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

Staff Development and Training Committee

Staff Development & Training Calendar

Strategic Planning Committee
User Ed Committee

News & Announcements from Library Administration:

The LOEX Clearinghouse for Library Instruction offers a monthly e-newsletter called Currents with various announcements, calls for proposals, and suggested readings to its member institutions. You can find the most recent (October) issue at http://www.emich.edu/public/loex/currents/200410.htm. If you go to http://www.emich.edu/public/loex/currents/ additional back issues are also available. (Note: Because this is a subscription by membership, the URL should only be shared here at UIUC.)

Academic Search Position Update

News from the Field:

Diversity Consultant

Full-time position responsible for managing a grant-funded project to promote the use and development of library services for culturally diverse communities.  The Diversity Consultant will provide consulting services to libraries, governing officials, and other agencies in all topics related to cultural diversity, conduct training and education sessions, assist libraries in program development, work with contractors, and maintain a web site for the project.  Required:  MLS from ALA-accredited library school, experience in working with culturally diverse communities and multiple languages, experience in web development, valid Illinois driver's license.  Submit letter of application, resume, and names of three references to Lincoln Trail Libraries System, 1704 W. Interstate Drive, Champaign, IL  61822. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled; review of applications will begin October 28.
 

Comings & Goings:

OCTOBER 2004 LIBRARY EXHIBITS

Tribal Voices: Conduits for Native Culture - Government Documents – 

Main Hall Wall Display Cases

Revisiting the Encounter of the Two Worlds - Latín American and Caribbean Library 

Display

Celebrating the Student Days of the 2004 Illini Comeback Guests (October 25-31) 

and Commemorating John Philip Sousa’s Contributions to America’s Music 

Heritage (November 1-17) - Main Hall Display Cases

The Nobel Prize in Literature 2004: Elfriede Jelinek (Austrian writer selected "for her 

musical flow of voices and counter-voices in novels and plays that with extraordinary linguistic

zeal reveal the absurdity of society's cliches and their subjugating power" Nobel Prize Jury)

 and “Pere de la deconstruction” (Philosophe-humaniste-critique litteraire-He influenced

"virtually every area of humanistic scholarship and artistic activity in the latter part of the 20th

centuray" and "his theory of deconstruction gave us new insights into the meaning of language 

and aesthetic values." The Guardian 10/1/04)

- Modern Languages and Linguistics Library

The Rare Book and Special Collections Library: An Overview - Rare Book and 

Special Collections Library