University Library Information Bulletin

LIB-March 02, 2005 - #E-09

Agenda Items for Executive Committee
If anyone has suggestions for agenda items for the Executive Committee Meeting of March 7, please contact John Cullars (6-2730, jcullars@uic.edu) or Mary Case (6-2716, marycase@uic.edu).

Research Brown Bag
A Research Brown Bag is scheduled for March 16 from 12 p.m. -1 p.m. in the LHS conference room.

E-STREAMS
The February issue of E-STREAMS, edited by H. Robert Malinowsky has been posted. The following UIC Library faculty have reviews in this issue:

3911. Garden Insects of North America by Lynn Westney
3915. Clinical Intensive Care and Acute Medicine by Sallie Klipp
3925. Managment for Nurses and Health Professionals by Sallie Klipp
3942. DSM-IV-TR Guidebook by Lynn Westney
3953. Firefly Guide to Seashells of the World by Lynn Westney
3957. Shark by Lynn Westney

WOW Award Winners
Congratulations to Joel Sanders, Library Technical Assistant, LHS, for receiving the WOW award Thursday, Feb. 17. 2005. Joel was one of many UIC employees to receive this award. This award was developed by the Alumni Relations Council to recognize individuals who provide outstanding services at UIC. Joel was nominated by James Quinn, Circulation Department and Shirley Junius, Order Section of the Library.

For more information about WOW and to see Joel's picture, visit the WOW Web site.

Promotion and Tenure Seminar Announcement

What: Promotion and Tenure Seminar 2005

When: April 6, 2005

Time: 3 - 5 p.m.

Where: Student Services Building, 1200 West Harrison Street (corner of Harrison and Racine) Conference Room A

The seminar is for all tenure-track, tenured, and non-tenure-track faculty (e.g. academic, research, and clinical tracks) and paper preparers. Because a candidate's preparation for promotion and tenure review cannot be a last-minute exercise, these informational sessions will cover issues that are pertinent to all stages of faculty development. The Promotion and Tenure Seminar provides a forum where experienced faculty will offer information and advice about what it takes to get tenure at UIC and provide a valuable opportunity for candidates to ask questions about preparing for promotion and tenure review.

Listed below topics our panel will cover.

*establishing a coherent research program
*publications and the quality of the journal
*co-authorship
*reference letters
*teaching portfolios
*departmental and university expectations
*differential expectations among colleges
*the campus promotion and tenure committee and its role
*setting priorities and time management
*mid-probationary/third-year review
*service expectations
*clinical faculty promotion and tenure expectations
*joint appointments
*tenure rollback

Additional information on promotion and tenure is available on the OAA website. If you have questions, please feel free to contact:

Mrinalini (Meena) C. Rao, Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs
Phone: (312) 413-3470
Email: meenarao@uic.edu
Or
Michele Mancione, Administrative Assistant
Phone: (312) 413-7636
Email: michelem@uic.edu

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 2000 photographers spending 366 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:

CIC
An academic consortium of twelve major teaching and research universities in the Midwest.

CLS Workshops (including online registration)
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
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 Area Librarians' Calendar (published by the Chicago Library System):

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, archaeology, 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.

2005

• Steering Committee Minutes, 02/09/05

Steering Committee Minutes
Feb. 9, 2005

Attendance: Attending: Steering Committee -- Alex Bloss; Bill Jones; Mary M. Case; Bob Daugherty; Carol Scherrer; Douglas Bicknese; Jo Dorsch; Emily Guss; Ellen Schellhause (minutes); Ellen Starkman; Fifi Logan; H.Robert Malinowsky; Julie M. Hurd; Susan Jacobson; Jay Lambrecht; Linda Naru; Victoria Pifalo; John A. Shuler; Ann Weller; Mary Berta; Annie Ford; Jessica Canlas

Meeting was called to order by Jay Lambrecht at 9 a.m.

Minutes for the meeting of Jan. 26, 2005, were approved.

Since this was a special session of the Steering Committee to discuss the 2006 Budget presentation only two items were on the agenda.

Mary Case shared a Power Point Presentation and asked the Steering Committee for ideas, suggestions and feedback on the presentation for the UIC Library 2006 Budget.

Areas of discussion:

Next meeting will include discussion on Technical and Public Services; Institutional Repository

Meeting adjourned 10:45 am.

Respectfully Submitted – Ellen Schellhause