your registration form with payment. Registrations must be received by Monday, Sept. 11, 2006 to receive the discount.

If you have any questions, please e-mail Lynda Maddox or call 217-584-5866.

Frequently Used Web sites:

UIC Library:

UIC Library Staff Pages

UIC Library Home Page

About the Library
Note:  This site is updated regularly.

CITY2000
A collection of photographs from more than 200 photographers spending 365 days canvassing the city and chronicling its people, places and personality.

Special Collections and University Archives

Employee of the Month Award @ UIC Library

Library All-Staff Meetings

Library Faculty Committees

Library Hours

Library News:
The Library's Electronic Newsletter on Acquisitions and Initiatives

ULIB Search Engine

Others:

ACCC Servers
This page lists the availability of ACCC run servers like tigger, mailserv, icarus, calendar, etc.

CARLI
On July 1, 2005, ICCMP, IDAL, and ILCSO merged to become the Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois (CARLI). 2005-2006 will be a transition year for the new organization during which an integrated CARLI website will be developed. Until the transition is complete, please continue to consult this website and those of CARLI, IDAL, and ILCSO.

CIC
An academic consortium of twelve major teaching and research universities in the Midwest.

CRL
A consortium of North American universities, colleges, and independent research libraries acquiring and preserving traditional and digital resources for research and teaching, making them available to member institutions through interlibrary loan and electronic delivery.

ICCMP
Works to meet the diverse information needs of faculty, students, and other library users in Illinois by encouraging cooperative library activity in order to make the best use of resources.

IDAL
Building a collection of full-text and full-image electronic resources that support instruction, study, and research by students, faculty and staff in all eligible Illinois institutions of higher education.

ILA Reporter
(a bimonthly newsletter of the Illinois Library Association)

ILCSO
Enhances and expands access to and effectively utilize information resources through collaborative partnerships among ILCSO members and with the Illinois Library community.

Important Web sites

Caxton Club
Includes information of current area exhibits, special library programs and events of bibliographic interest and speaker schedules for members luncheons/dinners.

Chicago Area Archivists
Includes information on programs and events taking place at archives and manuscript repositories in the greater Chicagoland area.

Chicago Botanic Garden
Promotes gardens and gardening since 1890.

Field Museum
An accumulation and dissemination of knowledge, and the preservation and exhibition of objects illustrating art, archeology, science and history.

HistoryMakers
Committed to preserving, developing and providing easy access to an internationally recognized, archival collection of thousands of African American video oral histories.

ASSOCIATES (ISSN 1077-6613) (OCLC#30846821) The Electronic Library Support Staff Journal
ASSOCIATES was established in 1994. It is intended as a journal written for and about library support staff. Articles may be about any theme, fiction, fact or poetry (or anything else), as long as libraries form the central thesis or background.

Newberry Library
Includes information on programs for the public and a calendar of weekly events.