Month: May 2008

2008-05-29

The remodeling project that temporarily closed the  University Laboratory High School Library has reached a point that the library is now open to the public again. Due to remodeling and painting projects on the second and third floors of University High School, the Uni High Librar y (located on the second floor) was closed to the public during June.

For more information, please contact the University Laboratory High School Library at 333-1589.

The library apologizes for any inconvenience this temporary closure may have caused.

Do you have a story you’d like added to the Library News & Events? If so, please contact Heather Murphy ( hmurphy@illinois.edu ).

2008-05-27

The Grolier Club of New York , America’s oldest and largest society for bibliophiles and enthusiasts in the graphic arts, presents “English in Print: from Caxton to Shakespeare to Milton,” an exhibition that examines the history of early English books. Curated by Valerie Hotchkiss, head of The Rare Book & Manuscript Library at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and Fred C. Robinson, Douglas Tracy Smith Professor Emeritus of English at Yale University, the exhibit explores how the English language came into print and includes a close study of the texts, formats, audiences, and functions of English books. It is based on a 2008 University of Illinois Press book by the same name co-authored by the curators.

Do you have a story you’d like added to the Library News & Events? If so, please contact Heather Murphy ( hmurphy@illinois.edu ).

2008-05-22

COME ONE, COME ALL to the Chicago Tribune Printers Row Book Fair held on South Dearborn Street in Chicago, Illinois, on June 7 and 8, 2008.  This year the University Library is partnering with the Illini Union Bookstore, the University of Illinois Alumni Association, the University of Illinois Press, and the Dalkey Archive Press to present two days of alumni and faculty book signings.  The location will be Tent K, just south of Harrison Street.  The Library corner will feature digitized resources relevant to Chicago, which are available to the public via the Illinois Harvest Web Portal .

Professor Valerie Hotchkiss, head of The Rare Book & Manuscript Library , will make a presentation at the University Center-Loop Room, 525 South State Street, at 3:30 p.m. on Sunday, June 8.  She will talk with Seth Lerer, Stanford University English Professor, and Robert Greenman, consultant to the The New York Times “Newspaper in Education” program and longtime journalism teacher. The session will focus oh Hotchkiss’s new book, English in Print from Caxton to Shakespeare to Milton (University of Illinois Press, 2008), co-authored with Fred C. Robinson, the Douglas Tracy Smith Professor Emeritus of English at Yale University.  Copies of the book will be available at the tables hosted by the University of Illinois Press in Tent K.

Willis Regier, director of the University of Illinois Press, will join John O’Brien of Dalkey Archive Press for a panel discussion on international publishing at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, June 7, in the University Center-Multimedia Room.

Nicholas Delbanco, author of The Count of Concord (Dalkey Archive Press, 2008) also is included on the list of Chicago Tribune programs for Saturday, June 7.  Delbanco is the Robert Frost Distinguished Professor at the University of Michigan and plans to participate in a panel discussion, “Not So Ordinary People,” at 11:30 a.m. in the University Center-Park Fountain Room.

A full schedule of program events will be published by the Chicago Tribune as a supplement to its May 30 edition.  Questions about the Library’s participation in the Fair may be directed to Roxanne Frey .

To date, the following authors are scheduled to appear at Tent K for the University of Illinois:

SATURDAY, JUNE 7

1:00-1:30 p.m.
Dustin Dumas Weeks, Lessons from a Recovering Worker Bee (2008). UIUC, B.S. Business Administration, 1990.  Author, consultant, television show host, investment banker.  Former competitor, “No Boundaries,” W.B. TV, 2002.  Ran track while she was a student at UIUC.

2:00-2:30 p.m.
Patricia Hruby-Powell, Frog Brings Rain and Zinnia: How the Corn was Saved (Salina Bookshelf, 2006).  UIUC, B.F.A. Dance, 1979 and M.S. Library and Information Science, 1994.  Children’s author, storyteller/dancer, librarian.

2:00-2:30 p.m.
Alice B. McGinty , Thank You, World (Dial Books, 2007).  UIUC, B.S. Leisure Studies and Psychology, 1986. Children’s author.

2:30 – 3:00 p.m.
Denise Swanson, Murder of a Chocolate-Covered Cherry / Scrumble River Mysteries, Book 10 (Penguin Group, 2008).  UIUC, B.S. Psychology, 1979.  Mystery author.  Her first book, Murder of a Small-Town Honey , was nominated for the Agatha Best First Mystery.

3:30 – 4:00 p.m.
Andrew Ervin, Bayo Ojikuto, and Amy Sayre-Roberts, contributors to Chicago Noir (Akashic Books, 2005).  Recent UIUC M.F.A. 2008 graduates.  Bayo Ojikuto is also the author of Free Burning (Three Rivers Press, 2006).

4:00-4:30 p.m.
Kevin Davis, Defending the Damned: Inside a Dark Corner of the Justice System (Simon and Schuster, 2007).  UIUC, B.S. Editorial News, 1985.  Journalist, author, and magazine writer.

