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LIB-March 22, 2006 - #E-12 |
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
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Reaching Forward
The Illinois Library Association is sponsoring a conference for library support staff called Reaching Forward. The event will be held on Friday, May 19, at the Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont. The Library will fund five support staff members to attend.
If you are interested in attending, please write a brief paragraph about what you hope to gain by participating and forward your request to your supervisor and department for approval. Department heads should send statements on to Human Resources with a copy to the staff member by Friday, April 7.
Janice Watkins Award Nominations
The Janice Watkins Award is an accolade given to exceptional support staff for distinguished civil service. The $1,000 award is a memorial to Janice Watkins, former president of the Staff Advisory Council, which sponsors the award.
Nominees must contribute beyond the call of duty both in their jobs and in campus or community activities. They should be currently employed on campus full-time for at least two years. Nominees may also be retired or on disability. Deceased employees are also eligible.
The deadline for nominations for the Janice Watkins Award, presented each year to one or more outstanding support staff employees, is April 14, 2006.
All faculty, staff and students can nominate employees for the award.
For more information and to request a nomination form, contact Jessie Duran.
Got Game? Hosting Game Night In An Academic Library
As a follow up tour discussion at the all staff meeting, I found a new article in C&RL News about hosting a game night in the library. Below is a snippet from the article.
Got game? Hosting game night in an academic library
C&RL News, March 2006
Vol. 67, No. 3
by Lynn Sutton and H. David “Giz” Womack
Early one Friday evening in mid-September 2005, the normally quiet atrium of the Z. Smith Reynolds Library of Wake Forest University was filled with the sounds of Madden and Halo2, as nearly 50 gamers descended on the library. The idea to close the library on Friday night and invite gamers to play their favorite video and computer games was born several months earlier as the library’s Marketing Committee was seeking ideas to reach out to students who did not ordinarily find the library until much later in the semester. What better way to reach out than to provide a venue for the favorite pastime of many college students?
If you want to read the rest of the article, I have given a copy to Pia. It will be in the strategic planning folders at reserve.
Steve B.
Tax Forms
Federal forms and instructions are available at the IRS Web site. For State taxes click on the Illinois link that will take you to the State web page.
If you prefer to photocopy the federal forms, go to the Daley Library Reference Desk, second floor and ask for Reproducable Federal Tax Forms and Instructions, Volumes 1 and 2.
Reference also has "Taxpayer Information Publications" and "Business Taxpayer Information Publications" which give further information about filing your tax returns.
Ethics Training for Student Employees
All new student employees must complete their Ethics Training on-line before their employment begins. Library Human Resources will be responsible for monitoring the completion ot the training, which will take place when time cards are issued.
National Student Employment Week
National Student Employment Week was established to increase public awareness of student employees by recognizing students who work while attending college. For the past thirteen years, UIC, in conjunction with the National Student Employment Association, has celebrated National Student Employment Week. It will be held during the second full week of April 9-15, 2006.
One of the upcoming events is the Essay Contest on "Importance of a Part-Time Job"
UIC students can submit a 500 word essay on the Importance of a Part-time Job and how their position has affected them. You can Download a cover sheet to attached to all entries.
This contest is open to all UIC degree seeking students registered at least 6 credit hours during the Spring semester. Essays must be received by Thursday, March 30, 2006. The Winner receives a $100 monetary prize!
For more information, please e-mail us at or call us at 312-996-3130.
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Research Development Services Workshop - Funding: Finding Expected and Unexpected Sources
Research Development Services Workshop
Funding: Finding Expected and Unexpected Sources
Wednesday, April 12, 2006
10 - 11:30 a.m.
B-11 AOB, training room 11A
The Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, Research Development Services is offering a new workshop at 10 a.m. on April 12. This hands-on workshop will provide an overview of searching for funding opportunities using various online search tools including Community of Science (COS) and Grants.gov. This workshop is intended for new investigators or investigators new to UIC. Space is limited to 18 workstations. Please R.S.V.P. Jennifer Czak, to reserve a seat.
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OUTSIDE ORGANIZATION NEWS |
On The ARL Server (March 20 , 2006)
News and Publications
• E-News for ARL Directors: Part One, January–February 2006
• The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition: An Evolving Agenda, published in C&RL News, February 2006
Meetings and Professional Development Opportunities
• ARL, ALA, CLIR, and NHA Support Library of Congress FY 2007 Budget Request
• Trisha Davis and Diane Grover Appointed ARL Visiting Program Officers to Extend ARL/DLF Partnership by Developing License-Mapping Training
• ARL Membership Meeting, May 16–19 in Ottawa
• Living the Future 6: WOW!—Where Next? cosponsored by the University of Arizona Libraries, ARL, and ACRL in Tucson, Arizona, April 5–8, 2006
• Library Assessment Conference Call for Papers—Due April 15
• Nominations for 2006 Service Quality Evaluation Academy—Due May 1
• Application Materials for Graduate School Stipend from ARL Initiative to Recruit a Diverse Workforce—Due June 21 [PDF]
• ARL/ACRL Institute on Scholarly Communication, hosted by UCLA, July 12–14, 2006
• Job Posting: Technical Applications Development Manager for LibQUAL+™ and Statistics and Assessment Activities [PDF]
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WEB SITES |
Frequently Used Web sites:
UIC Library:
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.
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DATES FOR YOUR CALENDAR |
| 2006 |
| April 5 |
Steering Committee Meeting, 9 a.m. - 10:45 a.m., 603 SCE |
| April 12 |
Executive Committee, 9 a.m. - 11 a.m., UL Office |
| April 28 |
Nakata Lecture, John Unsworth presenting, 2:00 pm, 713 SCE |
| May 3 |
Steering Committee Meeting, 9 a.m. - 10:45 a.m., 603 SCE |
| May 10 |
Executive Committee, 9 a.m. - 11 a.m., UL Office |
| May 15-17 |
FM10 Openness: Code, Science and Content (First Monday) conference, UIC campus. |
| May 19-24 |
Medical Library Association Annual Meeting and Exhibition, Phoenix, AZ |
| June 7 |
Steering Committee Meeting, 9 a.m. - 10:45 a.m., 603 SCE |
| June 14 |
Executive Committee, 9 a.m. - 11 a.m., ULOffice |
| June 22-28 |
American Library Association Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA |
| July 12 |
Executive Committee, 9 a.m. - 11 a.m., UL Office |
| Aug. 9 |
Executive Committee, 9 a.m. - 11 a.m., UL Office |
| Oct.3-6 |
Illinois Library Association Annual Conference, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL |
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