Congratulations To: Bruce Swann (Head of the Classics Library), who has been appointed interim Head of the Rare Book and Special Collections Library.

The University Laboratory High School Library web page is the winner in the small high schools category of the netConnect/Web Feet Best of the Web Award, sponsored by Library Journal and School Library Journal. The award, which comes with a $1,000 prize, was based on excellence in usability, accessibility, clarity of design, range of resources, range of services, and community impact. Walter Minkel, Technology Editor of School Library Journal, describes it as "one of the best examples of a site that teaches information literacy skills."

Barbara Ford (Mortenson Center) has been elected to the Standing Committee of the University Libraries Section of IFLA.

Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe (Information Literacy Services & Instruction) was awarded the Leadership Award from the GSLIS Alumni Association at ALA.

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:

Illinois Natural History Survey has an opening for a Librarian (Assistant Support Scientist II) Full-time, grant-funded.

Karen Wei would like you to join her in welcoming ShuYong Jiang who has joined the Library faculty as Chinese Studies Librarian/Cataloging Coordinator and Assistant Professor of Library Administration in the Asian Library.

ShuYong was Catalog Librarian at the Art Institute of Chicago before coming to UIUC. She has an MA in Library & Information Studies and an MA in Chinese Studies from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. She also has an MA in Chinese from East China Normal University, Shanghai, China. In addition, she has completed course work toward Ph.D. in the Department of East Asian Languages and Literature at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. She can be reached at 4-2047 or shyjiang@uiuc.edu.

In honor of the Illini Union Browsing Room, the Undergraduate Library has posted a web site where individuals can look at the library as it existed.

HOW DO I KNOW WHEN AN E-RESOURCE IS UP, LINKED & RUNNING??

We often hear the question: how do I know when an electronic resource I am interested in is up and available?  There are 3 different ways we announce these additions:

1.      We contact the subject librarian when the e-resource is subject specific and/or subject funds have been used to pay for the resources;

2.      The NEW flag will appear on the Online Research Resources list (aka e-registry).

3.      Additions to the e-registry are listed on the Collections web page:

http://www.library.uiuc.edu/collections/files/tf_eregsitry.htm

                   This list is updated about every 2 weeks

As always, if you have any questions about an e-resource, if it is not up, or not working the way you expected it to work, please contact ERTECH@LIBRARY.UIUC.EDU.  Several people receive your message, in Acquisitions, Collections, and Systems, and we all work together to solve your questions.

You can help facilitate a faster response by putting the title of the e-resource in the subject line of your e-mail.  We have thousands of titles that we have worked on at one time or another, and it really helps us when you put something besides “PROBLEM WITH E-JOURNAL” in the subject line.  For example: “PROBLEM WITH ACCESS TO TITLE X” or “PROBLEM WITH E-JOURNAL TITLE X” is very helpful and will facilitate having the problem resolved more quickly.

Thank you!

The E-resources Team: Wendy Shelburne, Darlene Chirolas, Karen Fischer, Lisa Fielder, Lisa German, and Karen Schmidt

News & Announcements from Library Administration:

At the recommendation of the Special Collections Division and the Executive Committee I have appointed a small working group to make recommendations about the shape and emphasis of the Head of the Rare Book and Special Collections Library. Tom Kilton will chair the working group, whose members are Alvan Bregman, John Hoffmann, Lyn Jones, Chris Prom, Gene Rinkel, and Bruce Swann. The group will be seeking input from both within and outside the Library. Its report is due by September 1, 2003.

Paula

Academic Search Position Update

News from the Field:

THIS WEEK AT THE ILLINOIS STATE LIBRARY

Looking for an easy way to link to geospatial data for your GIS projects. Find-It! Illinois announces the addition of a geospatial link.

This week's highlight from the Illinois Digital Archives is a Report of the Commission on Occupational Diseases to His Excellency Governor Charles Deneen, 1911.

In May 2003, the Virtual Illinois Catalog moved from the OCLC SiteSearch platform to MetaStar by Blue Angel Technologies. This change represents a year-long effort by the Illinois State Library and Blue Angel Technologies.

Upcoming Events

Comings & Goings:

JULY 2003 LIBRARY EXHIBITS

1960-1969, From the Mountaintop to the Delta . . . The Beat Goes on - Government Documents – Wall Display Cases, Main Hall, South end, 1^st Floor

Puerto Rico: Pasado y Presente - Latín American and Caribbean Library Display

The Sixties: Radicalism, Racism, and Revolution in America - Main Hall Display Cases

Industrial Paper Manufacture and Letter Press Printing: The Advent of Mass Book Production - Mueller Display Case – East Foyer

Kenneth Dodson to Carl Sandberg: A Correspondence - Rare Book Room