University Library Information Bulletin

LIB-Feb. 1, 2006 - #E-05

ARL Initiative to Recruit a Diverse Workforce

Applications for stipends to support graduate study in library and information science in 2006-08 are now available from the ARL Initiative to Recruit a Diverse Workforce. Funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), the program offers a stipend of up to $10,000 (over two years). The Initiative also offers a mentoring relationship with an experienced librarian and a leadership training curriculum for MLS students from underrepresented groups interested in careers in research libraries.

Applications are due June 21, 2006. The application form is available online at http://www.arl.org/diversity/initapp2006.pdf.

For more information, contact: Jerome Offord, Jr., Director of Diversity Initiatives, (202) 296-2296


On The ARL Server (Jan. 30, 2006)
News and Publications
• Brief on Petition to Review FCC Order on CALEA
• Report on Selected ARL Activities, prepared for the 2006 ALA Midwinter Meeting
• ARL Special Collections Task Force: Summary of the Meeting held in Washington, DC, Oct. 25, 2005

Meetings and Professional Development Opportunities
• Sunshine Week 2006: Are We Safer in the Dark? A National Dialogue on Open Government and Secrecy, a national teleconference on March 13, 2006
• LibQUAL+ International Workshop, February 2-3, 2006, University of Westminster, London, UK
• Living the Future 6: WOW!--Where Next? cosponsored by the University of Arizona Libraries, ARL, and ACRL in Tucson, Arizona, April 5-8, 2006
• ARL/ACRL Institute on Scholarly Communication, hosted by UCLA, July 12-14, 2006

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.

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.

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.

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