Library Office Notes

FEBRUARY LIBRARY EXHIBITS

Contemporary Mexican Music Groups
Latin American Library Display

Blacks in Films, tryin' to make it real ... compared to what?
Main Corridor

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

The Young and the Restless:  Scripts in the
Rare Book and Special Collections
Rare Book Room

The Advertising Council:  Six Decades of Public Service Advertising
University Archives, Outside Room 19

(Library Office of Development and Public Affairs)

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Collection Development Committee
Meeting Minutes

December 21, 1999

Present:  N. Romero, D. Holiman, L. Pausch, M. Stuart, L. Miller, M.B. Allen,
S. Clark, J. Williams, T. Kilton, D. Burgard, L. German, K. Schmidt

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Schmidt welcomed Mary Beth Allen, who replaces Pat Allen as the CDC Life Sciences Division representative.

Schmidt reported on the decision by the Budget Subcommittee to provide $50,000 in additional (temporary ) money to the electronic resources fund from general funds for FY00.  The BSC has indicated it wishes to make these additional dollars permanent in FY01 by internal reallocation.  The "new and improved programs" request is still part of the budget that is being considered by the state.  This request would bring the Library $550,000 in new permanent money for electronic resources.  If the Library receives this additional funding, internal reallocation for FY01 would not be necessary to support e-resources.

APPROVAL PLAN CONFLICT POLICY

There is no consensus among the divisions concerning the best way to handle those approval plan conflicts that cannot be easily resolved.  The CDC has agreed to follow L. German’s recommendation that unresolved conflicts be handled by ordering a second copy and charging each interested library’s monograph funds 50% for the second copy.   This is a test through the end of the fiscal year.

It was noted that conflicts cannot override the Level 5 collections housed in the Rare Books collection.

APPROVAL PLAN SUBCOMMITTEE REPORT

German reported that she has worked extensively with Academic Book Center to refine the ISBNs for the publisher-based approval plan.  This will provide us with a plan that is more comprehensive and comprehensible.

The Undergraduate Library is testing a modest approval plan beginning with 2000 imprints.  This plan also enables us to try PromptCat.  German will ask the vendor for a duplicates list between the Undergraduate and main approval plans.

The Approval Plan Subcommittee is still collecting data on publishers to consider adding to the plan.

TANGIBLE DIGITAL PRODUCTS

David Griffiths has been commissioned to write a new draft of this that blends the CDC-EIRC document and the CPAC recommendations.

PRESERVATION MICROFILM

Schmidt reported on her discussions with Bart Clark regarding the microfilm in the basement.  The CDC discussed how these are used and if they are service copies or preservation copies.  Schmidt will investigate further.

SECURITY STRIPPING OF CONTINUATIONS

The Committee discussed the inquiry sent by the Serials Implementation Task Force regarding the policy for security stripping for continuations.  It was agreed that this issue would be sent out on LIB-NEWS for input, and that the divisional representatives would also seek input from their divisions.

NEW AGENDA ITEMS?

The Committee discussed issues it should be looking at.  The Collection Philosophy Statement was raised as a possible topic of discussion.  It was suggested that collection profiles that describe existing collections for use with fund-raising as well as for public relations would be very useful.  Faculty contributions about our collections would be useful to have in such publications.

OTHER

There was a brief discussion of the CLPC proposal to appoint a campus-wide committee to review the Library materials budget allocation.  Schmidt gave brief reports on the CRL and CIC-VEL conferences.

L. Pausch reminded the Committee that Greg Youngen will be replacing her on the CDC when she retires.

Next meeting:  January 25, 2000

(K. Schmidt)

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IPS INTERNATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES BULLETIN

Below are grant and fellowship opportunities for international research, teaching, and outreach.  Contact information is provided for obtaining application materials and program guidelines.  Your comments and suggestions for this bulletin are appreciated.

DEPARTMENT OF STATE SUMMER INSTITUTE FOR EFL ADMINISTRATORS

The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the United States Department of State solicits proposals for a Summer Institute for English-as-a-Foreign Language (EFL) Administrators from Francophone and Lusophone Sub-Saharan Africa.  The Summer Institute will provide a six-week academic program incorporating a U.S. cultural and educational experience for sixteen supervisors/inspectors/administrators of secondary schools from French- and Portuguese-speaking countries of Sub-Saharan Africa.   Subject to availability of funds, one grant of up to $100,000 will be awarded to conduct the 2000 Institute.  The Bureau asks for detailed proposals from U.S. institutions of higher education that have an acknowledged reputation in the fields of education administration and EFL.  Special expertise in handling cross-cultural programs and experience with educational systems in Sub-Saharan Africa and African education administrators are also required.

The general objective of the Institute is to support and encourage the upgrading of English language programs in secondary schools in French- and Portuguese-speaking African countries through enhancing participants' management and organizational skills and broadening their understanding of U.S. institutions and culture.

