Congratulations To:

Melody Allison (Biology Library) was recently elected as Chair-Elect and 2006 Program Chair for the Nursing and Allied Health Resources Section of the Medical Library Association.  Her duties in this role began in May 2005.  The commitment is for three years, serving first as  Chair-Elect,  then Chair, and finally, Immediate Past-Chair. During 2005-2006, Melody will be busy planning the Section program for the MLA meeting to be held in Phoenix, Arizona, in May 2006.

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

Staff Development and Training Committee

Staff Development & Training Calendar

User Ed Committee

News & Announcements from Units:

The Mortenson Center has new Associates that have been paired with "Friends." They are as follows:

Thi Hoa Hoang, Hanoi, Vietnam paired with Beth Sandore

Yasuyo Inoue, Souka, Saitama Japan paired with Christine Jenkins

Kathleen Laishley, Cape Town, South Africa paired with Fred Schlipf

Loan Le Thi, Mo Chi Minh City, Vietnam paired with Mary Beth Allen

Ntombela Mandla Maxwell, Pitermaritzburg, South Africa paired with Fred Schlipf

Tamaki Mine, Tokyo, Japan paired with Setsuko Noguchi

Norma Clemencia Molina Zarta paired with Sue Searing

Abdullahi Musa Ibrahim, Zaria, Nigeria paired with Ann Bishop

Abdool Cader Nunkoo, Mauritius, Indian Ocean, Mauritius paired with Lynne Rudasill

Sandra Marcela Piedra Zamora, Bogota, Colombia paired with Nelly Gonzalez

Edwin Qobose, Gaborone, Botswana, paired with Al Kagan

Luis Eduardo Rosales Puerto, Bogota Colombia paired with Peggy Steele

Sandra Maria Rua Cardona, Medellin, Colombia paired with Lori Mestre

Alecia Steenkamp, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, paired with Jan and Jon Ison

Parul S. Zaveri, Mumbai, India, paired with Rajwant Chilana

News & Announcements from Library Administration:

Academic Search Position Update

News from the Field:

ARL

Governance and Membership Activities
1. ARL Membership Meeting Scheduled for October 26–27
2. ARL/CNI/CLIR/DLF Forum on Managing Digital Assets Set for October 28
3. ARL Board Actions Taken in July
4. ARL Board Approves Transfer of the AAU/ARL Global Resources Network to the Center for Research Libraries

Scholarly Communication
5. Antitrust Issues in Scholarly & Legal Publishing
6. Institute on Scholarly Communication to Be Jointly Developed with ACRL
7. Two Reports Address Challenges of Managing Digital Research Data
8. SPARC Sponsorship Guide Steers Journals to Success

Public Policies
9. Second Offering of “The Future of Government Documents in ARL Libraries”

Research, Teaching, and Learning
10. Special Collections Task Force Update
11. Campus Responsibilities for Course Management Systems
12. CNI Update
13. NISO Presents Workshop on "OpenURL and Metasearch," September 19–21

Other Items of Interest to ARL Directors
14. Status of Annual Statistics Surveys
15. ARL Annual Salary Survey 2004–2005 Findings
16. E-Metrics Activities
17. ARL Library Assessment Conference Held in Thessaloniki, Greece
18. LibQUAL+™ Update
19. From LibQUAL+™ to DigiQUAL+™
20. “New Ways of Listening to Library Users: Tools for Measuring Service Quality,” November 4–5 in Washington, DC
21. ARL Research Library Leadership Fellows Program, Strategic Issues Institute
22. ARL Publications Recently Released
23. Recent Grant
24. ARL Transitions
25. ARL/SPARC Staff Transitions
26. Governance Transitions
27. Other Transitions
28. Honors

Comings & Goings:

SEPTEMBER 2005 LIBRARY EXHIBITS

Summer Survival: Hot Tips From Your Government - Government Documents – Main Hall 

Wall Display Cases (Starts July 15, 2005)

Latin American Countries and Popular Culture: Mexico - Latín American and Caribbean 

Library Display

For Educational Purposes Only--The Evolution of MillerComm - Main Hall Display Cases

A Choice of Emblem Books: An Exhibit inHonor of the Seventh International 

Conference of the Society of Emblem Studies - Rare Book and Special Collections Library, 

346 Library