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| University of Illinois Library at Urbana-Champaign |
No. 18, May 10, 2002 Edited by: Dixie L. Trinkle |
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MAY LIBRARY EXHIBITS
Earth Day: Assessing our World -- Protecting our Home
Government Documents Library, Main Hall Wall Cases
(through May 15)
http://www.library.uiuc.edu/doc/Exhibits/wohis.htm
Arbor Day
Government Documents Library, Main Hall Wall Cases
(through May 15)
http://www.library.uiuc.edu/doc/Exhibits/arborday.htm
Simon Bolivar "El Libertador" (1738-1830)
Latin American and Caribbean Library Display
Maya Angelou
Main Hall Display Cases
Leopold Sedar Senghor (1906-2001) ... l'homme d'etat, le
poete, l'humaniste
Modern Languages and Linguistics Library
Biotechnology in Illinois
Mueller Case (East Foyer)
Pop-up Books
Rare Book Room
(May-July)
Springtime Activities at the University of Illinois
University Archives
(University of Illinois Library Office of Development and Public Affairs)
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User Education Committee Meeting Minutes
April 8, 2002
Minute Taker: Julia Spann
Present: Sue Searing (Chair), Bob Burger, Chris Quinn, Paul Callister, Lynne
Rudasill, Frances Jacobson, Karen Hogenboom, Cindy Ashwill, Lori DuBois, Julia Spann (GA)
The meeting commenced at 9:05 a.m. No changes to the agenda. No further edits
to the minutes of March 11, 2002.
Voyager Planning
Sue mentioned that Voyager would be a main item on the agenda today. May 1 is the
next Voyager Launch Briefing. May 10 is the "go/no-go" date.
"No-go" means a delay until December 2002 or maybe even summer 2003.
Cindy mentioned that publicity for Voyager will be conducted via mass e-mailings (E-Week),
stories in campus media, and the FAQ at http://www.library.uiuc.edu/voyagerweb/voyagerfaq.htm.
Publicity will take place in two phases: early publicity now; major publicity
in fall.
Temporarily, because no new records are being added to the DRA catalog, there is a
"gap database" that lists acquisitions during the Voyager transition. Lori
pointed out that the problem is that a lot of people do not have access to the database.
It isn't available to the public, and staff stationed at many service desks can't
get to it either. Bob said there are several reasons why this was not publicly
accessible, but that he would look into the possibility of a web-based form being created
for public access.
Sue drew comparisons between the DRA implementation process and the Voyager implementation
process and pointed out that the Voyager implementation timeframe is more streamlined than
that of DRA because we learned from DRA what to expect and have better strategies now for
reaching people.
Public Interface Team
Lori spoke about the interface that ILCSO is working on (the "vanilcso"
interface) and demonstrated what the interface looks like and how it can be manipulated.
She said the PIT crew is looking at other Endeavor customers’ interfaces for
models of what we might want to do and what to avoid. Each ILCSO institution will be
able to customize the interface within certain constraints. The URL for vanilcso is
http://eistest.aiss.uic.edu/ilcso_dev.
The vanilcso version is supposed to be completed by April 30, 2002. After that date,
ILCSO will place a copy of vanilcso into each institution’s development space and
institutional customizations can begin.
Instructional Strategies/OPAC Training
Training for staff-side searching will be conducted for everyone uniformly, and then
function-specific training will be provided separately. The User Ed Committee needs
to watch for features that users may have problems with and develop training and/or
documentation for those features. Sue hoped that the PIT crew will conduct usability
testing with patrons; User Ed members are willing to help with this.
Information Literacy Services Coordinator Position
Bob mentioned that approval was gained to make an offer at the level of associate
professor with tenure. It is anticipated that the offer will be accepted, and the
coordinator will start around July 20, 2002.
Public Information Strategies
Cindy Ashwill reminded the committee that April 14-20 is National Library Week and Inside
Illinois is scheduled to carry stories spotlighting the library. At the end of
April, The Compendium (the Library's newsletter for faculty) will announce the new
improvements and advantages associated with Voyager. Cindy is marketing Voyager as
an "enhancement" rather than a whole new system.
