University Library Information Bulletin

LIB-April 20, 2005 - #E-16

Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, Research Development Services Workshop
The Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, Research Development Services is offering a 2-hour workshop on Tuesday, April 26, 2005, at 10 a.m. The workshop will cover navigation of the UIC research system, the outline and structure of a proposal and general review criteria, as well as tools to prepare a proposal and budget. This workshop is intended for new investigators or investigators new to UIC.

This workshop will be held in the Administrative Office Building (AOB), 1737 West Polk Street, Room 307C. Space is limited. Please contact Jennifer Czak or 312-996-2590 to reserve a seat.

ARL/OLMS Online Lyceum Course: Coaching for Performance
May 4-27, 2005
One of the most important roles of supervisors, managers, and leaders in libraries and information service agencies is helping others develop their abilities and perform at optimal levels. Using specific skills and behaviors, the manager/coach can create a high-performing workplace. Participants in this course will learn the key principles and techniques of effective coaching.
This course includes:

TARGET AUDIENCE: Individuals who supervise the work of others, which may include department heads, team leaders, mentors, staff development and personnel officers.

INSTRUCTORS:

Register online: $400 for ARL members/$475 for nonmembers

Certificates of Completion will be issued to those participants who submit all course assignments and a final online course evaluation form. Five (5) MLA continuing education contact hours are awarded upon successful completion of this course.

ON THE ARL SERVER (April 18, 2005)

NEW ITEMS:
Free Live Online Event: Orphan Works: Issues and Legislative Strategies, May 2, 2005, 3-4:30 p.m. EDT
ARL and CLIR Support FY 2006 Funding Requests for the Government Printing Office [pdf]
ARL and ALA Support FY 2006 Funding Requests for the National Agricultural Library [pdf] Presentations Available from SPARC - ACRL IR Workshop held April 8, 2005 at ACRL Conference in Minneapolis

MEETINGS AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES:
ARL Membership Meeting, May 2005
Webmetrics Workshop at ALA Conference, June 24, Chicago
LibQual+™ Workshops at ALA in Chicago

ONLINE LYCEUM COURSES:
Measuring Library Service Quality, April 25-June 3, 2005
Professional Writing for Librarians, May 9-June 10, 2005
Accessible Web Design, May 31-June 17

View the full ARL/OLMS 2005 calendar online.

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 availability 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, 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.

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

2005

• Steering Committee, 3/30/05

Minutes of the meeting: March 30, 2005

Present: M. Berta, D. Bicknese, A. Bloss, J. Canlas (recorder), M. Case, R. Daugherty, J. Dorsch, A. Ford, E. Guss, J. Hurd, W. Jones, J. Lambrecht (convener), F. Logan, R. Malinowsky, L. Naru, V. Pifalo, E. Schellhause, C. Scherrer (timekeeper), J. Shuler, E. Starkman, A. Weller.

Meeting called to order at 8:30 a.m. by Lambrecht.

1) Minutes for 3/9/05 meeting approved with minor correction. Scherrer to send approved minutes to ULIB for posting.

2) Reminders and updates

• Minutes : Canlas will now be recording minutes, perhaps permanently.
• Great Cities Commitment : Submit items to Canlas by 3/31/05
• ALA attendance for staff : After Committee discussion of time compensation, cost-effectiveness, relevance to individual staff members' duties, Lambrecht asked that requests for attendance be submitted to Case to provide a sense of general interest level
• Sharing information regarding personal life events of staff : After Committee discussion on individual privacy vs. creating sense of community among staff, decision was to leave issue to be dealt with at department level, by head and individual staff member
• Future of the Arcades : Still in discussion at administrative levels in light of organizational restructuring
• Proposed future Steering Committee meeting dates :   Lambrecht proposed scheduling first Wednesday of every month (dates listed on agenda).
• Other items : Case updated Committee on new hires. Joan Schuitema will start as head of Cataloging on May 16. Chieko Maene, maps librarian, will also start May 16. The appointment of new task forces by Case will be discussed at that morning's subsequent faculty meeting. Case briefly introduced the appointment of the Orientation Task Force, a short-term group that will examine the new staff orientation process. The group will be chaired by Ford.

3) Administrative Organization Chart for the Library

• New structure : In anticipation of her increasing need to focus more attention on development, Case offered a new structure, wherein department heads of Daley and the Science Library report to Lambrecht, and LHS department heads report to Jacobson. Jones retains his AUL-level position. By July 1, Case hopes for Naru to return to a full-time role as development officer. Pieces not yet in place: Electronic   resources position and facilities organization. Case hopes to have both situations rectified by July 1. For now, business, facilities and personnel remain under Naru's purview, and rest of chart goes into effect April 13.
• City 2000 : Case reported the hire of Allison Seagram, Digital Coordinator for the project, with funding for the position from Comer. The individual will report to Naru. David Austin will refocus efforts as Curator of Photography, reporting to Weller. Wendall Sullivan will work with Starkman, Roberta Devlin and Li Fu to develop a proposal of a digital production facility for collections by June 1. Future of Infotech Arcade will be discussed in light of these changes. Seagram starts April 18.
• Digital Production Facility : Case recommends a programmatic look at collections to begin an aggressive digitization program. Committee discussed the establishment of an advisory group to consider potential of digitization facility, preservation, goals.
• General : Case announced Nancy John's retirement as of June 15. Current plan is for John to return at 50% appointment to repay sabbatical time, starting Aug. 15. Case noted missing item from chart: Canlas will also serve as Manager of the Administrative Office. Lambrecht invited feedback directed to Case.

4) New Charge for Steering: Lambrecht introduced document as an update to previous charge and invited further input. Case commented that TV2010 will give Committee a vision and framework from which to proceed in developing an overall strategic plan for the Library by September/October and departmental strategic plans by end of year. Lambrecht will finalize charge by end of week.

5) Organization chart for Steering and Coordinating Councils

• Council Chairs : Lambrecht noted appointment of Jacobson as co-chair of Steering. Chairs for councils have been appointed. Committee members were placed where they've asked. Senior Staff will appoint Systems liaisons for councils when charges and foci of groups are established. Case commented that council chairs will likely participate in Senior Staff meetings monthly.
• Guidelines : Case would like to see councils meet regularly, depending on charges, subgroups appointed. Lambrecht requested that councils submit charges by April 13 and urged councils to find means of recording meetings. Committee discussed possibility of a centralized Web location for minutes, Web sites for each council, continued submission of minutes to ULIB.

6) Other items

•  Daley Forum : Case supports use of FDAC funds to pay for attendance. Event on April 20 is open to public.

• PromptCat : System to be implemented in April, reported Bloss. All elements will be tested. At this point, PromptCat will not be applied to LHS.
• Serial holdings backloaded to OCLC : Daugherty trying to resurrect.

7) Quadrant and task force reports: Lambrecht noted that the Institutional Repository Task Force and TV2010 will offer reports at the faculty meeting later that morning. Steering will reconvene on April 20.

8) Additional items

• ILCSO/CARLI : An inquiry by Shuler on the dissolution and consolidation of former groups into CARLI prompted response from Case, who reported the changes effective July 1, with the election of group's new governing board. She suggested further discussion in Steering on the potential impact of ILCSO's digital library project.
• Internet Screening in Public Libraries Act : Lambrecht replied to an inquiry by Schellhause on this topic, reporting that the Library offered an official response at the request of a university office and contributed to an ILA effort. The bill was prevented from progressing.

9) Breakout Council Sessions (unrecorded by Canlas)