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University Library Information Bulletin
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LIB-March 30, 2005 - #E-13
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LIBRARY
STAFF NEWS
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LIBRARY
ANNOUNCEMENT
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25th Annual Nakata
Lecture
Universities and the Ecology of Scholarly
Publication featuring Michael Tanner, Provost
Please save the date for the 25th Annual Nakata Lecture, co-sponsored
the by the University Library Lectures and Forums Committee and the UIC
Faculty Senate Library Sub-Committee. Provost Tanner will address the
distribution, pricing and control of information in scholarly
publishing, followed by panel response and discussion.
Tuesday, April 26, 2005
Program: 3 - 5 p.m.
Reception to follow
Cardinal Room, Student Center East
The Nakata Lecture is given annually in honor of Yuri Nakata. Mrs.
Nakata completed a distinguished career as documents librarian at UIC
in 1979.
What's
Happening in Your Department
This section is reserved for any newsworthy
information concerning your department. The ULIB editorial staff would
like to recruit your assistance in reporting current events in your
departments for this weekly bulletin. Staff should e-mail any
Library-related news to your department head for approval. The
department head will forward news to ULIB@uic.edu
with the subject line "What's Happening." Please remember to identify
your department.
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Professional Position
Available
The University of Illinois
at Chicago Library seeks candidates for the professional position of
Electronic Resources Librarian & Clinical Assistant Professor in
our Collections Department.
See attachment for job description and
application instructions.
Supervisory
Training Session
Delegation
Friday, April 15, 2005
9:30 a.m. -12:30 p.m.
Conference Room B-466 (Daley Library)
Employees wishing to attend should request approval from their
supervisors and their department heads. Priority will be given to
support staff supervisors required to attend in the probationary period.
Employee
of the Month Award
We encourage
you to submit nominations of exemplary support staff employees
for the Employee of the Month Award. All library staff
(support and academic) is eligible to nominate outstanding support
staff. You may collaborate with others on preparing the
nominations for submission.
Carefully read the guidelines
for nominations before submitting. You can request the guidelines
by sending an e-mail to Library
Personnel.
Make sure you include statements
that highlight "at least one specific and detailed example"
possibly with a "date or time period in which the action occurred."
The committee cannot consider nominations that omit essential
requirements.
Generalizations are not acceptable.
Nominees must demonstrate that they are performing above and
beyond their "assigned and/or expected" duties.
Finally, those that have
already submitted forms that have not been selected, continue
to be eligible for future consideration. However, the
committee is willing to accept re-submissions/re-nominations.
In order for an application
to be considered for the current month, it must be submitted
by NOON ON THE 15th
OF THAT MONTH. If that date falls on a weekend, nominations
are due by noon the following Monday. Applications received
past the deadline date will be considered for the following
month's award. E-mail nomination forms to Library
Personnel.
Voting in Public
Elections
According
to Policy and Rules - Nonacademic, rule 11. 13b:
An employee requesting
time to vote in any national, state, or local election will be excused
without pay for a time not to exceed two (2) hours, if such request is
made to his/her supervisor no later than one (1) day before the
election. Personal time can be used with the approval of the
supervisor/department head.
Vacancies
| LTA II |
One
full-time |
Circ/Desk |
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CAMPUS NEWS
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Jane Addams Hull-House
Street Celebration
Chancellor Sylvia Manning and Alderman Daniel Solis
Invite you to
celebrate the honorary designation of Jane Addams
Hull-House Street
Thursday, April 14, 2005
3 p.m.: Street-Sign Unveiling
Jane Addams Hull-House Lawn
3:15 - 4:30
p.m.: Reception and
Program
Jane Addams Hull-House Dining Hall
800 South
Halsted Street
RSVP via e-mail to Jennifer Herlein,
Director of Special Events, by April 9, 2005.
If you need additional information or special accommodations, please
call 312-413-5906.
