University Library Information Bulletin

LIB-November 3, 2004 - #E-44

Project HEALTHY for Seniors: Just a Click Away
The University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) Library of the Health Sciences-Peoria, the Alliance Library System, and the Mid-Illinois Talking Book Center are pleased to announce "Project Healthy," an exciting and innovative online health program for senior citizens. Seniors, health providers, and anyone interested will be able to enjoy informational, interactive programs about important health topics while sitting in front of an Internet accessible computer.

The next in the series of monthly programs, "Diabetes," will take place on Friday, Nov. 12, 2004, at 11:30 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time, 10:30 Central, 9:30 Mountain, and 8:30 Pacific. The program will last approximately 90 minutes. Dr. Thomas Dorsch, M.D., is the guest expert. Increasingly common, diabetes can, in some cases, be prevented through simple lifestyle changes. Reliable control of diabetes can be achieved with good self-management strategies. Dr. Dorsch will discuss diabetes and diet, control, insulin, danger signs and complications.

Anyone is welcome to attend this free program and no registration is required. All you need is a computer with an Internet connection and sound card, and speakers . To attend, go to http://www.projecthealthy.org and click the link for the Healthy online auditorium. Type your name in the box and click "Enter." The programs will also be recorded and made available on the website and on CD and cassette for loan from the library and the talking book center. The Project Healthy Web site (www.projecthealthy.org) also provides information, helpful links and resources on program topics. 

For further information, please contact Peg Burnette or Jo Dorsch at 309-671-8491.

This project has been funded in whole or in part with federal funds from the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes for Health, under Contract No. NO1-LM-1-3513.

Library Staff Room Policy (REMINDER)
Library departments and other library groups may use the Daley library Staff Room for social gatherings (farewells, baby showers, etc.), outside the prime hours of 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m., the room is solely for the use of the library staff to have a place in the Daley Library to have their lunches.

In exceptional occasions, with prior warning and notice, official library lunch-time functions will be permissible with the approval of the university librarian.

Request for Executive Committee Agenda Items
If you wish to suggest any agenda items for the EC meeting of Nov. 10, 2004, please contact John Cullars (jcullars@uic.edu, 6-2730) or Mary Case (marycase@uic.edu, 6-2716).

CONTENTdm
CONTENTdm , a digital library management product, was chosen by ILCSO member libraries recently. Its deployment across the state will be the concern of an ILCSO task force. Meanwhile, a trial copy of CONTENTdm has been installed on our Sun Solaris server in the library. It will give everyone a chance to browse, search, build collections, and investigate its functionalities. Thus we will be better informed about what can be done with it, how it works, and how well the software is capable of supporting our digital libraries.

To experience CONTENTdm as a trial user, open your Web browser to http://morgan.lib.uic.edu:2025/, select “browse" or “search” and choose a collection. You can select the sample collection that came with the trial copy, or try UIC's first test database built by our staff with several images, called "catcol."

To demonstrate the process of adding to a collection, we also loaded a trial copy of the acquisition and cataloging module in the Infotech Arcade. Please feel free to try it during the Arcade’s regular open hours or e-mail arcade@uic.edu for an appointment.

Your input is very important. Send comments, problems or questions to lwang@uic.edu. The trial ends Dec. 15, 2004.

E-STREAMS
The October issue of E-STREAMS, edited by H. Robert Malinowsky has been posted at http://www.e-streams.com. The following Library faculty have reviews in this issue:

3603. Interior Graphic Standards by Lynn Westney
3645. Faith in Nature by Mark Costa
3671. Birds of Chile by Alex Bloss
3672. Birds of the West Indies by Alex Bloss
3673. Hawks and Owls of the Great Lakes Region and Eastern North America by Lynn Westney

NO CAMPUS NEWS

ALA Poster Session Applications for 2005 Annual Conference

Applications for presenting poster sessions for both U.S. and international participants at the 2005 American Library Association Annual Conference in Chicago are now being accepted. An application form is available on the poster session Web site at http://www.lib.iastate.edu/ala. The site also provides rules and guidelines for presenting poster sessions, helpful hints in applying, subject categories for sessions, frequently asked questions, and photos of sample poster sessions.

Please contact Jody Condit Fagan, Chair of the ALA Poster Session Review Panel, with any questions: faganjc@jmu.edu or 540-568-4265.