In the fall, publicity will go out through the News Gazette. There will also be a
story in PostMarks, the publication for parents of undergraduate students. Lori
suggested Grad Times also.
Sue said departmental libraries should promote the new system as well and inform their
users about the gap in records for new books.
Library Gateway
Lynne reported that the Gateway re-design task force completed a round of focus groups.
Now usability testing will take place in the next two weeks.
Teaching Alliance Proposal
Sue worked with Linda Smith (GSLIS Dean) to submit the second-year funding proposal to the
Provost's Initiative for Teaching Advancement. The focus is on undergraduate
teaching. They should hear in May whether the proposal was successful. Even
without another PITA grant, the Teaching Alliance will continue in 2002-03.
CASTL -- Carnegie Association for Scholarship on Teaching and Learning
Sue spoke on CASTL, a nationwide partnership program between 200 universities that looks
at scholarship on teaching and learning in higher education. Sue mentioned that
UIUC's involvement in this venture would be beneficial to the university, as it would
raise awareness of instructional issues and promote research on instruction. It
might offer research and publishing opportunities for untenured Library staff who are
involved in library instruction.
TeachIT
TeachIT is a campus-wide event for showcasing how people use technology in instruction.
Lori will be presenting an electronic poster session about how the library uses
online tutorials and WebCT to provide instruction to students, and discussing the
advantages and disadvantages of online instruction for reaching large groups of students.
TeachIT is taking place Friday, April 12, from 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. at the Grainger
Library.
Other
Bridging the Gap Conference (in Chicago): Paul Callister shared thoughts from the
conference, which took place in cooperation with Lexis-Nexis and firm and corporate
libraries. The discussions involved an examination of information literacy among law
students and how to improve information literacy for their practice. The issue was
not that law students can't read but that they won't read. Several factors
contribute to this dilemma (i.e., time constraints, values, workplace politics, etc.) and
strategies were discussed during the conference to help deal with them.
Orientation for Campus Guides: Lynne did her presentation at the annual training for
student campus tour guides.
Spring Workshops: Lori said that students did not register or attend the spring
workshops in the same numbers as during fall semester. Julia will prepare the
statistics.
Teaching Alliance event: A two-part workshop entitled "Being an Effective
Lecturer" will take place in the Illini Union, Room 406, April 18 and April 25,
11:30-1:30. Dean Papajohn of OIR (Office of Instructional Resources) will lead the
workshops. Sue mentioned that those interested are encouraged to bring an actual
case for discussion. This will pre-empt our User Ed Luncheon for April.
Meeting adjourned at 10:25 a.m.
Next Meeting: May 13, 2002, 9:00 a.m., Monday -- Main Library, Room 428
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LSSC Meeting Minutes
April 24, 2002
Present: S. Birgerson (for J. Adamczyk), M. Crook, L. Engels, R. Hough, R. Jahr, S. McFarland, E. Schroeder, J. Somera, J. Watkins, T. Webb, G. Witte
I. Minutes of April 10, 2002, meeting were revised and approved.
II. Reports
A. Admin Council -- No meeting.
B. Faculty Meeting (Sharon) -- Sue Searing ran the meeting as Paula Kaufman was not there.
-- Staff evaluation still due in June. Forms will go out soon to supervisors.
-- There was a report from ISSC on the Voyager conversion. The production load will be next; the date for the Go/No go decision is May 10. The decision is dependant on Universal Borrower functionality.
-- There will be an ILCSO forum in Springfield on June 6.
-- There was a report on the Oak Street Storage Facility; it won't be browsable.
-- There will be an all-staff retreat on June 5, from noon to 4:30 p.m.
C. Divisional Meetings Items -- No news.
III. Updates/Discussions
A. Committee members had been apprised of a rumor regarding potential renegotiation of the contact. Paula Kaufman responded to this rumor via libnews.
B. Safety and Security Advisory Group proposal
A suggestion was written and sent to Paula Kaufman proposing the creation of an advisory group to review safety and security concerns of all library staff.
C. CSE retreat letter -- response.
The Committee received a response from Paula asking for more details. The Committee is compiling the requested information.
D. ALA scholarship
The Committee continued discussing draft procedures for selection guidelines for the ALA scholarships for CSEs.
