Congratulations To: Jane Gammon (Conservation) for 50 years of service in the Library. Jane is the first employee in UIUC's history to reach that mile-stone.

Yoo-Seong Song (Commerce) was featured in The Illinois Library Association Reporter, Volume XXI, Issue 5,  in their "Fresh Faces" section.

Communications from Library Committees:

Minutes:

Administrative Council

Cataloging Policy Committee

Collection Development Committee

Electronic Resource Work Group
Executive Committee
Integrated System Coordinating Committee
Library Faculty Meetings

Sine nomine, a publication of the Office of Services

Strategic Planning Committee
User Ed Committee

The Research and Publications Committee is pleased to announce the funding of an RPC grant to Qiang Jin for a project entitled: "Comparing and evaluating corporate names in the Library of Congress Name Authority File as viewed on Voyager and on official corporate body home web pages."

The faculty are invited to visit the RPC website for information about applying for RPC grants, and for a listing of other recent recipients.

News & Announcements from Units:

A special thank you goes to all of the Library faculty and staff who helped with the Dedication of the 10-Millionth Volume held on October 10. Everything that was accomplished for the celebration was the result of a team effort with many participants. Because of you, we have received a lot of compliments about our hospitality. We appreciate your help with this special event which marked the official beginning of the University Library Campaign.

Thank you,

Lyn Jones, Cindy Ashwill, Sharon Kitzmiller, Roxanne Frey, Misty Thompson, and Judy Graner, Office of Library Development and Public Affairs

Beth Wohlgemuth would like to announce that Anna FitzSimmons will be filling the Illinois Natural History Survey librarian position vacated by JoAnn Jacoby last August. Anna is a recent graduate from the School of Library & Information Science and officially started Monday, October 6. As a recent graduate she comes with a fair amount of experience. She has worked at the Undergraduate and City Planning Libraries and the Acquisitions department. Also, she did a library practicum with Michael Norman.

News & Announcements from Library Administration:

Just a reminder to make sure to send an announcement to LON or Libnews when you have a new faculty member in your unit or a temporary reassignment.

Sabbaticals

Pat Allen - 10/1/03-3/30/04

Frances Jacobson Harris - Spring 2004

Karen Schmidt - 10/21/03-1/20/04

Joyce Wright - 1/1/04-6/30/04

Academic Search Position Update

News & Announcements from University Administration:

Provost for International Affairs

Request for Proposals - Short-term Faculty Appointments to Strengthen the International Dimension

News from the Field:

ARL

ARL Announces the 2003-2004 Board of Directors

Sarah Thomas, University Librarian at Cornell University, began her one-year term as President of the Association of Research Libraries on October 16, 2003, during the ARL Fall Membership Meeting in Washington, D.C. She succeeds Fred M. Heath, Vice Provost and Director of General Libraries, University of Texas at Austin, who continues to serve on the ARL Executive Committee as Past President. At the same meeting, Ann Wolpert, Director of Libraries, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, was elected Vice President/President Elect.

Three new Board members were also elected by the membership to serve three-year terms. They include Camila Alire, Dean of Library Services, University of New Mexico; Marianne Gaunt, University Librarian, Rutgers University; and Betsy Wilson, Director of University Libraries, University of Washington.

Continuing members of the Board are Joseph Branin, Director of Libraries, Ohio State University; Frances Groen, Director of Libraries, McGill University; Rush Miller, University Librarian, University of Pittsburgh; Sherrie Schmidt, Dean of University Libraries, Arizona State University; Brian E.C. Schottlaender, University Librarian, University of California, San Diego; and Paul Willis, Dean of Libraries, University of South Carolina.

The Board is the governing body of the Association and represents the interest of ARL member libraries in directing the business of the Association, including establishing operating policies, budgets, and fiscal control; modifying the ARL mission and objectives; and representing ARL to the community.

Research Libraries and University Presses Issue Statement on Scholarly Communication

The Association of American University Presses (AAUP) and the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) have formulated a Joint Statement on Scholarly Communication. The Statement sets forth the complementary roles of press and library within higher education, and indicates a strengthened commitment to cooperation and joint action.

Federal Relations Legislative Update 2003

SPARC

SPARC is in the process of updating their listserv and would like to make sure that everyone at their member institutions who would like to be included on SPARC mailings is indeed receiving their emails.

The easiest way to include yourself on the SPARC member listserv is to send a message to alison@arl.org requesting it.

Miscellaneous:

Please join the Library Social Committee in honoring our dedicated employees at the Annual Service Awards program. The festivities will be held Tuesday, November 4, 3rd Floor Levis Center from 2:00-4:00pm. Please join us for socializing and congratulating those who are being honored!!!

5 Year Honorees:                                       20 Year Honorees:

Jose Bermudez - Gov Docs                        Andy Bendel - Music

Madeline Gibson - Rare Books                  Renee Hough - Rare Books

Debbie Jones  - UGL                                 Melanie Krueger - Interlibrary Lending

Paul Kotheimer - Circ                                Hal Southern - Law

Wade Palmer - Acquisitions                       Gerry Stigberg - Interlibrary Lending

Lyn Petrie - Grainger

Sarah Plummer - Circ                                25 Year Honorees:

Rudy Ernesto San Miguel - Circ                 Virginia Clark - Cataloging

Chris Johnston - Security                           Kathy Wright - UGL

10 Year Honorees:                                    30 Year Honoree:

Brett Byrd - Security                                 Ruth Peters - Cataloging

Lonnie Clark, Jr. - UGL

Jodie Kiesewetter - Systems                     35 Year Honoree:

Margaret Lewis - Math                             Sharon Hershbarger - Facilities

Dorey Panno - Reference                         

                                                                 50 Year Honoree:

15 Year Honorees:                                    Jane Gammon - Conservation

Joyce Catchings - Acquisitions

Renee Ellis - Acquisitions

Rob Hildreth - Facilities

Sandra Holloway - Physics

Joseph Keith - Cataloging

Diana Long - Cataloging

Dee Shonkwiler - Law

Dorfredia Williams - Architecture