The deadline for submitting an application is Jan. 31, 2005. Applicants will be notified by Mar. 31, 2005, whether their poster sessions have been accepted for presentation at the conference. Poster sessions will be presented on June 25, 26 and 27 at the Chicago conference.

We want you to show members of the national and international library community your best ideas!

[MLSe] Continuing Education Opportunity from the US EPA
Helping Librarians to Better Utilize the Environmental Protection Agency's Web Site

Learn how to navigate the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) web site at a hands-on training session developed for librarians on Friday, Nov. 5, 2004. Training sessions will be held from 10 a.m.- noon and 1 p.m. - 3 p.m. Librarians are also invited to stop by the 12th floor U.S. EPA library to meet the library staff, pick up some free publications, and have refreshments.

The training is free and will be held at the U.S. EPA, Region 5 Library, 77 W. Jackson Blvd., 12th floor, Computer Room A, Chicago, Ill. 60604.

Please contact Patti Krause a 312-886-9506 or krause.patricia@epa.gov to sign up for a session or for more information.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Web site is extensive and deep, comprised of more than 300 distinct areas and over two million pages of html text and PDF files. It contains a vast amount of environmental information and serves many audiences, ranging from elementary school kids to the general public to Ph.D. environmental researchers. The size, extension, and technical nature of much material on the U.S. EPA Web site combine to daunt or confuse many users about the overall content and structure of www.epa.gov.*

U.S. EPA's Office of Environmental Information (OEI) has developed a "toolkit" to educate librarians about use of its Web site. The toolkit includes (1) a booklet that explains aspects of the EPA Web domain believed to be particularly relevant to librarians; (2) a color poster of the EPA home page that highlights some of the site's key navigational and content features; and (3) hands-on training sessions conducted with small groups of librarians. In the training sessions, EPA shares tips and methods about how to navigate www.epa.gov and find information on topics such as the following:·

ACRL Announce its Institute for Information Literacy Immersion '05

The Association of College and Research Libraries' (ACRL) Institute for Information Literacy (IIIL) seeks applicants for its national Immersion Program to be held at Eckerd College, July 29 - Aug. 3, 2005. Immersion '05 will be four-and-one-half days of intensive training and education for academic librarians. A faculty of nationally recognized librarians will be teaching this prestigious program. Applications are now being accepted online at www.acrl.org/immersion. The deadline for application is Dec. 6, 2004.

Program sessions will fall into two separate tracks:

Teacher Track: This track focuses on individual development for those who are interested in enhancing, refreshing, or extending their individual instruction skills. Curriculum includes classroom techniques, learning theory, leadership, and assessment framed in the context of information literacy. Participants selected for the Teacher Track will prepare a description of an instructional situation and a related ten-minute presentation in advance of the Immersion program. During Immersion, participants will revise the presentation based on feedback from colleagues and faculty.

Program Track: This track focuses on developing, integrating, and managing institutional and programmatic information literacy programs. Participants selected for the Program Track will develop individual case studies in advance of the Immersion program. Change dynamics, systems thinking, institutional outcomes assessment, scalability, and the integration of teaching, learning, and technology will be brought to bear on analyzing the various programmatic challenges presented in the case studies. Immersion participants will be expected to develop the case studies into an action plan for implementation at the home institution, and possible inclusion in a "best practices" report six months after the program.

Acceptance to the Immersion Program is competitive; participation is limited to 90 individuals at each program to ensure an environment that fosters group interaction and active participation. Additional details including the application form and instructions can be found at www.acrl.org/immersion.

A limited number of partial scholarships are available for Teacher Track applicants only who are new librarians who have been in librarianship for two years or less; minority librarians with five years or less of academic librarianship experience; and librarians employed at an institution serving under-represented minorities.

Questions concerning the program or application process should be directed to Tory Edwards, 312-280-2515; tedwards@ala.org.

