University Library Information Bulletin

INTERNET LIBRARIAN 2005 CONFERENCE
Discount for ILLINET Library Staff
Information Today is once again offering a discount to ILLINET libraries for staff planning on attending the popular Internet Librarian 2005 conference, Oct. 24-26, Monterey Conference Center, Monterey, Calif.

In order to obtain the discount, please fill out the registration form and mail form and payment to Lynn Bierma, ILLINET/OCLC Services, no later than Sept. 15, 2005. Checks should be made out to Information Today, Inc. If you're paying by credit card, the form may be faxed to Lynn at 217-524-5866.

CALL FOR PAPERS: CIS2E 05
The International Conferences on Computer, Information, and Systems Sciences, and Engineering (CIS2E), Dec. 10-20, 2005
Sponsored by the Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and the University of Bridgeport, CIS2E 05 provides a virtual forum for presentation and discussion of the state-of the-art research on computers, information and systems sciences and engineering. The virtual conference will be conducted through the Internet using web-conferencing tools, made available by the conference. Accepted and presented papers will be made available after the conference both on a CD and as a book publication.

CIS2E 05 is composed of the following four conferences:
* International Conference on Industrial Electronics, Technology & Automation (IETA 05)
* International Conference on Telecommunications and Networking (TeNe05)
* International Conference on Systems, Computing Sciences and Software Engineering (SCSS 05)
* International Conference on Engineering Education, Instructional Technology, Assessment, and E-learning (EIAE 05)

Paper Submission:
Prospective authors are invited to submit full papers electronically through the CIS2E Web site by Sept. 30, 2005. Accepted papers must be presented in the virtual conference by one of the authors.

ON THE ARL SERVER (June 27, 2005)
News and Publications
• Campus Responsibilities for Course Management Systems - Summary from ARL Membership Meeting Discussion
• New Ways of Measuring Collections: ARL Task Force Preliminary Report
• Library Expenditures as a Percent of University Expenditures, updated with 2002 data
• ARL Initiative to Recruit a Diverse Workforce Applications are due on July 5, 2005

Meetings and Professional Development Opportunities
• Library Management Skills Institute II, Aug. 8-11, 2005, hosted by UCLA Library
• The Future of Government Documents in ARL Libraries, Sept. 8-9, 2005, hosted by George Washington University, Washington, DC
• 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.

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 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.

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