Congratulations To: Marianna Choldin (former Director of the Mortenson Center) on the arrival of her first grandchild, Jessica Stephanie born to Kate on January 22 at 5:30pm.

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 Units:

The Mortenson Center for International Library Programs has received a grant of $42,600 to work with seven universities and their libraries in Ghana, Nigeria, Tanzania, and Uganda as part of Carnegie's focus on "The Partnership for Higher Education in Africa."  Staff from the Mortenson Center will visit the seven Carnegie grantees to assess the capabilities of their libraries.  The assessment will be the first step in evaluating the need for a professional development program for grantees at the Mortenson Center.

News & Announcements from Library Administration:

CENTER FOR EAST ASIAN AND PACIFIC STUDIES FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
2003-2004

(Please note that due to scheduling considerations of the Executive Committee the deadline for the Curriculum Development grant has been moved to Friday, 12 March 2004)

1. CENTER FACULTY PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT GRANTS (Conference Travel)

Grants are available to faculty members affiliated with the Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies to attend and participate in domestic and international conferences/seminars/workshops for professional development that is directly related to their undergraduate teaching of East/Southeast Asia.

Award amounts will be based on the current year's funding levels of the Scholar's Travel Fund.  All awards must be expended by 30 June 2004.

Applications and application deadline

(1) A request letter together with official invitation and program information regarding the meeting to be attended.
(2) Proposed budget, including other available funds

Applications must be received by Friday, 13 February 2004 (Spring 2004). Retroactive funding will not be considered.

2. FACULTY INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE GRANTS

Funds are available to invite professors from an East/ Southeast Asian university to visit the U of I for a 3-4 week period to co-teach undergraduate courses in Asian Studies.  The maximum award is $5,000.

Applications and application deadline. Please provide the following:

(1) A letter of request stating the purpose of the visit, the professor to be invited and which course will be taught
(2) Proposed budget, including other available funds, and dates of visit
(3) A final report 30 days following completion of the award

This grant has a revolving deadline. All awards are to be expended by 20 August 2004.  Please refer to the Center's grant announcement for more details.

3. FACULTY RESEARCH GRANTS

Block grants of $4,000 are available to support faculty research in topics relating to East and/or Southeast Asia.  Funds are to be used to support direct research expenses, material acquisitions (but not equipment) to conduct research (domestic and international).

Grant recipients may be asked during the award period to mentor a holder of the Center's Undergraduate Scholarship in Asian Studies.

Applications and application deadline. Please provide the following:

(1) Letter of request and acceptance of the grant terms.
(2) Current vitae.
(3) Research plans and statement.  Specifically, how will the research contribute to undergraduate studies in East and/or Southeast Asian studies at UIUC.
(4) Proposed budget, including other available funds.
(5) A final report 30 days following completion of the award.

Applications must be received by Friday, 15 March 2003 (Spring 2004).  All awards are to be expended by 20 August 2004.

4. UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT GRANTS

Funding is available to support curriculum development. The object of the grant program is to increase permanent undergraduate course offerings with an East and/or Southeast Asian component.  Grants provide a one-ninth (1/9) summer salary up to $7,000, and will be awarded to support development of (1) new courses, (2) course revisions to include an East and/or Southeast Asian component, (3) incorporation of new multimedia materials, and (4) improving East and/or Southeast Asian studies general education offerings.

Grant recipients and their respective academic units must assure the Center that the new offering(s) will be designated to become part of the department's permanent curriculum open to undergraduate students.

Please provide the following:
(1) A letter of request and acceptance of the grant terms.
(2) Current vitae
(3) Proposed course and statement. Specifically, how will the proposed course contribute to undergraduate studies in East and/or Southeast Asian studies at UIUC.
(4) Proposed budget, including other available funds.
(5) Letter from department chair/head.
(6) When the course will be first and subsequently offered.
(7) A final report 30 days following completion of the award period.