The proposal should be designed to support the following specific activities:

A five-week academic program with emphasis on developing the capacities of supervisors/inspectors/administrators to strengthen EFL programs through more effective management of teachers, students, and resources.  Cultural activities facilitating interaction among the African participants, American students, faculty, and administrators and the local community to promote mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of African countries, planned within the five-week academic program.

A one-week cultural and educational tour of Washington, D.C., complementing and reinforcing the academic material.

Follow-on communication among participants and the U.S. institution to continue exchanges of ideas developed during the Institute.  Assistance to participants to select, purchase, and ship professional materials to use in follow-up activities and training projects in their home countries.

For further information, contact:

Carol Herrera, Program Officer
Tel. 202-619-5405; Fax 202-619-6137
Email:  cherrera@usia.gov
Office of Academic Exchange Programs, African Programs Branch, Room 232
Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, U. S. Department of State SA-44
301 4th Street, S.W., Washington, D.C.  20547

Additional information and application materials can also be obtained at the Bureau's web site:  http://e.usia.gov/education/rfps.   The deadline for application is February 11, 2000.

COMMITTEE ON INSTITUTIONAL COOPERATION GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS FOR FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY

The CIC Foreign Language Enhancement Program (FLEP) will award up to thirty scholarships to graduate students at CIC universities to pursue foreign language study this summer.  Scholarships of up to $2,000 will be awarded to cover living expenses incurred while attending another CIC host institution.  The program is intended to help graduate students take advantage of less commonly taught language offerings not available to them at their home university.

For information and application materials, contact CIC, 244-5565 or visit the CIC web site http://www.cic.uiuc.edu/.   The deadline for applications is February 15, 2000.

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE SCHOLARSHIPS IN HIGHER EDUCATION FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM 2000-01 AAAS Science Scholars in Higher Education for International Development Program

AAAS invites applications for the 2000-01 Science Scholars in Higher Education for International Development Program.  Selected scholars will spend one year at the U. S. Agency for International Development (USAID) in Washington, D.C., as part of a team to conceptualize, plan, and implement international development activities in which there is collaboration between USAID and the higher education community in the U. S. and abroad.

Scholars must have a minimum of five years experience in international higher education and have a Ph.D. in any physical, biological, or social science, or any field of engineering.  The emphasis will be on selecting individuals who have substantial experience in higher education development abroad and have developed education linkages or networks with international higher education institutions.  The program begins September 1, 2000, and includes an $80,000 stipend plus allowances for relocation to Washington, D.C., health insurance, and international travel.  Finalists will be interviewed on March 30, 2000.  U. S. citizenship is required.  The deadline for receipt of applications is March 1, 2000.

Application information is available from:

AAAS Science Scholars in Higher Education for International Development Program
Tel. 202/326-6700
Email:  science_policy@aaas.org
http://www.aaas.org/spp/dspp/stg/scholars.htm

MUCIA INTERNATIONAL PROJECT DEVELOPMENT GRANTS

A limited Travel Fund for International Program Development will be available to all interested faculty and staff (a maximum of $1,000 for each project) from funds supplied by the Midwest Universities Consortium for International Activities, Inc. (MUCIA), the Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs, International Programs and Studies at UIUC, and the Office of External Education at UIC.  The fund is designed to support international travel for faculty and staff, enabling them to work abroad on projects that are likely to result in institutional development or enhancement of international programs.  Applicants must obtain matching funds from any institutional source.  For more information, contact Institutional and Faculty International Collaboration, 321 International Studies Building, 910 South Fifth Street, Champaign, Illinois  61820 (217) 333-1993.  The deadline for spring is March 1, 2000.

INTERNATIONAL SEMINARS FOR FACULTY AND ADMINISTRATORS

The Council on International Educational Exchange is pleased to offer seventeen International Faculty Development Seminars in June and July, 2000, including six new seminars:

ARGENTINA/CHILE:  Economic Reform, Regional Integration, and Democratization
CHINA:  The Historic Cities of China
COSTA RICA:  Perspectives on Women in a Central American Society
JORDAN:  Jordan and Geopolitics
RUSSIA:  Art Treasures of the Romanovs at the Hermitage Museum
TURKEY:  Transformations in Turkey:  Economics, Polity and Religion

Other June/July 2000 seminars include Brazil, Croatia, Cuba, Germany, Ghana, Hungary, Mexico, Northern Ireland, South Africa, Spain, and Vietnam.  The council's inaugural Cuba seminar is currently running and will be offered again this summer.  These one- to two-week, intensive overseas programs are designed for U. S. university faculty and administrators, in an effort to help stimulate initiatives toward internationalizing curricula.  The seminars are hosted by overseas academic institutions and feature lectures, coordinated study tours, and opportunities to meet with scholarly communities abroad.

For further information, contact the Faculty Programs Department at the Council, by telephone at 1/800-40-STUDY (ext. 4) or 212/822-2747, by email at  IFDS@CIEE.ORG, or visit the CIEE web site at http://www.ciee.org/ifds.

The application deadline is March 15, 2000.

HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM ROTHBERG INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL ANNA SOBOL LEVY FELLOWSHIPS

Applications are invited for the Anna Solo Levy Fellowships for 2000-20001.  The fellowships enable American students to attend the Hebrew University of Jerusalem for one year as visiting graduate students.  The purpose of the fellowships is to enhance and strengthen the unique relationship between the United States and Israel by establishing genuine understanding and communication between future leaders of the two countries.   Recipients of the fellowships will be expected to participate in briefings and visits to Israeli military bases arranged by the Project Officer assigned by the Israeli Defense Forces.  It is anticipated that fellows will maintain close contact with the Israel Defense Forces officer corps.  Fellows may select courses in the area of their choice and will also have a private tutorial with a leading professor of the Hebrew University on Israeli-American relations, military strategies, and doctrines.   Fellows will be required to attend the Summer Hebrew Ulpan and to continue their Hebrew studies throughout the year.  Fellows will be awarded a certificate of recognition upon completion of the year's program.  Fellowships are in the amount of $5,000 plus housing costs and an additional $1,000 for the tutorial.

Candidates must be U. S. citizens, aged 28 or younger.  Additional information can be obtained by contacting Janis R. Coulter, Senior Programs Officer, 212/472-2288 or 800/404-8622, ext. 316; Fax 212/517-4548; E-mail:  hebrewu@compuserve.com or janis@hebrewu.com, Web site:  http://overseas.huji.ac.il/
The deadline for application is March 15, 2000.

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION DIRECTORATE FOR ENGINEERING EXPLORATORY RESEARCH RELATED TO THE 1999 EARTHQUAKES IN TURKEY AND TAIWAN

The Division of Civil and Mechanical Systems (CMS) of the NSF Directorate for Engineering (ENG) announces an opportunity for exploratory research related to the two major urban earthquakes in Turkey and Taiwan.  The recent earthquakes offer unique research opportunities to advance the state of knowledge and the state of practice in earthquake engineering.  The significant increase in large magnitude ground motion recordings, the fault rupture from two different types of faulting in urban areas, and the consequences of the strong ground shaking, including massive structural failures/collapses, landsliding, liquefaction, make these earthquakes particularly significant.

The goals of this research opportunity are the capture of time-sensitive data and field information, records of constructed facility performance and institutional response, and collaborative exploratory research.  This research opportunity will also result in the establishment of enhanced working relationships with colleagues in   Turkey and Taiwan.  These collaborations may be continued into more extensive research efforts of longer duration that may be submitted for the regular April 1/October 1 target deadlines for unsolicited proposals to the CMS Division.

Research funded under this opportunity is expected to be mutually beneficial for the U. S. and the collaborating country, Turkey or Taiwan.  It is desirable that research in this opportunity be implemented as a coordinated effort between the U. S. and Turkey or Taiwan, and applicants are encouraged to include interactions with in-country researchers as integral to the research goals.  Joint research involving data acquisition, field studies, the sharing of facilities, and the joint design of experiments, etc., is particularly encouraged where appropriate.

Proposals may be submitted by U. S. universities and colleges in support of individual investigators or small groups.  Up to $1.5 million will be available to fund up to twenty projects in FY00.  For more information and application materials, see the NSF web site at http://www.nsf.gov/.   Proposals must be submitted electronically via FastLane by 5:00 PM, local time, April 4, 2000.  Detailed instructions for proposal preparation and submission via FastLane are available at:  http://www.fastlane.nsf.gov/a1/newstan.htm.  

ASSOCIATION LIAISON OFFICE INSTITUTIONAL PARTNERSHIPS IN HIGHER EDUCATION FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT GRANTS

The Association Liaison Office for University Cooperation in Development (ALO), established in 1992, coordinates the efforts of the nation's six major higher education associations to build their partnership with the he U. S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and to help their member institutions plan and implement development programs with colleges and universities abroad.  USAID in September 1997 awarded a five-year Cooperative Agreement to ALO and its member organizations that seeks to mobilize the resources of American higher education in support of international development cooperation.  One portion of the Agreement supports partnerships between higher education institutions in the United States and in cooperating countries to demonstrate how they can apply their expertise collaboratively to global and locally based development challenges, and to increase the capacity of institutions in USAID-assisted countries to contribute to development.

Institutional Partnership Program Objectives

ALO and USAID seek to support American academic institutions as they engage with higher education associations and institutions in developing and newly independent countries to:

address collaboratively an array of complex social issues and development problems; strengthen their respective capacities for conducting their educational missions of teaching, research, and service to address development priorities; contribute to the preparation of a responsible citizenry and a proficient workforce engaged in a global marketplace; and increase the attention to and understanding of international education and development issues on campuses and among the institutions' constituencies.

These partnerships may receive up to $100,000 in grant funds for a two- to three-year period.  These funds may be complemented by additional mission support although this is not expected or required.  For more information, visit the ALO web site, http://www.aascu.org/alo/IP/proposals.htm.   The deadline for applications is April 24, 2000.

(Marianna Tax Choldin)

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