4:30-5:00 p.m.
Orville Vernon Burton, The Age of Lincoln (Hill and Wang, 2007).  UIUC Professor of History and Sociology, Senior Research Scientist, National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA).

SUNDAY, JUNE 8

1:00-1:30 p.m
Paula Kamen, Finding Iris Chang: Friendship, Ambition, and the Loss of an Extraordinary Mind (Da Capo Press, 2007). UIUC, B.S. Editorial News, 1989.  Feminist author and playwright.  (Iris Chang’s papers are held by the University of Illinois Library).

2:00-2:30 p.m.
Kim Strickland, The Wish Club (Random House, 2007).  UIUC, B.S. Broadcast Journalism, 1985.  United Airlines pilot.

Do you have a story you’d like added to the Library News & Events? If so, please contact Heather Murphy ( hmurphy@illinois.edu ).

2008-05-14

Today, May 19th, from 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM in GSLIS 126 (and through online streaming audio) John Fleckner will present How Does Your Garden Grow?  Building Sustainable Archives Programs . For more information, please see the Library Colloquium Committee Web Site .

Do you have a story you’d like added to the Library News & Events? If so, please contact Heather Murphy ( hmurphy@illinois.edu ).

2008-05-14

The Library’s Next Generation Catalog Forum will be May 14, 2-4, in GSLIS 126. For more information, including links to live streaming audio of the event and a chat room for the event, check out the Next generation Catalog Forum page.

Do you have a story you’d like added to the Library News & Events? If so, please contact Heather Murphy ( hmurphy@illinois.edu ).

2008-05-12

On Friday, May 2, RefWorks released exciting new feature upgrades to its service.  These enhancements are available instantly to all RefWorks users.

RefWorks Enhancement Highlights

• Write-N-Cite III for Windows with Off-line Capabilities
• Write-N-Cite v2.5 for Mac
• Attachment Feature

Write-N-Cite III for Windows with Off-line Capabilities

Write-N-Cite III for Windows optional plug-in provides single document formatting (and unformatting) as well as the ability to write and format a paper completely offline! Simply download your RefWorks database within Write-N-Cite while online, then feel free to disconnect from the internet. Full Write-N-Cite functionality is available: inserting temporary citation placeholders, viewing reference information, using the citation editor, even formatting your paper in the output style you choose, all without accessing the internet.  Download the new Write-N-Cite III for Windows from within your RefWorks account by selecting Tools, Write-N-Cite.

Write-N-Cite v2.5 for Mac

The latest Mac version of Write-N-Cite is fully available. This version 2.5 works with Microsoft Word 2008 for Mac and the Leopard operating system, and it has the same features as the current Write-N-Cite for Mac (citation editing, two document format, etc.). Download the new version from within your RefWorks account by selecting Tools, Write-N-Cite.

Attachment Feature

All users receive 100 MB of default storage space, and now it’s even easier to store your research documents along with your references! You can attach any type of file: the only requirement is that you have the software necessary to view the attachment.  For information on how to attach files to references, see the Online help section, “Adding References Manually”, or review the RefWorks Basics tutorial section, “Entering References Manually.”

Do you have a story you’d like added to the Library News & Events? If so, please contact Heather Murphy ( hmurphy@illinois.edu ).

2008-05-08

CPLA Library Closes May 9

On Friday, May 9, the City Planning and Landscape Architecture (CPLA) Library will close its doors after 80 years of service to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign campus. Over the past several months, a team of faculty and staff drawn from the University Library , the College of Fine and Applied Arts , and the College of ACES , has developed a plan for the future of Library services and collections designed to support teaching, learning, and research in urban and regional planning, landscape architecture, and associated fields. Beginning later this summer, a public service space designed for this purpose will become part of the Isaac Funk Family ACES Library .

Over the next several weeks, materials currently housed in the CPLA Library will be transferred to the Funk ACES Library. This location—a larger, newer library facility that opened 2001—offers faculty and students access to several benefits previously unavailable in the Mumford location:

• Access to large interdisciplinary collections related to agriculture and natural resources
• Longer operating hours, including evenings and both weekend days
• 6 group study rooms, each with seating for 8-10 people
• Wireless and wired network computing for laptops
• 39 public access computers, 2 printers, and 3 photocopiers

While materials currently housed in the CPLA Library will be in transit for a short period of time this summer, we are committed to facilitating access to needed materials. If you require access to any Library materials, please consult the Library Catalog for up-to-date information regarding location or for digital access. In addition, the CPLA Library website will be retained as a resource for information about landscape architecture and urban and regional planning.

Please direct any specific questions regarding the time line regarding the transfer of materials, or any requests for support for your teaching, study, or research in these areas, to Joe Zumalt , Interim City Planning and Landscape Architecture Librarian. If you have any questions about the broader process or plans for new service models, please contact Scott Walter , Associate University Librarian for Services.

Do you have a story you’d like added to the Library News & Events? If so, please contact Heather Murphy ( hmurphy@illinois.edu ).