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OUTSIDE ORGANIZATION NEWS
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School for Scanning
School for Scanning:
Building
Good Digital Collections
Presented by the Northeast
Document Conservation Center (NEDCC)
June 1 - 3, 2005
The Boston Park Plaza Hotel
& Towers
Boston, Mass.
This conference, taught by
leading experts in digital library development, provides current, essential
information for managers
of paper-based, photographic,
audio, and video collections who are seeking to create, manage, and preserve
digital assets. Administrators
within cultural institutions, as well as librarians, archivists, curators, and other cultural or natural
resource managers dealing
with paper-based,
photographic, audio, and video collections should
find the School for Scanning
conference highly relevant and worthwhile.
Registration deadline is May 3, 2005.
NIU
Scholarly Communication Workshop
"The Crisis in
Scholarly Communication: Searching for Solutions"
April 15, 2005
Speakers include UIC University Librarian
Mary Case, Jean Claude Guedon from the University
of Montreal, Rick Johnson from SPARC and Suzanne Thorin from Indiana
University
Sponsored
by Northern Illinois University Libraries and the Faculty Development
and
Instructional Design Center
Registration
is $30 and includes lunch. The
deadline for registration is April 8, 2005.
Parking is $5 a day and is
available in the visitors' lot behind the library.
On the ARL Server (March 28,
2005)
NEW ITEMS ON THE ARL SERVER:
(View the full ARL/OLMS
2005 calendar
Library Copyright Alliance
(LCA) responds to the US Copyright Office's Notice of Inquiry
concerning Orphan Works [pdf]
ARL/SPARC/LibQual at
ACRL, April 7 - 9, 2005, Minneapolis, Minn.
Online Lyceum Course: Professional Writing
for Librarians, May 9 - June 10, 2005
MEETINGS AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES:
ARL
Membership Meeting, May 2005
Online Lyceum
Course: Licensing
Review and Negotiation, April 4 - May 6, 2005
ACRL preconference
workshop, Outcome Assessment Tools for the Library of the Future:
Measuring Service Quality (LibQUAL+TM) and the Impact of Networked
Electronic Services (MINES), April 7, 2005, Minneapolis, Minn.
SPARC-ACRL IR Workshop: Building a
Successful Institutional Repository: An Introduction for Smaller
Libraries Workshop, ACRL 12th Annual Conference, April 8, 2005,
Minneapolis, Minn.
Deadline extended to April 15: 2005 Service Quality
Evaluation Academy Accepting Nominations
Online Lyceum Course: Measuring Library
Service Quality, April 25 - June 3, 2005
Online Lyceum Course:
Coaching for Performance, May 4 - 27, 2005
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WEB SITES
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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.
Daley Library Special
Collections
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 availabilty of ACCC run servers like tigger,
mailserv, icarus, calendar, etc.
CIC
An academic consortium of twelve major teaching and research
universities in the Midwest.
CMLS
Workshops (including online registration)
UIC staff interested in attending any workshop must first secure
permission from their supervisor to attend and justify why the library
should pay for their participation. The request requires review by the
University Librarian, who will make the final decision.
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.
Web sites You Should Know
About
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
Area Librarians' Calendar (published by the Chicago Library
System)
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, archaeology, 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.
Newberry Library
Includes information on programs for the public and a
calendar of weekly events.
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DATES
FOR YOUR CALENDAR
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2005
| April
6 |
Executive
Committee Meeting, 9 -10:30 a.m., 1-280 LIB |
April
10-16
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National
Student Appreciation Week |
| April
11 |
Library
All-Staff Meeting, 2 - 3:30 p.m., Lecture Center C-6 |
| April
15 |
Supervisory
Training Sessions, Delegation, 9:30 a.m. -12:30 p.m., Conference Room
B-466 (Daley Library) |
| April
20 |
Library
Steering Committee Meeting, 9 -10:45 a.m., 603 CCC |
| April
26 |
Nakata
Lecture, 3 - 6 p.m., Cardinal Room, Student Center East |
| May
4 |
Executive
Committee Meeting, 9 -10:30 a.m., 1-280 LIB |
| May
11 |
Library
Steering Committee Meeting, 9 -10:45 a.m., 603 CCC |
| May
14 |
MLA Annual Meeting,
San Antonio, Texas |
| June
01 |
Library
Steering Committee Meeting, 9 -10:45 a.m., 603 CCC |
| June
08 |
Executive
Committee Meeting, 9 -10:30 a.m., 1-280 LIB |
| June
23-29 |
2005
ALA Annual Conference, Chicago, McCormick Place Convention Center |
| Sept.
