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University Library Information Bulletin |
LIB-May 17, 2006 - #E-20 |
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STAFF NEWS |
Committee Election
Emily Guss, Access & Technical Services Librarian, LHS, has been elected to the Illinois Library Association Board of Directors.
New Hire
Eric Nygren has acceptecd a 50% appointment as Visiting Assistant Information Services Librarian & Visiting Assistant Professor, effective May 16, 2006.
Special Recognition
Mary Shultz, Assistant Health Sciences Librarian (Urbana) is the recipient of the Special Tribute from the Class of 2006, College of Medicine at Urbana-Champaign. She received a plaque commemorating this honor at the College of Medicine Commencement on Sunday, May 7. Each year the graduating class selects an individual to recognize for exemplary contributions to their studies during medical school. It was noted in the profile about Mary in the Commencement Program that "People don't realize that medical reference librarians are one of the absolute best resources that we have in medicine today. Mary is the best example of that."
Guest Columnist
Lynn C. Westney, Associate Professor and Assistant Reference Librarian is the invited guest columnist for the quarterly column Community Building in the Spring 2006 issue of Reference and User Services Quarterly, vol. 45:3, p. 200-203. "Conspicuous by Their Absence: Academic Librarians in the Engaged University," is the title and UIC's Oak Park Project is cited in it.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
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Grant Award
The University of Illinois at Chicago Library of the Health Sciences is pleased to announce that we have been awarded an $8.965 million contract by the National Library of Medicine to serve as the Regional Medical Library for the Greater Midwest Region of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine.
UIC has served as the RML for the region since 1979, and we look forward to continuing to work with network members to improve access to health information for health care professionals and the general public.
Support Staff Advisory Committee
The Suport Staff Advisory Committee would like to hear your suggestions for implementing the three Support Staff Task Force recommendations (Sense of Community, Employee Recognition, and Support Staff Development) and are interested in your comments or suggestions on other issues.
Please visit and bookmark this link: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=772762100110
Graduating Students
Students graduating in May CANNOT work beyond the beginning of Summer Session - May 29, 2006. Last day of work should be May 27.
Reminder From Library Human Resources (HR)
Please remember to terminate students who will be graduating or not returning to work this summer. If you need a termination sheet, call Library HR at 6-7353 or send an email requesting the form.
Supervisory Training Sessions
Priority will be given to support staff supervisors required to attend in the probationary period. Each session will be offered twice during the calendar year. A current schedule of sessions is available on the Library Human Resources Web site.
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UIC Women's Leadership Symposium 2006
Women FIRST: Moving Forward Together
Thursday, June 1;
8 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Illinois Room, Student Center East
Keynote Address: Chancellor Sylvia Manning
The symposium was originated at UIC as an effort to make leadership development more accessible to all women on campus and to address the unique issues faced by minority women. Academic professionals and support staff alike benefit from the practical information provided at the workshops. This event is open to faculty, staff, students, and the public. Advanced registration is required.
The Library will fund registration for Library Support Staff who would like to attend this workshop and have the permission of their supervisor and department head. Department heads should send approved requests to the Business Office by Friday, May 26, 2006. Academic staff may use their FDAC funds to attend.
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OUTSIDE ORGANIZATION NEWS |
The Chicago Black Renaissance and Women's Activisim
Sunday, May 21; 2 - 4 p.m.
Carter G. Woodson Regional Library
9525 S. Halsted
Dr. Anne Knupfer of Purdue University, and author of the path-breaking new book, "The Chicago Black Renaissance and Women's Activism," will present her work on the Chicago Renaissance period and the central role women activists played in that multi-dimensional movement. She will be joined by Dr. Margaret Burroughs, a leading activist in the early years of the South Side Community Art Center, and author of "Life with Margaret: The Official Autobiography of Dr. Margaret L.G. Burroughs."
For more information, contact Michael Flug, 312-745-2080.
On The ARL Server (May 15 , 2006)
News and Publications
• ARL and ALA Submit Letter in Support of NAL's FY2007 Budget Request
• SPARC-ACRL Forum at ALA in New Orleans To Explore Open Data
• The LibQUAL+® Update, April 27, 2006 [PDF]
Meetings and Professional Development Opportunities
• ARL Membership Meeting, May 16–19 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
• Application Materials for Graduate School Stipend from ARL Initiative to Recruit a Diverse Workforce—due June 21
• Mapping License Language for Electronic Resource Management, ARL/DLF Workshop, June 22, 2006
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ARL Events at ALA, New Orleans, June 2006
• ARL/ACRL Institute on Scholarly Communication, hosted by UCLA, July 12–14, 2006
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WEB SITES |
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.
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DATES FOR YOUR CALENDAR |
| 2006 |
| May 15-17 |
FM10 Openness: Code, Science and Content (First Monday) conference, UIC campus. |
| May 19 |
Supervisory Training Session - Interviewing, 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Room B-466 |
| May 19-24 |
Medical Library Association Annual Meeting and Exhibition, Phoenix, AZ |
| May 26 |
Supervisory Training Session - Correcting Problem Behavior, 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Room B-466 |
| June 7 |
Steering Committee Meeting, 9 - 10:45 a.m., 603 SCE |
| June 9 |
Supervisory Training Session - Public Contact, 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Room B-466 |
| June 14 |
Executive Committee, 9 - 11 a.m., UL Office |
| June 22-28 |
American Library Association Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA |
| July 12 |
Executive Committee, 9 - 11 a.m., UL Office |
| Aug. 9 |
Executive Committee, 9 - 11 a.m., UL Office |
| Oct.3-6 |
Illinois Library Association Annual Conference, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL |
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