Applications must be received by Friday, 12 March 2004 (Spring 2004). Awards will be decided during Spring 2004 semesters, and distributed for Summer 2004. All awards are to be expended by 20 August 2004. Please refer to the Center's
grant announcement for more details.

For further information on the awards, please contact:

Undergraduate Asian Studies Funding Initiative
ATT: Eric Beck
Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies
230 International Studies Building
Phone: 244-0832

Academic Search Position Update

News from the Field:

SPARC e-news

1. Updated Create Change Brochure Available

2. Partner News

2.a. Biomed Central

2.b. SPARC Scientific Communities - BioOne

2.c. SPARC Alternatives - Crystal Growth & Design

3. Industry Roundup

Elsevier to Shut Down Three Science Portals

According to Information Today (December 29, 2003), Elsevier will close three end-user portals because the benefits do not justify the high investments required. The affected portals are BioMedNet, ChemWeb, and ElsevierEngineering.com. Membership in the portals was free, although users were required to register and access to full-text items required pay-per-view retrieval through a connection to ScienceDirect. Some of the portals' current activities will reportedly move to the main Elsevier.com site.

ALPSP Surveys on Open Access

4. Libraries Work with Faculty to Cancel Elsevier Titles

The University of California at Santa Cruz's Academic Senate called on its faculty to consider cutting ties to Elsevier journals. There have been several developments, both in the UC system's negotiations as well as negotiations at other universities.

Cornell University

Harvard University

Triangle Research Libraries Network

5. SPARC Europe News

6. Upcoming Conferences and Meetings

CERN Workshop on Innovations in Scholarly Communication: "Implementing the benefits of OAI" 3rd Workshop on the Open Archives Initiative (OAI3)

7. Open Access News

Libraries' Letter to National Institute of Health

SPARC Open Access Newsletter

ARL e-news

1. ARL Membership to Meet in Tucson, May 11-14

The 144th ARL Membership Meeting will convene in Tucson, Arizona, on May 11-14. ARL President Sarah Thomas (Cornell) developed the program on the theme of "Systemic Change in Research Institutions." ARL committees will meet during the day on Wednesday, May 12, followed by a reception. The program opens Thursday morning with the Business meeting scheduled for that afternoon, followed by a visit to the University of Arizona library. On Thursday evening, the libraries of the University of Arizona (UA) and Arizona State University will cohost a reception in the UA Center for Creative Photography. The Membership Meeting adjourns Friday at noon but will be followed by two special optional events. On Friday evening, UA Library Dean Carla Stoffle invites all of us for dinner in her home; on Saturday morning, the UA Library is arranging a tour of the extraordinary Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum. The ARL meeting location is the Lowes Ventana Canyon Hotel, a resort hotel located just outside of downtown Tucson with views of the Sonoran Desert mountains.

2. New Year Message Highlights ARL Accomplishments of 2003; Invites Input for 2004 Priorities

3. ARL Committee Roster Updated for 2004

4. Stanford Withdraws from ARL

On December 30, ARL President Sarah Thomas (Cornell) wrote to ARL member representatives that Michael Keller, University Librarian at Stanford University, had announced Stanford's decision to withdraw from ARL effective January 1, 2004. While Stanford University has not participated actively in ARL for quite some time, Ms. Thomas expressed the regret of the Association about this decision.

