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:

Karen Wei is very pleased to announce that the Asian Library has received an official Notice of Award from the Japan Foundation Tokyo Headquarters regarding UIUC's application to the Japan Foundation Library Support Program.  We have been awarded Y1,893,000 (= US$16,594) worth of books/materials on Japan which will be donated to UIUC by the Japan Foundation.  Please join Karen in congratulating Setsuko Noguchi, our Japanese Studies Librarian, for a job well done.  Congratulations!

News & Announcements from Library Administration:

Printers Row Book Fair

Saturday, June 5 and Sunday, June 6

10 a.m. – 6 p.m.

web site:  http://www.chicagotribune.com/extras/printersrow/

The Library will once again be participating in this book lover’s tradition which is the largest free literary street fair held in the Midwest. Last year, thousands of alumni stopped by our booth to say hello and to ask questions about the Library.

If any Library faculty or staff members will be in Chicago on June 5 or 6, please consider coming by to spend some time helping answer questions or to mingle with the folks who stop by to see our display.  If you sign up ahead of time and spend at least two hours at our booth, we will give you a free Library t-shirt.  Send email to frey@uiuc.edu or call 333-5685 if you are interested in volunteering for a specific time. 

The 2004 BookExpo America will be held at McCormick Place the same weekend.  Famous authors and personalities, including Bill Clinton, Julie Andrews, Jules Feiffer, and Alexander McCall Smith will be appearing at either the Expo or Printers Row.  If you also happen to be a baseball fan, on Sunday it will be Illini Day at Wrigley Field with the Cubs v. the Pirates.  

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News from the Field:

Explore issues in publishing from various perspectives with librarians, publishers, authors, and vendors at this annual BookExpo event. Our keynote speaker is:

 

Our panelists include:
 

Gina Centrello, President and Publisher of the Random House Publishing Group

Cathy D. Hemming, President and Publisher of

HarperCollins General Books Group

Barbara A. Marcus, President, Children's Book Publishing, and Executive Vice President, Scholastic Corporation

There will be plenty of opportunity for all to engage in dialog informally and through Q&A sessions after presentations. Everyone participating in the Day of Dialog is invited to be LIBRARY JOURNALs guest for lunch in the Chicago Public Library Winter Garden (12:00-1:15) and for a reception in the Exhibit Hall immediately following the conference (4:00-5:00).You may register for the entire conference or the morning or afternoon sessions only. There is no charge for the conference. Register for the conference now or wait to see the complete line-up of speakers. To see a partial agenda, click here. Speakers names will be added as they are confirmed.

Click here to download a registration form for the conference, LIBRARY JOURNAL, and an optional tour of the Harold Washington Library Center. The deadline for registration is Thursday, May 20, 2004. Please e-mail the Chicago Public Library Staff Development office if you have any questions about the Day of Dialog (register@chipublib.org) or call (312) 747-4996.