University Library Information Bulletin

LIB-June 21, 2006 - #E-24

On The ARL Server (June 19, 2006)
News and Publications
• Taxpayer Alliance Applauds Congressional Mandate for NIH Public Access
• Enabling International Digital Projects: Lessons Learned. Presentations from the ARL/CARLI Meeting:

• ARL Recruits Information Technology Services Program Officer
• ARL Recruits Research, Teaching, and Learning Program Director
• ARL Membership Meeting Attendees: Tell us what you think! Please fill out the evaluation form online

Meetings and Professional Development Opportunities

• LibQUAL+® Seeks Applicants for 2007 Grant Program—deadline June 16
• 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
• ARL Events at ALA, New Orleans, June 22-27, 2006
• LibQUAL+® Events at ALA: 2006 Results Meeting and Introductory Workshop
• ARL/ACRL Institute on Scholarly Communication, hosted by UCLA, July 12–14, 2006
• LibQUAL+® International Workshop, July 17, 2006, London, UK

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.