Congratulations To:

Bart Clark (Administration) was re-elected to serve another term on the IFLA Buildings and Equipment Section.

Communications from Library Committees:

Minutes:

Administrative Council

Cataloging Policy Committee

Collection Development Committee
Executive Committee
Integrated System Coordinating Committee
Library Faculty Meetings

Sine nomine, a publication of the Office of Services
User Ed Committee

News & Announcements from Units:

You are invited to a forum on Virtual Reference, July 9, 2:00-3:30pm in 509 ACES.

David Ward (UGL) and Kathleen Kern (Reference) will lead a discussion about Virtual Reference at UIUC, focusing on our online chat reference service.

They will offer an overview of virtual reference: how the software works, who the patrons are, and how Undergrad and Reference use online chat to answer questions; discuss how your library might become involved in the chat reference service; and Undergrad and Reference will share some of their stories and statistics about their 2.5 year old service. Please join them on July 9 for this forum.

The Illini Union Browsing Room was tucked in the Northwest Corner of the Illini Union for over thirty-nine years. It officially opened on February 8, 1941, and closed its doors permanently on June 13, 2003 at 5:00pm. It was originally located in what is now the President's Lounge. The initial collection consisted of 1,182 books and one periodical title, (Fortune), circulation of materials was not permitted. Circulation of the book collection was introduced on September 10, 1951. On June 12, 1964, the Browsing Room was moved to its present location, previously known as the Wedgewood Lounge. The area of the room, 1,823 square feet, is double the size of the original location. The collection increased substantially over the years to exceed 4,000 books and 50 magazine titles. It was a long tradition here on the University Campus, and will be missed. In honor of the room, the Undergraduate Library will soon be posting a web site where individuals can look at the library as it existed.

News & Announcements from Library Administration:

The GSLIS-Library Teaching Alliance has been awarded a $4900 grant from the Provost's Initiative on Teaching Advancement (PITA) for a 2003-2004 year of programming on "Promoting Scholarship of Teaching and Learning through Action Research in the Library and Information Sciences." Preliminary plans include a speaker, a panel presentation, reading discussions, and a forum for sharing projects, methods, and results relating to research on teaching and learning. Linda Smith (GSLIS) and Lisa Hinchliffe (Library Administration) are the co-directors of the Teaching Alliance and welcome ideas, comments, suggestions, etc.

Academic Search Position Update

News from the Field:

THIS WEEK AT THE ILLINOIS STATE LIBRARY

Erik Larson, whose most recent book The Devil in the White City spent several weeks on the New York Times best-seller list this year, confirmed this week that he will appear at the 2004 Illinois Authors Book Fair scheduled for March 26-27, 2004 at the State Library.

The Illinois State Library received a Public Library Training Grant totaling $201,750 from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation U.S. Library Program to develop the LibraryU Reloaded program.

The Library's Automation and Technology Division announced this week that a new type of software has been developed through a grant awarded to the State Library that will make it easier to capture and preserve electronically published government documents. The software is a product of the Preserving Electronic Publications project.

LAT is reminding libraries to update their information at ELI.

"Planning for Digital Imaging Projects" will be the topic of a workshop from 10:30am - 12 noon on July 2 at the Chester Public Library, 733 State St. in Chester. For more information contact Joe Natale at the Illinois State Library, 217-558-4185 (jnatale@ilsos.net)

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