17-20 |
MCMLA Annual Meeting,
Fargo, N.D. |
| Nov.
2-4 |
Health
Science Librarians of Illinois Annual Meeting, Bloomington, Ill. |
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MINUTES
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• Position
Electronic Resources Librarian & Clinical Assistant Professor
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Electronic Resources Librarian & Clinical Assistant
Professor
(Internal Search)
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The University of
Illinois at Chicago seeks an Electronic Resources Coordinator &
Clinical Assistant Professor. Under the direction of the Principal
Bibliographer, the Electronic Resources Coordinator coordinates the
Library’s activities related to the acquisition, licensing, and
maintenance of electronic products and services.
Specific duties and responsibilities include:
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Receiving order recommendations and copies of licenses for electronic
products from bibliographers;
• Referring information on new electronic products and services to
bibliographers;
• Coordinating trials of products of interest;
• For products up to $5,000, reviewing license agreements,
undertaking any necessary negotiations with the vendor, and signing the
license;
• For products over $5,000, reviewing license agreements and
flagging issues of concern to the Library before sending on to
University Purchasing;
• Following up on the status of agreements that are in Purchasing
or with the vendor;
• Ensuring that orders are placed at the appropriate point in the
process;
• Reviewing invoices for accuracy;
• Working with staff in information services and systems to ensure
that information about new products are integrated into the appropriate
user interfaces;
• Maintaining tracking information about the various electronic
products in process and their status;
• Serving as the contact for reports of problems with electronic
resources from users and staff;
• Serving as a contact between the Library and the vendor to
resolve problems or questions;
• In consultation with the bibliographers, collecting and
reporting statistics on use and costs of resources;
• Managing the Serials Solutions e-journals list;
• Promoting electronic resources at UIC;
• Managing the electronic resources management system (currently
DOLLeR);
• Training or arranging training for staff in the use of the
electronic resources management system or new electronic resources;
• Working with counterparts within the University of Illinois,
CIC, and other consortia to minimize duplication of effort and maximize
discounts; and
• Maintaining lists of titles and prices for resources requested
by faculty or bibliographers that the Library has not yet been able to
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Minimum
Qualifications: Master’s degree in Library Science from an
ALA accredited library school program; two years experience of
professional library experience and work with electronic resources is
required; demonstrated ability to meet University standards in
research, publication, and service commensurate with a clinical faculty
appointment.
Additional Desirable Qualifications:
Legal training or business experience is desirable.
SALARY/RANK/CONTRACT: Salaries are competitive and based
on education and experience; faculty appointments in the UIC Library
begin at $40,000; faculty status; twelve month appointment; 24 days
vacation; two weeks annual sick leave with additional disability
benefits; 11 paid holidays; medical insurance (contribution based on
annual salary; coverage for dependents may be purchased); a dental plan
is available; life insurance paid for by the State; participation in
one of the retirement options of the Illinois State Universities
Retirement System compulsory (8% of salary is withheld and is tax
exempt until withdrawal); no Social Security coverage but Medicare
payment required; physical examination at University Health Service is
required upon appointment.
For fullest consideration apply by Apr. 25, 2005 with cover
letter, supporting resume and the name and address of at least three
references to:
Annie
Marie Ford
Director of Library Human
Resources
University of Illinois at Chicago
Box 8198
Chicago, Ill 60680
Fax: (312) 413-0424
THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO IS AN
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
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