Library Office Notes

Emma S. Davis, Former Director of Access Services

Emma S. Davis, CRL's former Director of Access Services, recently died after a long illness. Ms. Davis is survived by her two sons, Claude and Samuel, four grandchildren, and eight brothers and sisters. She retired from CRL in December 1991.

Ms. Davis began with CRL in 1977. As the Director of Access Services, she was responsible for not only supervising the Access Services Department (formerly the Circulation Department), but also the Stack Management, Acquisitions, and Cataloging departments.

"Emma was a fair, professional, and no-nonsense supervisor," said Michelle Carver, former co-worker and Bibliographic Searcher for CRL's Access Services Department. "She worked hard in her position and was very accommodating to the Center's membership and their needs," Ms. Carver continues. Ms. Davis' member-oriented approach helped pave the way in attracting new members to CRL.

While there are few that remain at CRL who worked with Ms. Davis, she will be fondly remembered for her sensitivity to staff members and professionalism. The Center is in debt to Mr. Davis for her efforts and extends its condolences to her family.

(Focus (Center for Research Libraries, v. 21, no. 1, Sept/Oct 2001))

This was their Land: Native American Indians in the U. S.
Map and Geography Library

2001 Nobel Prize in Literature: V. S. Naipaul ...
a colonial without a past, without ancestors
Modern Languages and Linguistics Library

Kenny Crews and Joanne Gard Marshall present Workshops on Copyright and Benchmarking in Urbana on November 15.

The Health Sciences Librarians of Illinois (HSLI) statewide annual conference will be held at the Carle Forum in Urbana on November 15 and 16. Area librarians are invited to register for all or part of the Conference. On Thursday morning, November 15, Kenny Crews, author of Copyright Essentials for Librarians and Educators (ALA 2001), will present "Copyright Updates and Issues for Librarians." In the afternoon, Joanne Gard Marshall, chair of the 1996 SLA Committee which developed the "Competencies for Special Libraries of the 21st Century," will conduct "Building Quality through Benchmarking." Hands-on technology troubleshooting (Kay Cloyes, leader) and web page management (Karen Fletcher of Prairienet) workshops will also be presented. Late afternoon roundtable discussion leaders will include Lynn Wiley (IRRC) and Virgil Varvel (ION). On Friday, Marshall will present the keynote address, "Libraries for the 21st Century," David Dorman (Lincoln Trail Libraries System) will present a technology forecast, and National Library of Medicine staff will provide an NLM update.

Conference registration fees include breakfast, lunch, and refreshments and are: $60 ($70, non-members) for half-day Thursday; $85 ($95) for full-day Thursday; $100 ($110) full conference; $15 Friday morning. Student conference registration rate is $50.

Conference registration and agenda details are available on the HSLI website (www.hsli.org). For further information, University Library staff and students may contact Victoria Pifalo at Library of the Health Sciences (v-pifalo@uiuc.edu or 333-4893), Susan Barrick at GSLIS (sbarrick@uiuc.edu or 244-9577), Brenda Pacey at the Office of Continuing Education Division of Academic Outreach (bpacey@uiuc.edu or 244-2030), or Conference Chair Nina Pals at Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center (Npals@sblhs.org or 217-258-2262).

User Education Committee Meeting Minutes
October 8, 2001

Minute Taker: Julia Spann

Present: Sue Searing (Chair), Linda Ackerson, Cindy Ashwill, Bob Burger, Lori DuBois, Frances Jacobson Harris, Karen Hogenboom, Lynne Rudasill, Sarah Reisinger, Julia Spann (GA), Jane Wiles

Absent: Paul Callister, Christopher Quinn

Sue called the meeting to order at 9:00am by asking for any revisions to the minutes or the agenda.

Nothing was added to the agenda. Meeting minutes from the September 10, 2001, meeting were reviewed by email prior to the meeting. Minutes will be posted on the committee web site and LON.

Budget Request for FY 2002-2003

Budget requests are still being submitted. Sue recounted that two items got approved last year: Permanent funding for the GA position and the new Coordinator for Information Literacy Services and Instruction position. Outstanding items are:

-- Screen capture software (to facilitate teaching of search strategies)
-- Sending 2 librarians to user education-related conferences
-- Budget line for publications, handouts & flyers (currently funded by individual libraries)
-- Wired classroom
-- Office space and furnishings for coordinator position

Lori requested that Committee add in:

-- New portable laptop computer and projector.

Discussion pursued on these items. Fear was expressed that budget cuts may lead to a hold on the search for the Coordinator of Information Literacy Services and Instruction and/or other budget items.

Cindy requested that Committee also add in:

-- New library brochure

With respect to the search history capturing software, Lynne committed to following up on research on costs and options suitable for this environment. Frances promised to share information with Lynne about shareware she has used successfully to download web pages.

Sue asked that everyone get their budget line item requests in to her by email before November and that Committee members identify whether this is a one-time cost or a recurring cost.

Updates and Reports

A. Bob Burger -- Coordinator for Information Literacy Services and Instruction:

-- The position description has been released.
--Nominations are being accepted and should be submitted as soon as possible to Bob. November 29 is the target close date for the search. Cindy Kelly and Bernice Harrington of the Library Personnel Office are helping with the search.

