April 24, 2000 Volume 27, Number 16
IN THIS ISSUE:
STAFF NEWS
LIBRARY NEWS
*Editor for INDIANA LIBRARIES *IUPUI University Library Holds Pulitzer Prize Recipients Works *Search And Screen Committee Appointed at IU Bloomington *IUPUI University Library Hosts Herron Student Sculptures *Announcing Recipients of InULA Grants *IU System-wide Family of Databases
LIBRARY EVENTS
*Librarian's Day at IU East *Got SIRSI Questions? *Annual Retirement And Recognition Reception at IU Bloomington *SLA Video Conference
CALENDAR
*Weekly Calendar
STAFF NEWS
*Please join me in congratulating Roger Beckman who has been appointed as the Head of the Life Sciences Library at IU Bloomington, effective April 15, 2000. Roger received his undergraduate (B.A. in Anthropology) and graduate degrees (M.L.S. and M.A. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology) from IU. His professional career began in Jan. 1981 in the Government Documents Department and since then he has worked in wide variety of IU library units, e.g. Swain Hall Library, Main Library Reference, Optometry Library, IUPUI University Library Cataloging Department, and since August 1988 in the Chemistry Library. Roger is active in the Special Libraries Association (SLA) and was President/President-elect Indiana Chapter SLA 1993/95 and Past-Chair/Chair/Chair-Elect Chemistry Division SLA 1996/99. In 1995 he was on sabbatical and spent part of that time at the Beilstein Institute in Frankfurt, Germany and at various chemical information centers in England. He has co-authored or authored a number of publications including a chapter in an American Chemical Society book ("Beilstein's CrossFire: a milestone in chemical information and interlibrary cooperation in academia" (with Ken Rouse in 1997), "Chemistry" in Internet Tools of the Profession: A Guide for Information Professionals (with Gary Wiggins and Keith Schreiber in 1997) and Indians of Latin America: an Exhibition of Materials in the Lilly Library (with Becky Cape in 1976). Congratulations, Roger, on receiving this appointment and many thanks to the Search & Screen Committee, chaired by Doug Freeman, Head of Optometry Library.
Martha Brogan, Associate Dean of Libraries & Director of Collection Development Indiana University Bloomington Libraries
LIBRARY NEWS
*Editor for INDIANA LIBRARIES
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*IUPUI University Library Holds Pulitzer Prize Recipients Works
The annual Pulitzer Prizes were announced Monday, April 10, 2000, and the IUPUI University Library is pleased to announce that it has current holdings that include several of the prize recipients.
In the journalism category, The Washington Post received three prizes, and The Wall Street Journal received two. These daily publications are part of the over 4,500 periodical subscriptions that make up the University Library collection.
University Library counts four of the six literary categories of Pulitzer Prize recipients as part of its monographic holdings as follow: Fiction, Jhumpa Lahir, Interpreter of Maladies ; General Nonfiction, John W. Dower, Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II; History, David M. Kennedy, Freedom from Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929-45; Poetry, C. K. Williams, Repair.
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Jimmie Onken, Facilities Services 30 Years Lois Sewell, Cataloging Division, Technical Services 25 Years Eileen Fry, Fine Arts Slide Library Bob Goehlert, Subject and Area Librarians Council Lou Malcomb, Government Publications and Geography and Map Library Ralph Papakhian, Cook Music Library Mary Strow, Undergraduate Library Services Saundra Taylor, Lilly Library Ruth Tucker, Cataloging Division, Technical Services 20 Years Bill Baus, University Archives Murlin Croucher, Subject and Area Librarians Council Anne Haynes, Reference Elizabeth Johnson, Lilly Library Janice Lorenz, Cataloging Division, Technical Services Fran Sturgis, Cataloging Division, Technical Services Jane Torres, Cataloging Division, Technical Services 15 Years Hugh Barbry, Facilities Services Linda Butler, Journalism Library Jim Canary, Preservation Becky Cape, Lilly Library Chris Crago, Customer and Access Services Carl Horne, Cataloging Division, Technical Services Ron Luedemann, Customer and Access Services Nancy Mathews, Acquisitions Division, Technical Services Connie Mayer, Cook Music Library Gwen Pershing, Education Library Brenda Stevens, Cataloging Division, Technical Services Beverly Thacker, Acquisitions Division, Technical Services 10 Years Diana Burch, Budget/Supply Christina Coffey, Optometry Library Craig Eich, Business/SPEA Library Mayumi Koide, Cataloging Division, Technical Services Wen-Ling Liu, Cataloging Division, Technical Services Paula Patton, Swain Hall Library Mohammad Rajaii, Government Publications Dawn Walters, Cataloging Division, Technical Services Emily Wyatt, Cataloging Division, Technical Services If you have questions or feel corrections need to be made to the above list, please contact Betty Bell at 855-8196 or e- mail her at [email protected] *SLA Video Conference Announcing Special Library Association Strategic Learning and Development Center's Spring Video Conference: Exploring the Possibilities of Information Portals Thursday, April 27, 2000 With sponsorship by Factiva (a Dow Jones Reuters Company) (Hosted by Special Libraries Association Indiana Chapter) Topics to be explored: * What is an information portal and how are they best used? * What are the essential elements of an effective information portal? * Are portals useful for my organization? * What is the future of portals and portal technology? Video Conference includes: * live satellite broadcast * workshops before and after the broadcast * question and answer segments * discussion and interaction with other information professionals * certificates of completion Information professionals manage increasing amounts of information, portals appear to offer an effective means to organize and access this information. To assist you with background research in preparation for the video conference, SLA has put together an excellent list of selected references on information portals.You may access the list at: http://www.sla.org/membership/irc/portal.html For information about what the video conference will cover, check out http://www.sla.org/sla-learning/portals.html Background research information for the video conference, SLA has put together an excellent list of selected references on information portals. Date: Thursday, April 27, 2000 Time: 12:00 PM- 3:00 PM Indianapolis time (1:00 PM-4:00 PM EDT) * 11:00 AM-12:00 PM: registration and pre-conference refreshments Place: IUPUI University Library Auditorium - UL 0130 (Lower Level) 755 West Michigan Street Indianapolis, Indiana 46202 Directions to IUPUI University Library and parking: http://www.ulib.iupui.edu/libinfo/directions.html The IUB Libraries will purchase the videotape of the conference and will offer a brown bag lunch session in Bloomington sometime in May or June. We will have the video cataloged so you could also plan to check it out later and view it. Lou Malcomb will keep you posted about its availability. For more information contact Polly Boruff-Jones ([email protected]) or Jeremy Garritano ([email protected]) CALENDAR *Weekly Calendar SLA Video Conference Thursday, April 27 Noon - 3:00 p.m. UL 0130 (Lower Level) IUPUI University Library Librarian's Day Friday, April 28 9:00 a.m. - 3:15 p.m. IU East, Richmond *END OF ISSUE* More Issues of IUL News