Library Office Notes


University of Illinois Library
at Urbana-Champaign

No. 20, May 19, 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

MAY LIBRARY EXHIBITS

Career Opportunities with the Federal Government
Government Documents Library, Main Corridor, South End, Wall Display

European Intervention in Mexico, 1861-1867
Latin American Library Display

University of Illinois Commencements:  1875-2000
Main Corridor and Mueller Display Case (East Foyer)

James Newton Matthews--First Student at the University of Illinois
Main Hall--Upright Case

Proust in Transition
Modern Languages and Linguistics Library

I have a Song to Sing, O":  Arthur Sullivan, 1842-1900
Music Library (April, May, and June)

Number Theory for the Millennium
Rare Book Room

Lost University of Illinois--"What Once Was--What Might Have Been"
University Archives, Outside Room 19

American Film Institute's Life Achievement Award ... and the Winner is ...
Undergraduate Library Media Center (March 1-May 30)

University of Illinois Library Office of Development and Public Affairs

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The Library Colloquium Committee and Grad School of Library and Information Science are co-sponsoring a talk by Professor Niles Maack of the Grad School of Education and Information Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles.

"Form Follows Function:  Reflection on the Architecture of the Printed Book
as the Key to its Future in the Electronic Environment"

Thursday, May 25, 2000
1:30-3:00 p.m.
Room 109 GSLIS Building

At the close of the 20th century, it became clear that the structure of the electronic database affords much more efficient information storage and retrieval than can be achieved using printed matter, and the World Wide Web offers unparalleled possibilities for the rapid transmission of text and image.  Nonetheless, those who predict the end of print culture forget that other functions of the printed book have not yet been seriously challenged.

Using an architectural metaphor, this speaker will analyze the physical and spatial aspects of the printed book and conclude that its survival will be ensured because its format facilitates certain uses of text in a way that cannot be duplicated by electronic media.

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Academic Search Position Update

 

Title

Search

Opened

Search

Extended

Search

Closes

Search

Cancelled

Interviews

Scheduled

Research Programmer-Systems 02-22-00 04-07-00 05-10, 18 & 19
Head of Preservation 03-01-00 06-30-00
Commerce Librarian 01-04-00 04-27-00 05-31-00 or until filled
Head of Public Services, Law Library 01-26-00 03-01-00 or until filled 05-18, 19
Foreign, Comparative & International Law Librarian  

02-22-00

04-14-00 or until filled 05-22, 23

 

Afro-American Studies Librarian 03-20-00 06-01-00
Research Information Specialist 03-22-00 04-24-00 05- 24 & 06-01
Assistant University Archivist 03-22-00 05-15-00
Assistant Undergraduate Librarian for Reference Services 03-22-00 05-15-00
Japanese Studies Librarian 04-05-00 06-15-00  

 

Head of Technical Services, Law Library 04-17-00 05-31-00 or until filled  

 

 

Visiting Assistant Music Librarian 04-21-00 05-25-00
Math Librarian 04-24-00 06-15-00  

 

Visiting Asst to the Assoc Univ Librn for Planning & Budgeting 05-15-00 05-31-00

Support Staff Positions Open

Library Clerk II, 100%, Law Library, $9.366 per hr
Library Clerk III, 50%, Gov. Docs Lib, $9.824 per hr
Library Technical Specialist, 100%, Gov. Docs Lib, $17.04 per hr

Support Staff Positions Closed

Library Clerk III, 50%, Central Circulation
Library Clerk III, 100%, Technical Services

(J. Lowder)

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