University Library Information Bulletin

LIB-November 24, 2004 - #E-47

Employee of the Month
Magda Aldana, Account Technician II, was unanimously selected as EOTM for November 2004 for her high level of accuracy in preparing payroll for the entire library staff, including the sites. Magda was noted for her efficiency in preparing financial reports and providing customer service to supervisors with payroll concerns. Because her job performance is so efficient, most of the library staff has no direct contact with her other than systematically receiving their payroll checks.

Please join the EOTM committee in congratulating Magda on a job well done.

Stop in for holiday celebration–complete with food and festive conversation!

Daley Staff Lounge: Wednesday, Dec. 8, 3-5 p.m.
LHS Staff Lounge: Tuesday, Dec. 14, 3-5 p.m.

December is TV2010 month in the Library!
Team Vision 2010, which was appointed by the University Librarian to begin a strategic planning process for the next five years, has scheduled a series of meetings to collect the thoughts of library faculty and staff to create a vision of the library’s future. We have scheduled a number of 90 minute meetings for various groups of faculty and staff at a number of locations and times. You should be receiving an e-mail invitation to at least one of those sessions in the near future, but we hope you will attend more than one.

If several topics are of interest to you – for example, you may be invited to a session specifically for faculty or staff but you are also interested in the subject sessions (Health Sciences, Library as Place, Technology, Scholarly Communication or Public Services) please feel free to attend those sessions also. You are not restricted to only one session as we would like your thoughts on as many issues as possible. The schedule of sessions is listed below. Please mark your calendars for the sessions that interest you and check with your supervisor to ensure that you can attend. Locations will be announced as the dates approach.

Attendance at any of the sessions is voluntary. If you are at a site library and wish to attend by phone, please let us (phepburn@uic.edu or cscherre@uic.edu) know so we can make telephone arrangements.

We look forward to hearing your thoughts.

Campus Charity Fund Drive
SECA Fundraiser

It is time again to think of helping others who are in need of health and human services. The State and University Employees Combined Appeal (SECA) is the once-a-year work site fund drive that allows you to contribute to one or more of the participating charities through either payroll deduction or by writing a one-time check. All checks should be made out to the UIC Campus Chest. This year's fund drive ends on Dec. 6, 2004.

If you have any questions, please contact Angela Mendez, Daley Library, Catalog Dept., Rm. 2-390, M/C 234, 3-7698 or mendez17@uic.edu

Thank you in advance for taking the time and making the effort to help those who need our assistance.

Center for Research Libraries Visit December 13, 2004
As a follow-up to the presentation by Melissa Trevvett, Vice President and Director of Programs and Services at the Center for Research Libraries on Oct. 28, 2004, the Lectures and Forums Committee is pleased to announce a tour of the Center for Research Libraries in Hyde Park.

The tour is scheduled for Monday, Dec. 13, 2004, from 1-3:45 p.m. Transportation to and from Hyde Park will be provided, however, space is limited (14 seats). The van will depart from Daley Library at 12:30 p.m. and return at approximately 4:30 p.m. To reserve a seat, contact Krystal Lewis at kmlewis1@uic.edu or 996-4661 by Thursday, Dec. 9, 2004.

Whether or not you attended Ms. Trevvett’s presentation, the tour is a great opportunity to become acquainted with the fabulous collections at the Center for Research Libraries. A short reception will follow the tour.


IACRL Call to Sponsor Programs at 2005 ILA Conference
The 2005 ILA Annual Conference will be held in Peoria, Oct. 11-15. The proposal application form is posted at the ILA Web site:
http:www.ila.org/events/proposal.htm

You can submit a proposal directly to the ILA Office or to the IACRL Continuing Education Committee. If you decide to submit a proposal to the IACRL Continuing Education Committee, the Committee needs to receive the proposal by Jan. 3, 2005, since the deadline for all proposals is Jan. 10, 2005.

Proposals can be sumbitted to:

[ARL-ANNOUNCE] On the ARL Server (November 22, 2004)

NEW ITEMS ON THE ARL SERVER:

Register for LibQUAL+(tm) webcast on Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2005: A Webcast Introduction to LibQUAL+(tm)
http://www.arl.org/training/webcast/libqualintro/

Half day workshops at ALA Mid-Winter: morning: LibQUAL+(tm) dimensions and total scores: How do they relate? and afternoon: Following up on LibQUAL+(tm): Focus groups, Jan. 18, 2005, Boston, Mass.
http://db.arl.org/qualquan/

New! Resources per Student in ARL Libraries, 1986-2003 [PDF]
http://www.arl.org/stats/arlstat/graphs/2003/resstu03.pdf

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

ARL Workshop on Web Development with XML: Design and Application, Jan. 3-7, 2005, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va.
http://www.arl.org/arl/pr/web_dev_xml_05.html

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

Frequently Used Web sites:

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

• CIRWRKS Minutes, 10/12/04
• User Services Ensemble (USE) Minutes, 10/22/04

CIRCWRKS
Minutes for the meeting of Tuesday, Oct 12, 2004
Present: Odegaard (chair), R. Daugherty, S. Gogo-Madsen, P. Hunter, T. Mantzakides , J. Sanders (minutes), K. Kilian, J. Loftiss, O. Daniels, B. Redding, G. Davis, L. O’leary

Agenda:
Handouts for 2005 schedule of meetings issued out to those needing it.

Approval of minutes of previous meeting; Emama Mulhuim will send out.

Issue with new books: not a big one but will be discussed at PDQ meeting. Sanders will give R. Daugherty a report on the total number of new items being received; data will be gathered from the Missing reports.

UB problems: Note emailed by Kilian prior to the meeting giving examples and solutions. Kilian asked, “Are other sites experiencing same problems and are they following her suggestions?” Claimed Return status will not be placed on UB patron’s accounts because it stops the billing and prevents the notices from generating.

*Important – Please communicate and report all problems to oncall.

Patron File Load
Odegaard discussed the following;

PDQ matters
E Mulhium authorization for Voyager System Admin will be removed. Emama is now the LOA in Cataloging Department and no longer at LHS-Chicago. We appreciate her being a part of the CIRCWRKS team!

Priority of the O’leary list and what it is and deletion of long missing items.

Reports
UIC LHS Urbana didn't have any patron load failure issues to speak of, only the fact
that they (along with LHS-Peoria) also been having some problems with the Reporter email server rejecting some third party addresses. LHS-Peoria will follow up with ILCSO Oncall per Gladys.

Huntress - Audiovisuals circulating at other sites.
Madsen – exploring the use of Macro for archiving Reporter info.
Mantzakides – request to get report of all emails sent out via Reporter that bounce back.
Daugherty – phonebook vs. BANNER; how accurate are they from a staff perspective.

Present: Dorsch (chair), Fiscella (minutes), Georgas, Hurd, Logan, Odegaard.
Absent: Shultz

Minutes will be taken by members (excluding Dorsch as chair) in alphabetical order.

Minutes from meeting of September 15 were approved and will be submitted to ULIB.

Dorsch will set the next meeting for a time when she is in Chicago.