B. Sarah Reisinger -- Learning Community Tours:

-- The tours went really well with only two communication errors that Sarah and others were able to resolve creatively.
-- There were over 700 student participants.
-- Frances received positive comments and added that this is a valuable service to keep and continue.
-- Sue had conducted four tours and gathered that 25-30 people is too high a number for a tour; but in view of the short timeframe, this was the best that could be done. It is hoped that the next round of tours would be closer to the ideal number (12-15 people). This could possibly be achieved by adding a 6th tour group. Sarah concurred.

C. Lori DuBois -- Workshops:

-- Workshops are slow going.
-- Instructors are still becoming aware of procedures and options.
-- Many of the 971 students required to take the workshops are opting to take the online tutorials.
-- Workshop registration and follow-up operations (i.e., quiz-taking) have been hampered by technical difficulties (many of which stem from the recent computer virus).
-- Suggestion was made to hone in more closely on providing instruction in the residence halls and connecting with Ann Wilkens, the Residence Hall Librarian. Lori is already working with Ann on this.

D. Sue Searing -- Feedback on Library-GSLIS Teaching Alliance Event

-- Jeni Weidenbenner, the GA for the Teaching Alliance, told Sue that feedback was pretty positive.
-- Beth Woodard and Kirby Barrick's presentations met expectations and provided useful information.
-- The #1 item of interest for future sessions was "teaching in a computer lab v. teaching in a classroom."
-- Friday, October 19, 11:30am-1:30pm (GSLIS 126), Christine Jenkins and Jill Gengler will address teaching with technology.
-- Other topics that participants expressed interest in exploring include:
    •Presentation skills
    •Assessment of presentations
    •Facilitating discussion and debate within a classroom
    •Active learning
    •Learning styles and how to develop classes that address different learning styles             •Cross-cultural students
    •Teaching portfolios
    •Sue is working with Linda Smith, Dean Pappajohn (OIR) and Beth Woodard on     Teaching Alliance plans and will be drawing on local resources for the most part.
    •Frances added that a lot of people want personal coaching. Sue noted that it will require organization. Dean Papajohn has been willing in the past to work with instructors and provide feedback on their teaching styles.
    •Sarah mentioned that feedback can be helpful even from peers.
    •It was thought that the GA, Jeni, could facilitate the logistics of peer observation.           •Registration online for the October 19 event will be available shortly. Notices will go out through LIBFAC-L.

Other Discussion:

Room 428 -- Potential Use for instruction: The policy is unclear on use of this room for instruction. Bob will follow up with Bart on the policy and report back to the Committee.

October 25 (Thursday) Luncheon: These luncheons can be used to continue building the momentum around topics discussed at the Teaching Alliance events. Please RSVP to Julia Spann at spann@uiuc.edu at least one week prior to event (October 18).

Strategies for Updating and Maintaining "Learn to Use the Library" web site:

Each member who takes a section will focus on getting the current CONTENT updates and submit them to Lori. Sections will be reviewed before posted. Some pages will be linked to Circulation pages. The following is a list of commitments made to web site section updates:

Visitor Page: (Must involve several people, on and off the committee)

Faculty: Lynne

Alumni and Library Friends: Cindy (will contact Roxanne Frey also)

Visiting Scholars: Sarah

Bob will follow up with CCSO on rules governing NetIDs for visiting scholars.

Sue mentioned that she will keep the group focused on keeping the web site current.

Meeting adjourned at 10:25 a.m.

Next meeting to take place (2nd Monday of month)
Monday, November 12, 2001, 9:00 a.m.
Room 428 Main Library

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Library Clerk II, 50%, Circulation
Library Clerk II, 100%, Law Library
Library Clerk III, 50%, Asian Library
Library Clerk III, 100%, Education & SS Library
Library Technical Assistant, Government Documents Library
Security Guard, 100%, Business Office, 3 positions

Title	Search Opened	Search Extended	Search Closes	Search Cancelled	Interviews Scheduled
Assistant Engineering Librarian	03-12-01		05-01-01		Appointment pending
Associate University Librarian for Information Technology Planning & Policy	06-20-01		08-31-01		Oct 31, Nov 8, 2001
Women & Gender Resources Librarian	06-20-01		08-02-01		Sept 7, & Oct 3, 12 & 17, 2001
Chinese Studies Librarian/Cataloging Coordinator	07-06-01		08-17-01		Oct 26, Nov 2, & 9, 2001
Slavic and East European Library Head	07-06-01		08-17-01		Oct 22, 25, & 30, 2001
Head, Library Systems Office	07-23-01		08-31-01		Interviews pending
Asst Undergraduate Librarian for Diversity Services	09-25-01		11-09-01
Coordinator for Information Literacy Services and Instruction	10-1-01		11-29-01
Head, Serials Cataloging	10-23-01		12-04-01
Vis Research Information Specialist Library Systems Office	10- -01		11-21-01
Assistant Reference Librarian (2 positions)	11-5-01	12-20-01
Assistant ACES Librarian	11- -01	12-20-01