University Library Information Bulletin

LIB-December 01, 2004 - #E-48

Daley Library Service Elevator (#5) Still Not Working
The Daley Library service elevator (609-5, on the loading dock) has not been repaired. Please do not use it until we are notified by the elevator mechanics that it is safe to operate. The elevator was damaged in the September 14 flood, and Physical Plant still is trying to find parts for the repair. Thanks for your patience -- it is a frustrating situation for the Library staff and Physical Plant.

'Tis the Season

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!
Please note that the following schedule has been updated. Some locations of sessions have been added and the remaining locations will be added as the dates approach. The schedule will run weekly until the end of the month. 

Remember, you are not restricted to only one session; however, you should check with your supervisor to ensure that you can attend. 

Please note that the session scheduled for Wednesday, Dec. 8 at 9 a.m. has been changed to Thusday, Dec. 9 at 2 p.m.

Members of Team Vision 2010 are: Steve Brantley, Joan Fiscella, Jeanette Gawronski, Julia Hendry, Peter Hepburn, Francis Kayiwa, Jay Lambrecht, Linda Ling, Wenona Rhodes, Carol Scherrer, Mary Shultz, and Irene Williams

Civil Service Vacancies:
LTA III Access Services/LHS one full-time
LC III Circulation Desk one full-time

For further information, contact lib-per@uic.edu

Alumni Association Seeks Nominations for 2005 Student Leadership Award and Activities Honorary Society
The University of Illinois Alumni Association is accepting nominations for two leadership awards that recognize outstanding students for their contributions to student life and the campus.

Nomination forms for the Student Leadership Award and the Activities Honorary Society are available at http://www.uiaa.org/chicago/awards/

The deadline for 2005 nominations is 5 p.m., Tues., Feb. 1, 2005.

UIUC GSLIS Announces Spring 2005 Courses
The University of Illinois Graduate School of Library and Information Science (GSLIS) is pleased to announce a limited number of registration openings in 10 on campus and 10 online Spring 2005 graduate level credit courses via the Community Credit Academic Outreach Program. Formal admission to the University is not necessary, but a bachelor's degree is required.

Those interested in enrolling should contact Professor Linda Smith no later than Dec. 20, 2004, (217/333-7742; lcsmith@uiuc.edu).
Students will complete the enrollment process through the Academic Outreach Office. Spring semester classes begin Jan. 18, 2005 and end May 4, 2005.

View list of courses with openings for the spring semester: http://www.lis.uiuc.edu/gslis/degrees/Spring_05_CC.html

IATUL 2005 Conference
Attached is the Call for Papers for the 26th IATUL Annual Conference.

The conference will be held in Québec City at Laval University from May 29 to June 3, 2005. You may wish to print copies for distribution or distribute it electronically to members of your library staff and associations.

Please visit the Conference Web site: http://www.bibl.ulaval.ca/iatul2005>www.bibl.ulaval.ca/iatul2005

Proposal form for papers or posters: http://www.bibl.ulaval.ca/iatul2005/prop_en.html>Proposal

On the ARL Server (Nov. 29, 2004)

NEW ITEMS ON THE ARL SERVER:

ARL Testimony [PDF] before the ACLS Commission on Cyberinfratstructure for the Humanities and Social Sciences, presented by Fred Heath, Oct. 26, 2004:
http://www.arl.org/scomm/future.html#heath

Nearly 300 participants attended the SPARC & SPARC Europe Workshop: Institutional Repositories: The Next Stage, on Nov. 18-19, 2004, to absorb presentations and posters given by IR experts:
http://www.arl.org/sparc/meetings/ir04/ir04speak.html

ARL Activities Report 2004: Enabling Change
http://www.arl.org/arl/activities/2004/toc.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:
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

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?"
Afternoon: "Following up on LibQUAL+(tm)" Focus groups, Jan. 18, 2005, Boston, Mass.
http://db.arl.org/qualquan/
Registration now open for Spring 2005 LibQUAL+(tm) survey
http://www.libqual.org/Register/index.cfm

NCIIA Grants Program Invites Applications
The National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA) announced deadlines for its twice-yearly grant program to support and strengthen invention, innovation, and entrepreneurship education through curricular development and the work of Advanced E-Teams. The 2004/2005 application deadlines are Dec. 3, 2004, and May 13, 2005.

NCIIA awards grants in two major categories:
Course and Program grants are awarded to institutions for the purpose of strengthening existing curricular programs or building new programs in invention, innovation, and entrepreneurship.

Advanced E-Team grants provide E-Teams with the support they need to bring an innovative product or technology from idea to prototype, and eventually to market.

