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University Library Information Bulletin |
LIB-June 7, 2006 - #E-22 |
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STAFF NEWS |
Relocation
Benjamin Ramos, Jr., Customer Service Representative, after 17 years of service to the UIC Library, has been transferred to the UIC Graduate College Administration, effective June 5, 2006. We will miss Ben.
Congratulations to those employees hired in the month of June
Janet Watkins - 26 years
Regina Thompson - 25 years
Angela Mendez - 20 years
Josephine Dorsch - 18 years
Deloris Thomas - 18 years
Benjamin Ramos - 17 years
Daniel Enoch - 14 years
Kavita Mundle - 11 years
Chandra Waters - 9 years
Jessie Duran - 8 years
Li Fu - 6 years
Steve Brantley - 6 years
Ellen Schellhause - 2 years
Publication
Stephen E. Wiberley, Jr., Julie M. Hurd, Ann C. Weller, "Publication Patterns of U.S. Academic Librarians from 1998 to 2002," will appear in College & Research Libraries 67 (May 2006): pp. 205-216.
Book Review
A book review by Peg Burnette, Library Operations Assistant, Library of the Health Sciences-Peoria, appeared in Reference & User Services Quarterly 2006 Spring 45(3):268-9. She reviewed the book Using PDAs in Libraries: A How-To-Do-It Manual by Colleen Cuddy.
Committee Election
Deb Blecic, Bibliographer for the Life and Health Sciences and Acting Science Librarian, was elected to a two year term as Section Council Representative for the Collection Development Section of the Medical Library Association. She began her term at the recent MLA meeting in Phoenix.
Committee Chair
Deb Blecic is the chair of the University of Illinois Scholarly Communication Taskforce, which consists of Deb, Katie Clark Newman from UIUC, and Kim Armstrong from UIS. The taskforce team's application to attend the ARL/ACRL Institute on Scholarly Communication was accepted after undergoing a competitive review process. Deb, Katie and Kim will represent the University of Illinois Libraries at the Institute at UCLA from July 12-15, 2006 with the goal of further developing scholarly communication campus outreach strategies.
Poster Presentations
Jo Dorsch, Health Sciences Librarian and Sandy De Groote, Assistant Health Sciences Librarian, presented a poster at MLA in Phoenix: "Effective Methods for Teaching Evidence-based Public Health Nursing Principles."
Mary Shultz, Assistant Health Sciences Librarian, presented a poster at MLA in Phoenix: "Google Scholar versus PubMed."
Kevin M. O'Brien, Assistant Access Services Librarian, presented a poster at MLA in Phoenix: "From Interlibrary Loan to Resource Sharing: Managing Change."
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
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Robert J. Adelsperger, June 19, 1925-May 18, 2006
Robert J. Adelsperger, formerly assistant special collections librarian at the University of Illinois at Chicago Library and associate professor, served the university for 41 years. He began his professional association with UIC in 1959, in the serials and acquisitions section of the library at the University of Illinois Chicago Undergraduate Division at Navy Pier.
In 1965, when the library opened at the University of Illinois at Chicago Circle, Adelsperger organized the rare book room. He served as curator of special collections and at various times as acting personnel librarian and acting head of technical services at UIC’s Library of the Health Sciences-Chicago. He retired from the university in 2000.
Adelsperger was active in the UIC Senate, twice serving on the Senate Council. He was a charter member of the campus’s Phi Beta Kappa chapter and was its secretary for many years. He chaired the Senate Committee on Student Admissions and served on the campus Promotion and Tenure Committee.
A life member of the American Library Association, Adelsperger chaired the Rare Books and Manuscripts Section of ALA’s Association of College and Research Libraries. He was a member of the local chapter of the American Association of University Professors. He was an active member of several book and literary societies including the Friends of Literature, the Chicago Foundation for Literature, the Society of Midland Authors, and the Caxton Club.
Adelsperger was a University of Illinois alumnus having received his Bachelor’s degree and his Master’s degree in Library Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign.
A memorial service is scheduled for Monday, June 19, 2006 at 11:00 am, at Bethlehem Lutheran Church at 94th and Oakley (near Western and 95th St. behind Borders Books).
LHS-Peoria
Library of the Health Sciences-Peoria staff members each received a University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria glass mug as a gift from the class of 2006. The message that came with the mugs read: "Please enjoy this commemorative mug with the thanks and compliments of the UICOMP Class of 2006 and the Student Government Association. Your contributions to student success have been appreciated."
UIC University Library Firefox Extension
LibX, a Firefox extension created at Virginia Tech, works with the Firefox Web browser to provide quick shortcuts to finding materials in local library collections. This powerful tool recently has been configured to work with UICCAT and our Serials Solutions OpenURL technologies and is available at http://www.uic.edu/depts/lib/lhsc/libx.shtml. Firefox users are welcome within the Library to install the extension and try it out. Please send comments--positive and negative--to lwallis@uic.edu
More information about the tool can be found at http://libx.org/
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.