E. Staff Lounges
The Committee's letter to Bart Clark concerning the Staff Lounge was revised and sent.
IV. New Business
A. Historical marker by north door
The positioning makes it look as if the marker is for the trash can, rather than the library building. Bart is trying to have the marker moved to a better position.
B. LSSC By-laws revisions
A draft of revisions of LSSC By-Law was presented to the Committee for review at the next meeting.
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PROFESSIONAL VACANCIES LIST
Copies of job announcements are available from the Library Personnel Office.
JOB, TITLE, LOCATION, CLOSING DATE
Head of Data Services, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, application review will begin immediately and will be accepted until the position is filled.
Monographic Cataloging Librarian, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, May 15, 2002.
Reference Librarian, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, May 31, 2002.
Reference Librarian, University of Washington, Tacoma, WA, May 31, 2002.
Assistant Life Sciences Librarian/Molecular Biosciences Specialist, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, May 31, 2002.
International Studies Bibliographer, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, June 1, 2002.
Head of Public Services, Northern Michigan, Marquette, MI, June 3, 2002.
Head, Monographs Original Cataloging Section, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, June 10, 2002.
Head, Acquisitions Department, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, June 17, 2002.
Assistant Head, Special Collections & University Archives, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, June 17, 2002.
Digital Library Services Librarian, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, June 17, 2002.
Technical and Access Services Librarian, Library and Information Services, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, IL, June 21, 2002.
Science Reference Librarian, Science Library, University of California, Riverside, CA, June 30, 2002.
Dean of University Libraries, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, July 1, 2002.
(J. Lowder)
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Academic Search Position Update
| Title |
Search Opened |
Search Extended |
Search Closes |
Search Cancelled |
Interviews Scheduled |
| Vis Research Info Specialist Library Systems Office | 10-21-01 | Extended | April 18, 24, 2002 | ||
| Assistant ACES Librarian | 11-05-01 | 12-20-01 | Offer Pending | ||
| Assistant Biology Librarian | 11-27-01 | 01-11-02 | Offer Pending | ||
| Vis IL Newspaper Project Cataloger | 12-05-01 | 01-04-02 | April 26, 2002 | ||
| Mortenson Distinguished Prof & Director of the Mortenson Center for Int’l Library Programs | 12-1-01 | 05-01-02 |
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| Anthropology/Sociology Subject Specialist | 01-16-02 | 03-15-02 | May 17, 20, 23, 2002 | ||
| Archivist for Electronic Records | 01-17-02 | 02-28-02 | April 22, May 1, & 6, 2002 | ||
| Middle Eastern Studies Librarian | 02-04-02 | 03-29-02 | |||
| South Asian Studies Librarian | 02-04-02 | 03-29-02 | |||
| Reference Law Librarian | 02-04-02 | 03-29-02 | April 24, & 25, 2002 | ||
| Music Digital Services Coordinator | 02-04-02 | 04-01-02 | May 6 & 8, 2002 | ||
| Commerce Digital & Data Services Librarian | 02-18-02 | 04-01-02 | April 16 & 18, May 15, 2002 |
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| Commerce Information Services Librarian | 02-18-02 | 04-01-02 | May 8 and 29, 2002 | ||
| Head, Slavic & East European Library | 02-18-02 | 05-03-02 | Interviews being scheduled | ||
| Brittle Books Coordinator | 02-18-02 | 03-22-02 | |||
| Digital Library Research Programmer | 02-18-02 | 03-08-02 | April 23,& 30, 2002 | ||
| Project Coordinator-Teaching w/Digital Content, .5FTE | 04-02-02 | 04-17-02 | May 7, & 17, 2002 |
Complete position announcements, including listings of the members of search committees, are available on the Library Human Resources website. The URL is http://www.library.uiuc.edu/administration/human/positions/employment.htm
Because of pending campus layoff activity, the campus Personnel Services Offices has suspended all civil service positions hiring activity for the campus at this time. There can be no additional referrals for vacant positions and no offers may be extended until further notice. We anticipate more information and clarification by the end of April. Any questions should be directed to the Library Human Resources Office. Thank you.
(J. Lowder)
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