Library Office Notes


University of Illinois Library
at Urbana-Champaign

No. 1, January 7, 2000
Edited by:  Dixie L. Trinkle
The deadline for submitting items for publication is
Wednesday at 5:00 p.m.
Send items to L.O.N., 230 Library, MC-522
E-mail:  trinkle@uiuc.edu
FAX: 217-244-4358
Hard Copies of LON

Hard copies of LON will be available in Room 230 Library.

(Paula Kaufman)

Downs Intellectual Freedom Award Reception

All are invited to attend the reception at ALA Midwinter in San Antonio on January 15, 2000.

The reception will be held at The Holiday Inn Crockett Hotel (behind the Alamo and just around the corner from the Menger Hotel) in San Antonio on Saturday, January 15, 5:30-7:30 p.m., just off the main lobby.  The reception is co-hosted by GSLIS and Greenwood Publishing Group, located in Westport, CT.

 

Greenwood also provides an honorarium to the award recipient.  The GSLIS faculty has awarded the Downs Intellectual Freedom Award to Ann Symons, past president of ALA, for her long-term contributions to the cause of Intellectual Freedom.

Please join us in San Antonio at the Crockett Hotel on Saturday, January 15, at the 5:30-7:00 award presentation and reception.

If you have questions about the reception, contact Terry Weech at t-weech@uiuc.edu.

(Terry Weech)

JANUARY LIBRARY EXHIBITS

Government Information:  A Family Resource
Government Documents Library, Main Corridor, South End, Wall Display

The Japanese Emigration to Peru, 1899-1999
Latin American Library Display

Past, Present, and Future Leaders in Library and Information Science
Main Corridor

Hugo von Hofmannsthal:  Austrian Lyric Poet Inspired by Tradition
Modern Languages and Linguistics Library

Detecting European Style ... Mystery Fiction from the Continent
Modern Languages and Linguistics Library

The Young and the Restless:  A Week in the Life Of
Rare Book Room

(Library Office of Development and Public Affairs)

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Minutes of the Library Staff Steering Committee Meeting
December 8, 1999

Present:  A. Bendel, A. Conrad, J. Gammon, F. Huang, P. Lindell, L. Roberts, B. Trumpinski-Roberts, D. Walter, G. Witte, and E. Schroeder

Guest:  Bob Burger

I.  Minutes of the November 10, 1999 meeting were revised and approved.

II.  Reports

A.  Admin. Council - see LON for detailed minutes

- Paula Kaufman encouraged units to have regular staff meetings

B.  Faculty meeting - see LON for detailed minutes

- staff attended to hear the goals & objectives from the Strategic Plan

C.  Library reconfig. - nothing new to report.

 D.  Strategic Planning Committee - the strategic plan goals and objectives to be done by Dec. 1999.  The Committee is still revising the Plan.  If you wish to receive a copy of the latest version, e-mail Gil Witte and he will send it (g-witte@uiuc.edu).

 E.  Awards sub-Committee - the first meeting is scheduled for Dec. 15.

 III.  Updates/Announcements

A.  Gil Witte forwarded a report from Bart Clark indicating that the campus lighting committee walked through the Library parking lot to review the lighting situation.

IV.  Discussions

A.  LSSC elections - members whose term were to be extended should talk to their division for objections or to determine of someone wants to run for the office. Members should report back to G. Witte.

- Gil Witte and Eileen Schroeder will conduct the election for the two seats up.

V.  New Business

Bob Burger was the guest

A.  The Committee presented the history of LSSC meetings , whom we have met with, our concerns about receiving answers to questions submitted.

B.  B. Burger said his job description is still evolving - he will consult with Paula Kaufman.

C.  The Committee presented our concerns about training to B. Burger.   Several ideas were discussed from mentoring a new staff to training a "core group" who would them train other staff.

Respectfully submitted,

Jane Gammon, Transcriber

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PROFESSIONAL VACANCY LIST

Copies of job announcement are available from the Library Personnel Office.

JOB TITLE, LOCATION, CLOSING DATE:

Youth Services Librarian, The St. Louis Public Library, St. Louis, MO (applications accepted until an appointment is made)

Librarian I, The St. Louis Public Library, St. Louis, MO (applications accepted until an appointment is made)

Assistant Curator, Special Collections, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC (Applications reviewed upon receipt and accepted until the position is filled)

Access Services Librarian, Undergraduate Library Services Division, The General Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin, Texas (Applications reviewed upon receipt and accepted until the position is filled)

Associate University Librarian for Information Systems and Technology, Rutgers University Libraries, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ (January 5, 2000)

Environmental and Agricultural Sciences Librarian, New Brunswick Libraries, Rutgers University Libraries, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ (January 5, 2000)

Science and Digital Projects Librarian, Rutgers University Libraries, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ (January 5, 2000)

Government Documents/Reference Librarian, Indiana University Kokomo Library, Kokomo, IN (January 7, 2000)

Head, Special Collections and University Archives, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK (January 10, 2000)

Business Reference Librarian, Librarian I, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, (January 15, 2000)

Africana Bibliographer, Librarian II or III, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, (January 15, 2000)

Access Services Librarian, The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, WI (January 15, 2000)

Curator of Graphic Arts, Princeton University Library, Princeton, NJ (January 17, 2000)

Internship in Library Systems, University of Washington, Seattle, WA (January 21, 2000)

Reference Coordinator, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (January 24, 2000)

Science Reference Librarian, University Libraries, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK (January 25, 2000)

Original Cataloging Coordinator, University of Nevada, Reno NV (January 28, 2000)

Catalog Librarian-Serials Specialist, Colorado State University Libraries, Fort Collins, CO (January 28, 2000)

Assistant Professor/Humanities/Social Sciences Librarian, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK (January 29, 2000)

Assistant Professor/Assistant Digitization & Patent Librarian, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK (January 31, 2000)

Curator, Photographs and Graphics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA (January 31, 2000)

Systems Librarian, University of Washington, Seattle, WA (January 31, 2000)

Dean, University Library System, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI (February 1, 2000)

Coordinator of Instructional Services, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC (February 7, 2000)

Head, Reference Services, Louisiana State University Libraries, Baton Rouge, LA (February 18, 2000)

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Academic Search Position Update

 

Title

Search

Opened

Search

Extended

Search

Closed

Search

Cancelled

Interviews

Scheduled

Head of the Government Documents Library POSITION FILLED
Cataloger, Original Cataloging Team 09-10-99 09-13-99 11-27-99
Research Programmer-Systems Office POSITION FILLED
Research Programmer-Technical Services Division 09-10-99 09-24-99
Slavic & East European Technical Services Librarian  

11-28-99

Support Staff Positions Opened

Library Clerk III, 100% Education & Social Science Library, $9.824 per hour

Library Clerk III, 100%, Veterinary Medicine Library, (Position Closed)

Library Technical Specialist, Music Library, $16.50 per hour

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