5. AAU/ARL Global Resources Network: Leadership Transition Announced & Comments Invited on 2004 Plans

6. Open Access Called One of the Top Ten Health Stories of 2003

7. SPARC Urges NIH to Support Open Access and Supports European Inquiry into Scientific Publications

8. New Scholarly Communication Brochure Now Available

9. CARL Invites Researchers to Assess Canadian Scholarly Communication System

10. Portal Applications Forum Addressed Learning Management Systems

11. CNI Issues 2004 Program Plan and Schedules Spring Task Force Meeting

12. Project SAILS Begins Second Phase

13. ARL and Washington University in St. Louis Pilot Undergraduate Minority Recruitment Model

The ARL Diversity Program announces the introduction of the Librarian Internship Program, hosted by Washington University in St. Louis. The pilot program will encourage minority undergraduate students from Lincoln University, an 1890 Land-grant Historically Black University in Missouri, to intern in the John M. Olin Library at Washington University in St. Louis for 10 weeks during the summer. The program will also provide these undergraduate students exposure to academic librarianship during their senior year in college. The long-term goal is to recruit the interns into ALA-accredited M.L.S. programs directly from their undergraduate experience. For more information, please contact Jerome Offord, Jr., ARL's Program Officer for Training and Diversity.

14. 2004 National Diversity in Libraries Conference, Deadline for Proposals in January 31

15. Call Issued for Applications for the ARL Initiative to Recruit a Diverse Workforce, Deadline April 30

16. Strategically Striving and Surviving Conference Scheduled for April 13-17

17. LibQual+ (TM) Update

2004 Survey Registration Complete: More than 200 institutions are registered to participate in the spring 2004 LibQUAL+(TM) survey. This year, participants include six new consortia: the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities (AJCU) law libraries; the Church Education System (CES) libraries, a consortium of libraries at institutions affiliated with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints; the European Business Schools Librarians' Group; a group of hospital libraries; and groups of public universities in Wisconsin and Florida. The 2004 survey will also be offered in several new languages, including Swedish, Dutch, and Continental French.

First Annual LibQUAL+(TM) Share Fair a Success: The annual two-day workshop for LibQUAL+(TM) survey participants, held January 11-12 in San Diego, included a successful new feature: the LibQUAL+(TM) Share Fair. Nine past participants (including the University of Arizona, Bowling Green State University, the University of Pittsburgh, and the University of Washington) shared materials and information about their survey experiences with workshop attendees who browsed the displays and asked questions of the presenters. Such networking opportunities will likely be included in future LibQUAL+(TM) participant workshops.

International LibQUAL+(TM) workshop hosted by Glasgow University: More than 40 international participants attended the two-day workshop hosted by Glasgow University on January 19-20 introducing new international participants to the LibQUAL+(TM) process. Stephen Town, Director of Information Services, Cranfield University coordinates the U.K. efforts on behalf of SCONUL. A panel of past participants spoke enthusiastically about their experiences with LibQUAL+(TM). The possibility of benchmarking at the international level will be further tested this year as we are expanding the pool of participants across five European countries and the first library participating from Australia (University of Technology, Sydney University Library). For further information about LibQUAL+(TM), contact Amy Hoseth.

18. Call for Nominations for 2004 Service Quality Evaluation Academy

19. Creating a Culture of Assessment Institute Scheduled for March 4-5

20. ARL Statistics and Measurement Progam: Status of Annual Surveys

21. ARL Publishes SPEC Survey Results on Recruitment, Authentication, and Privacy Practices

22. Papers from Sound Savings Conference Now Online

23. Report on Research Challenges in Digital Preservation Issued by LC

24. NISO Metasearch Initiative Calls for Participation

ARL 2004 National Diversity in Libraries Conference

May 4-5, 2004

Atlanta, Georgia

Comings & Goings:

FEBRUARY 2004 LIBRARY EXHIBITS

Fifty years of African American Achievement in Higher Education: Quantifying Change Using Government Documents -Government Documents Library – South Main Hall Wall Cases

African Caribbean -Latín American and Caribbean Library Display

Remembering Brown v. Board of Education -Main Hall Display Cases

Edward Said (1935-2003) -  Father of 'Orientalism' Literary critic, cultural theorist, public intellectual

and

The Nobel Prize in Literature 2003: J (ohn)  M (axwell) Coetzee - South African Novelist -Modern Languages and Linguistics Library

New Acquisitions: Carl Sandburg, Puyol Posters and French Fashion Plates -Rare Book and Special Collections Library