Library Office Notes

Note of Appreciation

The Library Staff Steering Committee would like to recognize and extend a note of appreciation to Julie Watkins for her dedication and leadership as LSSC Chair for the past two years. Her personal commitment and cheerful disposition were an inspiration to all.

(Gil Witte)

UIUC Scholars' Travel Fund

The Research Board has recently approved the request by Professor William Brockman for travel support to Charleston, South Carolina, to present the paper 'Designing a Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man'. The Travel Award for this trip is $300. In addition, he will be entitled to receive a Supplemental Expense Allotment of $50 for each conference day attended to a maximum of $250. Congratulations!

(Frances O'Brien)

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FEBRUARY LIBRARY EXHIBITS

"Cupid's Corner"
Undergraduate Library Media Center

"King's Legacy: Materials from the Collection of
Lawrence Stanford King (1946-1994)
Music Library

"Tango: An Argentine Invention"
&
"Mexican Corridos"
Latin American Library Services

"New Years Around the World"
Newspaper Library Exhibit Case

"Racial Justice: An International Struggle"
Main Corridor and Mueller Exhibit Case
(East Foyer)

Nuruddin Farah's Somalia: "Country of Imagination"
Modern Languages and Linguistics Library

(Library Office of Development and Public Affairs)

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The Library Colloquium Committee
presents:

"Love and lust in the Rare Book and Special Collections Library: A
Valentine's Day celebration of our collections and services."

a talk by
Barbara Jones

Barbara Jones, UIUC Rare Book and Special Collections Librarian, and other staff and faculty from
that library will use a romantic theme to highlight the world-renowned collections and services
available to scholars and the general community in this library.
Red and/or chocolate refreshments will be served.

Thursday, February 11, 1999
1:30-3:00 pm
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1408 West Gregory
Urbana, IL 61801
Main Library - Room 346 (Rare Book and Special Collections Library)

Sponsored by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

For more information, call 244-9497
or e-mail: mjacobs@uiuc.edu

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The Library Colloquium Committee
presents:

1998-1999 Lecture Series

featuring

Barbara Jones (UIUC Rare Book and Special Collections Librarian)
***11 February 1999***

Sarah M. Pritchard (Director of Libraries - Smith College)
***March 1999***

Rick Jones (Music Librarian - Notre Dame University)
Sonja Jordan (Head, Preservation Unit - Notre Dame University)
***April 1999***

In the coming days and weeks we will be providing you with more details about each of these lectures through our web site
http://www.library.uiuc.edu/colloquium/
and various electronic and print media. Please begin to plan now to join us for what will be interesting, entertaining, and informative lectures on issues of concern to all library staff.

Sponsored by the University of Illinois Library at Urbana-Champaign

For more information, call 244-9497
or e-mail: mjacobs@uiuc.edu

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As part of the Library's efforts to encourage staff development, the Administration would like to send one Library staff member to the ALA Annual Conference to be held in New Orleans, LA, June 25-29, 1999, on a "scholarship." This scholarship would include a cash award of $400 to attend the conference.

The Library Staff Steering Committee has been given the responsibility of soliciting applicants for this award. As such, the Committee will accept letters of interest to be judged by a panel selected by the LSSC. All Library staff are eligible (except those on the panel). Consideration will be shown to staff members who have not previously been awarded the scholarship.

To be considered for the scholarship, please address the following three questions:

The letters should be returned to Diana Walter by either e-mail or campus mail by no later than March 1, 1999.

    Diana Walter
    Geology Library
    223 Natural History Building
    MC-102
    e-mail: dlwalter@uiuc.edu

The recipient will be announced on March 3, 1999. This will allow the recipient to make the necessary early and less expensive arrangements. To aid those interested in attending but who do not know much about ALA, you can check out the ALA web page at:

The recipient of the award will be asked to report to the LSSC about their time spent at ALA.

User Services Librarians, California State University, Los Angeles, CA (February 2, 1999 and continue until filled)

Director of Human Resource Programs and Services, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA (Open now and will continue until position is filled)

Cataloger (Monographs and Electronic Resources) University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK (Search will remain open until filled)

Cataloging Librarian, Washington State University, Pullman, WA (February 15, 1999)

Head Librarian, Science Library, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (February 16, 1999)

Head Librarian, Barker Engineering Library, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (February 16, 1999)

Associate Head Librarian and Reference Coordinator, Dewey Library for Management and Social Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (February 16, 1999)

Head Librarian, Undergraduate Library Services Division, University of Texas at Austin, TX (March 1, 1999)

Curator/Cataloguer of the Arne Nixon Center For the Study of Children's Literature, California State University, Fresno, CA (March 12, 1999 and open until filled)

Assistant Systems Librarian, Assistant Professor, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE (March 15, 1999)

Special Collections/Archives Librarian, Assistant Professor, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE (March 15, 1999)

Reference Librarian/Instructional Technology Coordinator, University of California, Los Angeles, CA (March 15, 1999)

Assistant Systems Librarian, Washington State University, Pullman, WA (March 15, 1999)

Cataloger (Monographs), University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK (April 15, 1999 and open until filled)

Librarian, History of Science Collections, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK (April 15, 1999 and open until filled)

Special Collections Librarian, Washington State University, Pullman, WA (April 15, 1999)

Present: A. Conrad, R. Fentress, J. Gammon, P. Lindell, L. Roberts, B. Trumpinski-Roberts, D. Walter, G. Witte

New officers:        Chair: Gil Witte
                            Vice-Chair: Barb Trumpinski-Roberts
                            Transcriber: Jane Gammon
                            Admin. Council Rep.: Alan Conrad
                            Faculty Meeting Rep. Pam Lindell

2. Minutes of the meetings of December 9, 1998 and January 13, 1999 were approved.

4. R. Fentress discussed the backlog of books for cataloguing which resulted from reorganization and loss of staff in Technical Services. The backlog is being addressed.

5. A. Conrad will contact Frances O'Brien about computer skills classes for Library staff.

7. We discussed inviting a member of the Administrative Services to attend our meetings.

8. G. Witte will contact Julie Watkins about last year's ALA scholarship announcement.