[ARL-ANNOUNCE] On the ARL Server (November 1, 2004)

NEW ITEMS ON THE ARL SERVER:

ARL Comments in Support of "Enhanced Public Access to NIH Funded Research"   Also see the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) on the NIH Proposal
http://www.arl.org/info/publicaccess/ltnihcomment.html
http://www.arl.org/info/publicaccess/ARLFAQ.html

Library of Congress Briefing for ARL by Deanna Marcum
http://www.arl.org/arl/proceedings/145/marcum.html

Virtual Observatory, Cyber-Science, and the Rebirth of Libraries Presentation by George Djorgovski, Caltech, at the ARL/CNI Forum on E-Research and CI
http://www.arl.org/forum04/djorgovski.html

ARL Supplementary Statistics 2002-03 now available
http://www.arl.org/arl/pr/suppl_stats2002-03.html

SPOTLIGHT ON: North Carolina State University Libraries
The North Carolina State University Libraries launched a $1.044 million digital project with the Library of Congress to preserve at-risk data. The three-year project will collect and preserve at-risk digital geospatial data resources including digitized maps, GIS data sets, and remote sensing data resources.
http://www.ncsu.edu/news/press_releases/04_09/266.htm

MEETINGS AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES:

See the full ARL/OLMS 2004 calendar at http://www.arl.org/olms/olms_cal.html
http://www.arl.org/olms/olms_cal.html

SPARC/SPARC Europe Workshop: Institutional Repositories: The Next Stage, November 18-19, 2004, Washington, D.C.
http://db.arl.org/ir2004/reg/

Registration now open for Spring 2005 LibQUAL+(TM) survey
http://www.libqual.org/Register/index.cfm

2004 Workshop Schedule
http://www.arl.org/arl/workshops.html

Frequently Used Websites:

UIC Library:

UIC Library Home Page:
http://www.uic.edu/depts/lib/

About the Library:
http://www.uic.edu/depts/lib/about/
Note:  This site is updated regularly.

CITY2000
http://www.uic.edu/depts/lib/resources/city2000/
A collection of photographs from more than 2000 photographers spending 366 days canvassing the city and chronicling its people, places and personality.

Daley Library Special Collections
http://www.uic.edu/depts/lib/specialcoll/

Employee of the Month Award @ UIC Library
http://www.uic.edu/depts/lib/staff/employeeaward/

Library All-Staff Meetings
http://www.uic.edu/depts/lib/staff/ulib/allstaffmeetings

Library Faculty Committees:
http://www.uic.edu/depts/lib/about/facexec/

Library Hours:
http://www.uic.edu/depts/lib/admin/services/schedules/

Library News: The Library's Electronic Newsletter on Acquisitions and Initiatives
http://www.uic.edu/depts/lib/news/librarynews/

ULIB Search Engine
http://www.uic.edu/depts/lib/staff/ulib/previous/

Others:

CIC
http://www.cic,uiuc.edu
An academic consortium of twelve major teaching and research universities in the Midwest.

CLS Workshops:
Workshop listings with updates (including online registration in each listing):
http://www.chilibsys.org/ChiAreaLibCal/chilibcal.html
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
www.crl.edu
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
http://www.niulib.niu.edu/ccm
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
http://www.idal.illinois.edu
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 published February, April, June, August, October and December)
http://www.ila.org/pub/reporter.htm

ILCSO
http://www.ilcso.uiuc.edu
Enhances and expands access to and effectively utilize information resources through collaborative partnerships among ILCSO members and with the Illinois Library community.

IOUG Workshops
Course listings with updates found:
http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/library/isl/oclc/bydate.html

Registration online:
http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/library/forms/wrkreg_o.html
Fees are $10 for IOUG Institutional or Personal Members (per registrant).
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.

Web sites You Should Know About

Caxton Club
http://www.caxtonclub.org
Includes information of current area exhibits, special library programs and events of bibliographic interest and speaker schedules for members luncheons/dinners.

Chicago Area Archivists
http://www.vandercook.edu/archives/CAA.html
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):
http://www.chilibsys.org/ChiAreaLibCal/chilibcal.html

Chicago Botanic Garden
http://www.chicago-botanic.org
Promotes gardens and gardening since 1890.

Field Museum
http://www.fieldmuseum.org
An accumulation and dissemination of knowledge, and the preservation and exhibition of objects illustrating art, archaeology, science and history.

HistoryMakers
http:www.thehistorymakers.com
Committed to preserving, developing and providing easy access to an internationally recognized, archival collection of thousands of African American video oral histories.

Newberry Library
http://newberry.org/nl/newberryhome.html
Includes information on programs for the public and a calendar of weekly events.