Safety Sessions
Non-Discrimination & Anti-Harassment
Wednesday, June 14, 2006
9:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Conference room 1-360 LIB
Ergonomics
Monday, June 19, 2006
10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Conference room 1-360 LIB
Safety & Security
Monday, June 20, 2006
9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Conference room B-466 LIB
Please get your supervisor's approval to sign up. Priority will be given to recently hired employees. Contact Library Human Resources at 6-7353 or lib-hr@uic.edu to sign up.
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OUTSIDE ORGANIZATION NEWS |
On The ARL Server (May 30 , 2006)
News and Publications
• ARL Recruits for Research, Teaching, and Learning Program Director
• International Dimensions of Digital Science and Scholarship: Aspirations of the British Library, by Lynne Brindley, Chief Executive of the British Library
• LibQUAL+® Seeks Applicants for 2007 Grant Program—Deadline June 16, 2006
Meetings and Professional Development Opportunities
•ARL Membership Meeting Attendees: Tell us what you think! Please fill out the evaluation form online
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Application Materials for Graduate School Stipend from ARL Initiative to Recruit a Diverse Workforce—due June 21, 2006
• Mapping License Language for Electronic Resource Management, ARL/DLF Workshop, June 22, 2006
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ARL Events at ALA, New Orleans, June 22-27, 2006
• ARL/ACRL Institute on Scholarly Communication, hosted by UCLA, July 12–14, 2006
On The ARL Server (June 5, 2006)
News and Publications
• Americans Support Free Access to Research: Poll Shows Majority Believes Federally Funded Research Should Be Publicly Available
• The Changing Nature of Intellectual Authority, by Peter J. Nicholson, President, Council of Canadian Academies
• SPARC E-News, April–May 2006
Meetings and Professional Development Opportunities
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LibQUAL+® Events at ALA: 2006 Results Meeting and Introductory Workshop
• LibQUAL+® International Workshop, July 17, 2006, London, UK
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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 |
| 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 5 |
Steering Committee Meeting, 9 - 10:45 a.m., 206AB SCW |
| July 12 |
Executive Committee, 9 - 11 a.m., UL Office |
| Aug 2 |
Steering Committee Meeting, 9 - 10:45 a.m., 713 SCE |
| Aug. 9 |
Executive Committee, 9 - 11 a.m., UL Office |
| Sept 6 |
Steering Committee Meeting, 9 - 10:45 a.m., 713 SCE |
| Oct.3-6 |
Illinois Library Association Annual Conference, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL |
| Oct. 4 |
Steering Committee Meeting, 9 - 10:45 a.m., 713 SCE |
| Nov. 1 |
Steering Committee Meeting, 9 - 10:45 a.m., 713 SCE |
| Dec. 6 |
Steering Committee Meeting, 9 - 10:45 a.m., 713 SCE |
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MINUTES |
CIRCWRKS MEETING
MINUTES, 5/9/06
Present: Daniels, Daugherty, Davis, Gogo-Madsen (chair), Guss, Henry, Hunter, Loftiss, Kilian, Mantzakides (minutes), Stefancu, O'Leary, Sanders.
1). O'Leary reports that the patron load will be ready by next week. Daley Circ. Unit has the final report that will be used to
convert their system of filing billing notices from from SSN to UIN. O'Leary has a master copy with all names, UIN's and SSN's, and managed to get the UIN's printed on the top right hand corner of the fines/fees notice for the Daley Circ. unit.
2). Upgrade issues. Stefancu is working on a Filemaker Pro database to record circulation transactions during the down-time; data will be kept in one large Excel file; expressed confidence that everything will work fine since data can be re-ordered and
re-arranged according to each library location's preferences. Each location will have its own database; will communicate with Kayiwa in Systems Department in regards to server issues, but says that the data on the server will be backed up and is password protected. The Voyager Upgrade taskforce committee will do the testing but there will be a training period (maybe using E-Rooms) for staff in learning how to use this database. The Patron ID field will be mandatory; it saves the "name" information. Each transaction requires scanning the patron's barcode (e.g. 10 items will require 10 scans) and you would need to click on "Submit".
Database is available for viewing at: http://mircea.lib.uic.edu/
Kilian plans to look at UB patron loan privileges; no I-Share books will be sent back to their institutions during the down-time. The hold life for I-Share items will be set to 30 days or highter preceding the down-time.
Daugherty and Guss had nothing to report from the Steering Committee.
Next meeting: Tuesday June 13th from 09:00 to 10:30 a.m. at Daley Library.
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