Library Office Notes

University of Illinois Library
at Urbana-Champaign

No. 24, June 25, 1999
Edited by: Dixie L. Trinkle

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Priscilla Yu Receives CALA Award

Please congratulate Priscilla C. Yu, Head of City Planning and Landscape Artchitecture Library, on receiving the 1999 Distinguished Service Award of the Chinese American Librarians Association (CALA). The award will be presented to Professor Yu at the annual CALA Award Banquet on June 27, 1999, in New Orleans during the ALA Annual Conference.

Ms. Yu is a long time active member of CALA and ALA, serving on numerous committees in a variety of capacities. The award reflects her commitment to service, her research in related areas, and her presence in international librarianship.

Congratulations, Priscilla!

(Nancy O'Brien)

JUNE LIBRARY EXHIBITS

Commencement: 1874, 1899, 1924, 1949, 1974
Archives

Travel Books
Rare Book and Special Collections Library

1999 LSA Linguistic Institute UIUC
(21 June-31 July)
All Cases (North, South, and Mueller Cases)

Machu Picchu City in the Sky
Latin American Library Services

"Stephen A. Forbes: A Compleat Naturalist"
Illinois Natural History Survey Library

(Library Office of Development and Public Affairs)

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Minutes of the Library Staff Steering Committee
June 9, 1999

Present: A. Bendel, A. Conrad, J. Gammon, F. Huang, H.J. Kim, P. Lindell, L. Roberts, B. Trumpinski-Roberts, D. Walters, G. Witte, and Admin Rep. C. Kopp

I. The minutes of the May 26, 1999, meeting were approved as revised.

II. Reports

A. Admin.. Council - (see LON for detailed minutes) Robert Wedgeworth chaired the meeting. He announced that Bart Clark would be Acting Librarian between Mr. Wedgeworth's departure and Paula Kaufman's arrival in September. Betsy Kruger reported on an ILCSO billings/fine proposal which is being presented at divisional meetings.

B. Faculty Meeting - (see LON for detailed minutes) Meeting was canceled. Next meeting June 18.

C. Library Reconfiguration - Meeting schedules are being planned. Construction will not begin until January 2000.

III. Updates

A. ILA - P. Lindell distributed a Reaching Forward South flyer/registration form. The first fall conference will be held Friday, September 24, 1999, in Decatur. A registration form for the next Biennial Conference for Working Women, April 13 and 14, 2000, was distributed.

B. Parking lot lighting - G. Witte received a statement from Bart Clark indicating that the campus committee is not acting on parking lot lighting at this time.

IV. Discussion

A. Personnel issues - LSSC wants to propose the need for staff training and new-staff orientation packets and its relationship to changes in the Personnel Office.

B. Members discussed review/tenure questions for the new University Librarian. LSSC will send a congratulatory letter to Paula Kaufman.

Respectfully submitted,

Jane Gammon, Transcriber

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