2004

2005

•ILLWorksPlus Minutes, 9/15/04
•ERQ Minutes, 9/30/04
•Steering Committee Minutes, 10/06/04
•PDQ (Processing and Delivery QuadrantMinutes, 10/12/04

ILLWorksPlus 15 September, 2004

Present: Burnette, Daugherty, Guss, Hepburn, Matthews, O'Brien, Starkman, Weller.

1. Minutes of 1 Sept meeting (Burnette) were approved for posting. Daugherty will do minutes for today's meeting.

2. ClioWeb implementation issues occupied most of the meeting.

2.1 Text for introducing MyILL (News Release)was reviewed and suggestions made. (O'Brien)

2.2 Draft HELP screen was discussed and suggestions for links were made. (Hepburn)

2.3 As a general principle, it was agreed that there should be a UIC 'umbrella' ILLoan Webpage with definitions and links to more specific services and sites as needed. ILLoan should relate to the Circulation Webpages currently being revised by Starkman and Odegaard.

2.4 Web pages need to be reviewed for discussion at the next meeting. All members should review and comment on these: www.uic.edu/depts/lib/circulation/services/ill/articlerequest.shtml
www.uic.edu/depts/lib/circulation/services/ill/bookrequest.shtml
Hepburn, Matthews, O'Brien, and Starkman will mock-up revised versions for comment by the end of the week. See:
www.uic.edu/depts/lib/circulation/services/ill/articlerequest_new.shtml
www.uic.edu/depts/lib/circulation/services/ill/bookrequest_new.shtml

2.5 Once these are ready, they should be referred to the Electronic Resources Quadrant (ERQ) for review. Target date: 30 Sept 2004. The News Release and any other PR items need to be referred to Lib.Admin. for editing, dissemination, etc.

3.0 Article Linker
PubMed's Article Linker will facilitate the population of an ILL request directly from a PubMed search. Serials Solutions will be updating PubMed in preparation for a beta test; Clio will work with article linker when autopopulate is in place. UIC will be part of the beta test.

4.0 New telephone number for P.Burnette is 309.671.8491 in Peoria.

5.0 Next meeting: Wednesday, 22 Sept, 10am, LHS.

Present: Annie Armstrong, Julie Hurd (recorder), Victoria Pifalo (convener, by phone), John Shuler, Lisa Wallis. Ann Weller

The minutes of the August 11 meeting were approved as submitted.

Web Pages
The recommendation to retire the web page list of full-text resources was approved. Mark Costa’s revisions to the e-resources alpha list include icons that designate whether a resource is full-text making a separate list unnecessary.

Naming conventions for the alpha list of e-resources were discussed. Some guiding principles were identified:

It was agreed to continue this discussion when Mark Costa can participate.

Recent postings to ACADEMY related to finding e-journals were discussed. Clarifying navigation and providing more explanatory text were options considered. Several strategies were identified:

Lisa volunteered to draft a revision of the text on the e-resources page that will be discussed at our next meeting.

A recommendation to add RefWorks to the quicklinks menu was approved.

ERQ Task Forces
The group voted to dissolve the services and website evaluation task forces. We will collaborate with USE on issues that might have been referred to either of those task forces. It was also agreed to group the individuals currently responsible for upper level pages as a single task force called Web page consultants. This will include e-journals (Armstrong and Ather), e-reference (Shultz), and e-resources (Costa and DeGroote). The MyLibrary portal task force will continue.

Web Page Guidelines/Style Review
Discussion deferred until next meeting.

Next meeting: Wednesday, October 13, Daley Library, 1:30 p.m., room TBD.

Present: Alex Bloss, Bob Daugherty, Jo Dorsch (by telephone), Emily Guss, Julie Hurd, Susan Jacobson, Bill Jones (recorder), Gretchen Lagana, Jay Lambrecht, Fifi Logan, Bob Malinowksy, Ellen Schellhause (by telephone), Carol Scherrer, John Shuler, Ellen Starkman, Ann Weller.

The minutes of the 15 September meeting were approved; they will be forwarded to ULIB for publication.