For more information, see http://www.nciia.org/grants.html

Research Development Services Workshop
Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2004
10 a.m.
307C AOB

The Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, Research Development Services is offering a two-hour workshop on Dec. 14 at 10 a.m. The workshops will cover navigation of the UIC research system, the outline and structure of a proposal and general review criteria, as well as tools to prepare a proposal and budget. This workshop is intended for new investigators or investigators new to UIC.

This workshop will be held in the Administrative Office Building (AOB), 1737 W. Polk St., Rm. 307C. Space is limited. Contact Jennifer Czak at jpaliga@uic.edu or 6-2590 to reserve a seat.

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

*Please note room change

2005

• UIC Library Steering Committee Minutes, 10/27/04

UIC Library Steering Committee
27 Oct. 2004
603 CCC
Minutes

Present: Douglas Bicknese, Alex Bloss, Bob Daugherty, Emily Guss, Julie Hurd (Time Keeper), Susan Jacobson, Gretchen Lagana (Recorder), Jay Lambrecht, FiFi Logan, Bob Malinowsky, Victoria Pifalo, Ellen Schellhouse, Carol Scherrer, John Shuler, Ellen Starkman, Ann Weller
Absent: Mary Case, Jo Dorsch, Bill Jones, Linda Naru

The Minutes of the 6 Oct. 2004 meeting were approved and will be forwarded to ULIB for publication.

1) Review of "Computers for Everyone" List. Jay Lambrecht noted that the list, compiled by Francis Kayiwa, is an attempt to get back on track with the 3-4 year rotation of computer equipment previously followed by the Library, as well as to target current urgent needs. The time frame for deployment of new equipment is one calendar year frontge date that the initial order is placed. The assumption is that the FACT program is meeting faculty needs.

Based on the resulting discussion, Jay suggested Steering members contact Francis to report any unlisted 98' and 99' computers, errors, or discrepancies. He will report the following to Mary Case:

• Francis should plan to visit with Department Heads (and their staff choices) to discuss computer needs and should prepare a revised list for Mary for further discussion.

• The next discussion should include policy issues such as network upgrades, cost factors, communication issues between Chicago and the sites, and equitable upgrades for faculty and staff.

• An alternative for consideration is to start from ground zero with a discussion of priorities and costs.

2) Update on Changes at LHS-Chicago. Susan Jacobson reported the following:

• LHS has established a new information service desk to take the place of its two previous service points. The result is a better use of staff and resources and a more attractive and inviting setting.

• Plans call for compact shelving in the LHS basement to house Dewey titles and 80% of the Library's journal collection (issues to the year 2000). The former multi-media section is set to become a storage area for University archives. The arcade will close during renovation with some of the machines relocated to the Administrative office for use by appointment only.

• The unanticipated cost of replacing low lighting levels with new lighting where needed and installing a fire prevention system built to code may cause the project to be scaled back.

• Room 109 is earmarked to become a Learning Center, to be shared by all six of the west side colleges. It will be available to UIC students and faculty via card access only. The goal is to have it operational in one year

.3) Resident Librarian Program. Jay introduced the discussion by describing the program's background and asking whether or not we want to continue it. If so, at what scale and level of support? What is the role of the Professional Library Associates in comparison with the Residents? A lively discussion followed which touched on many factors, including the following:

• The Library has recently had an exceptional group of Residents that allowed it to accomplish unusual projects.

• Integration and socialization in the library for the Residents would be enhanced by participation on the Steering committee, quads, and involvement in selected research projects.

• It can be difficult for Departments to provide mentoring and leadership both to the Residents and Professional Library Associates during the current period of retrenchment.

• The Resident Program should not be used in an exploitive manner.

• Should the Program be reduced from two to one year?

• The goals of both programs need to be redefined. How do they differ? What do they have in common?

• Should Library Associates be made Residents?

• Would the LC Intern Program serve as a useful model?

4) ECQ Update. Among ECQ's many accomplishments, Julie noted the steady growth of E-reserves, implementation of the new version of Docutek, the addition of links to the library page within Blackboard and rearranged resources listed there by Sandy de Groote. Ongoing concerns include the replacement of Scott Collard, interface customization and reference linking, monitoring the development of DOLLeR database, communication concerning service interruptions, copyright and fair use of licensed resources, branding UIC's resources, and integrating resources for users

5) Project Deadlines. Clio Web is in its final review with ERQ. Institutional repository discussions are being planned in conjunction with Team Vision 2010.

6) Other. A short discussion on Math Library issues took place. Ellen Schellhouse reported on renovation improvements at the Rockford site.

Future meeting dates: Nov. 17 (9:00 - 12:30), (Dec. 8 (9:00 - 10:45) to be held at 603 CCC or 312-413-2001

Gretchen Lagana
Recorder