Month: December 2010

2010-12-28

Kirstin Dougan has been elected as one of the Music Library Association’s three new Board of Directors.  Her three-year term as Member-at-Large will begin in February 2011 at MLA’s Annual Meeting.

Dougan is the Music and Performing Arts Librarian in the Music and Performing Arts Library at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.  She previously served as Interim Head and Public Services Librarian of the Duke University Music Library, and Digital Projects Librarian at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She holds the M.L.S. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, an M.M. in Viola Performance from Ball State University, and a B.M. in Viola Performance from Lawrence University.

Dougan’s MLA service includes membership on its Program Committee Task Force (2010), the Publications Awards (2010) and Facilities (2007-present) Committees, and chairing the Newsletter Taskforce Committee (2008-2009). Recently she was elected Chair-Elect of the Midwest Chapter of MLA, adding to her various service roles in MLA’s Southeast and Midwest Chapters.

Founded in 1931, the Music Library Association is the professional organization in the United States devoted to music librarianship and all aspects of music materials in libraries.  The MLA provides a professional forum for librarians, archivists, and others who support and preserve the world’s musical heritage.  Its Board of Directors administers and manages the affairs of the MLA, formulates and executes its policies, and realizes its stated purposes.  For more information, please visit www.musiclibraryassoc.org .

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2010-12-06

Materials from the English Library and Modern Language and Linguistics Library that are being transferred into the new Literatures and Languages Library will be converted into the Library of Congress (LC) Classification.  The new library will open on January 18, 2011.

The Literatures and Languages Library joins the Music and Performing Arts Library, the Asian Library, and the Law Library in making use of the LC classification for its materials. For information on reading LC call numbers, please see the Library of Congress Classification Outline and the Learn to Read a Library of Congress Number guide. For more information on our decision to introduce the LC classification to the new library, please see Library of Congress Classification Conversion for the Literatures and Languages Library:  Background and Benefits .

Where are the books?  How to find materials during the transition to the Literatures and Languages Library

We will experience a transition period as materials are converted into the LC Classification and transferred into the new Literatures and Languages Library.  We will strive to make the materials as accessible as possible to patrons throughout the process.  Between now and the opening of the new library unit, you may see items in the catalog that look like this:

Location:          Literatures & Languages
Call Number:     GR550 .F284 2009

Any items with the new “Literatures and Languages” location in Voyager will be available by request through December 17.  Between December 17 and January 18, please try the I-Share catalog , if you need a particular item, or contact one of the Literatures and Languages Librarians to arrange access to these materials.

The following chart provides more detail on where to find materials from the libraries during the transition:

Date	English Library?	Modern Languages and Linguistics Library?
LATE NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2010	•    A limited number of titles will be converted into LC and held in the Periodicals Room as they are converted •    New titles in LC will be available by request through the online catalog until the opening of the new unit	•    New titles in LC will be held in a separate section
WINTER BREAK (Dec. 17, 2010– Jan. 17, 2011)	•    Unbound journal issues and select bound journals in room 200S •    Previously transferred materials in Stacks and Oak Street •    All other materials for Lit Lang Library held for reclassification into LC	•    Unbound journal issues in room 200S •    Previously transferred materials in Stacks and Oak Street •    All other materials for Lit Lang Library held for reclassification into LC
SPRING SEMESTER (January 18, 2011- onwards)	•    All materials for Lit Lang Library moved into 225 Main Library •    Reference materials in 200 Main Library	•    Materials transferred to Lit Lang Library in 225 as they are reclassified •    Reference materials in 200 Main Library

If you have questions, please contact Paula Carns , Head of Literatures and Languages Library.

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2010-12-01

Miranda Remnek, head of collections for the Slavic and East European Library and professor of library administration at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, has been selected to be one of the first two recipients of the ASEEES (Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies) Committee on Libraries and Information Resources Distinguished Service Award.  Remnek was recognized at the ASEEES National Convention on November 20, 2010.

Established this year, the award is intended to recognize ASEEES member librarians, archivists or curators whose contributions to the field of Slavic, East European and Eurasian studies librarianship have been especially noteworthy or influential.  The effect of these contributions may be the result of continuous or distinguished service to the profession, but may also be the result of extraordinarily active, innovative or collaborative work that deserves national recognition.

The ASEEES Committee on Libraries and Information Resources (CLIR), consists of scholars and librarians in the fields of Slavic, East European, and Eurasian studies and works on a wide range of topics and ventures that include, but are not limited to: copyright, digital initiatives, microfilming projects, vendor issues, collection development, and the American Bibliography of Slavic and East European Studies (ABSEES).

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