1) University Library Facilities Projects

Steering Committee reviewed the list of “University Library Facilities Projects” distributed prior to the meeting by Linda Naru. Mary Case said that she had some hope that the 2010 vision committee might address some of the longer-term issues, but there were shorter term projects that need to be addressed soon. The discussion centered on how to prioritize the list, according to principal, to policy, or something else. Among the categories suggested were safety and security; protection of collections; public areas that give the library its public face; rest rooms; “low-hanging fruit” (low cost but high visibility). Specific note was made of the need for panic bar for west door of Daley Library. It was acknowledged that many problems had been around for a very long time. Mary Case suggested that each site should prioritize items specific to the site. There was consensus that the regional sites should be included, and that the condition of the warehouse be considered. Several members of the Committee argued that the Library is a campus recruiting tool and that there is a need to prioritize the principles that underlie the decision to rank any given project keeping that consideration in mind.

Jay Lambrecht agreed to prioritize the list by principle and would redistribute it for discussion at the next meeting. Additions to the list should be submitted to Linda Naru.

2) Organized response to criticism on public listservs

The question was asked about how the Library should respond to criticisms voiced on public listservs like Academy. Although criticism occurs infrequently, there was consensus that there should be a mechanism for a response that was accurate and reflected the professionalism of the library. There were suggestions that someone should monitor the postings and identify a knowledgeable person to respond on behalf of the Library. Among those suggested were staff of the administrative office or of University Archives. These suggestions will be considered by the Library administration.

3) Possible agenda items for future meetings

The agenda listed the following:

Computers for Everyone
Binding policies
Preservation
Response to ILSCO digital library product selections
Cataloging Priorities
Brainstorming on administrative structure
Other

Computer replacement will definitely be on the agenda for the next meeting. Other topics suggested included CIC projects, including preservation, the digital library initiative, and users’ desires for functionality on public terminals. Mary Case said that some areas need immediate attention. For example there needs to be discussion about lines of authority and a review of the charges to the quadrants and task forces. Gretchen Lagana suggested that this would be a good discussion topic for the next library planning day. Other suggested topics were 2010 planning for special collections, the library’s public image, the coordination of library initiatives with other campus initiatives (e.g., functionality within Blackboard), branding, open access, and development of a marketing strategy for development.

4) CMQ Update

Bob Malinowsky reported for CMQ. CMQ has addressed the handling of CDs accompanying books, the mathematics collections, unprocessed collections and potential transfers, and gift backlogs. A standardized “deed of gift” is still needed for gift collections. Bob Daugherty added that a new problem facing the library is time limited offers for products via the internet that are included with new books, something that poses complicated problems for cataloging.
The next meeting will be 27 October, followed by 17 November and 8 December.

PDQ (Processing and Delivery Quadrant)
October 12, 2004
Minutes

Present: Bangalore, Bloss (minutes), Daugherty, Starkman, Wang

1. Minutes for August 31 and Sept. 14, 2004 were approved.

2. The charge and membership of a task force to implement PromptCat were approved. The charge reads:

The members are:

A representative from the Systems Group will be invited for consultation as necessary.

3. A draft revision of the Circulation Department’s Libmail Processing Request web page was reviewed for updates as part of the Item in Process/Item on Order Request page development.

4. The Lisa list – none presently exists. There is a private website that Lisa O’Leary maintains for maintenance projects. Starkman will provide us with the URL and will provide a list of projects in which Lisa is currently involved.

5. With Emama Mulhim’s promotion and transfer to Cataloging, a new LHS representative must be appointed to the Voyager Security Council.

6. CIRCWRKS: Improving the patron loads was a major topic of discussion

7. Shelf-ready books: Following a long email exchange on supposedly missing books, Bloss reported that the workflow for shelf-ready books was being tightened up. CIRCWRKS was asked for hard data on how many items that were not yet on the shelves were being requested by patrons. Bangalore thought it would be helpful to let public services staff know what the process is and that there will always be a lag between when the records say the books are available and when they are on the shelves. Daugherty will ask CIRCWRKS to review the practice of applying a “missing” status to books that have just been received but are not yet on the shelves.

8. Bangalore reported on a new trend of publishers making temporary URLs available to users of books. Collections Development will discuss this matter and develop a policy on whether to note these URLS in records or otherwise make them available.

Future meetings of PDQ will be at 10:30 a.m. in 2-380 LIB unless otherwise noted.

Oct. 26 ???
Nov. 9 Daugherty
Nov. 23 Guss
Dec. 7 Lambrecht
Dec. 14 Schellhause