Library Office Notes

University of Illinois Library
at Urbana-Champaign

No. 1, January 4, 2002
Edited by:  Dixie L. Trinkle
The deadline for submitting items for publication is
Wednesday at 5:00 p.m.
Send items to L.O.N., 230 Library, MC-522
E-mail: trinkle@uiuc.edu
FAX: 217-244-4358
Thesaurus Construction Project

Expected to be funded January 2002 and completed by December 2002.

Hourly work ($15/hour) available as Graduate Assistant, Graduate Hourly, Academic Hourly, or independent contractor position.

Duties will include reviewing government environmental compliance manuals to create a new Thesaurus of terms in the field of waste management.  When completed, the Thesaurus will be used in a searchable web database.

 

Preferred background:  Completion of a course in Indexing/Abstracting, or experience in indexing or thesaurus creation.

To apply, contact:

Lynn Hanson, Graduate School of Library and Information Science
Room 207, LISB
217-333-6202
l-hanson@uiuc.edu

JANUARY LIBRARY EXHIBITS

Winter Break:  Activities for Adventurous Minds
Government Documents Library, Main Hall Wall Cases
(December 6-January 15)

Mexican Artisans
Latin American and Caribbean Library Display

Architecture Design Thesis 2001:  Preparation Results
Main Hall Cases

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

Understanding the Falun Gong Phenomenon
Persecution Meets Principle
Mueller Case, East Foyer
(until January 17)

The Origins of the Star Spangled Banner
Mueller Case, East Foyer
(January 18-February)

ACES Library
Rare Book Room

Welcome Back Bears:  The U of I Bears Connection, 1920-2001
University Archives

University of Illinois Library Office of Development and Public Affairs

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