2011, August - December

Staff News

Please join me in welcoming Dr. Nazareth Pantaloni to the staff of the William and Gayle Cook Music Library as Visiting Librarian for Copyright and Administration. In addition to assisting with various administrative duties related to the day to day operations of the Music Library, Naz will be working with faculty, students and staff on copyright questions including registration, licensing and permissions.

An experienced law librarian, Naz most recently worked at Temple University. Prior to that he worked at Princeton, Villanova, Rutgers, and Cornell Universities and the University of Pennsylvania. The author of numerous articles, he holds a Master of Science Degree from the College of Information Studies at Drexel University, a JD from the Beasley School of Law at Temple University, and a Ph.D from Villanova University. 

His office is M275b in the Music Library. He can be reached at nazapant@indiana.edu and x57028.

Submitted by: Phil Ponella, Director of the William and Gayle Cook Music Library

Library News and Events
Free PubMed Class
The National Library of Medicine, through the National Network of Libraries of Medicine/National Training Center & Clearinghouse will be holding a free day-long PubMed class on August 9, 2011, held at the Ruth Lilly Medical Library. You can start registering for the class now.

http://nnlm.gov/ntcc/classes/schedule.html#class1

Please feel free to share with those who may be interested.
Thanks so much!

Submitted by: Beth Whipple, Research Informationist/Assistant Librarian, Ruth Lilly Medical Library

Part-Time Jobs Fair
The Indiana University Career Development Center and Arts & Sciences Career Services is pleased to invite you to attend the 2011 IU PART-TIME JOBS FAIR on Friday, August 26 - Alumni Hall, IMU.  This FREE event will connect you with hundreds of IU students that are searching for part-time employment in and around Bloomington.   Visit http://www.indiana.edu/~career/employers/fairs/PT_JobFair_Invitation.pdf  for more information and instructions on registering for this event.   Please don’t hesitate to contact us if you have difficulty opening the file or need assistance with the process.

If you are unable to attend the fair, please contact us to discuss other ways to get your job openings in front of Bloomington’s largest, most-talented labor pool!

We look forward to your participation!

Questions? 
Contact: Jeremy Harmon
Career Development Center and Arts & Sciences Career Services
855-0576 | jeharmon@indiana.edu

Submitted by: Janet Seymour, Libraries Business Manager, IUB

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August 12th, 2011 - Volume 38, Issue 32

This Week in IUL News

Staff News

Nicole Wolfersberger has resigned from her position as Paper Conservation Technician with the Preservation Department of IUB Libraries, to pursue a MPA Degree program within SPEA for non-profit management.  Nicole has given dedicated service and assistance to the Paper Conservation Unit for over three years.  Two major projects were completed during her tenure: comprehensive conservation treatment of nearly 800 Gold Rush-era newspapers and the re-housing of many hundreds of medieval illuminated manuscript fragments from the Poole and Ricketts collections; all from Lilly Library. The Preservation Lab thanks Nicole for her service and wishes her the best of luck in her future pursuits.

Submitted by: Doug Sanders, Paper Conservator, E. Lingle Craig Preservation Laboratory, IUB

Library News and Events

QR Codes in the Fine Arts Library
This past summer Sarah MacDonald, dual School of Library and Information Science and Department of the History of Art graduate student, completed a 3-credit internship in the Fine Arts Library. As part of her internship she initiated a special project to use QR codes for linking course pages with professor’s syllabi. The QR code allows students a quick connection with library resources customized to match each course. At present there are five Art History courses and eight Studio Art courses participating. Sarah met with each faculty member about including a QR code on their fall semester syllabus, discussing the logistics of where to place the code, and what class-specific resources to include on the corresponding course page.

The Fine Arts Library also began using QR codes as part of their New Book Display in the library, and for the Color Code signs in the stacks displaying LC classifications.

Prior to posting any QR codes in the library, Sarah created a QR code that was posted on the Fine Arts Library home page that links to information about what QR codes are and how to download applications for reading/scanning QR codes onto a smart phone.  Fine Arts Library homepage:  http://www.libraries.iub.edu/index.php?pageId=80

Nicole Beatty, Fine Arts Library branch coordinator, designed the course page template that Sarah used for each of the course pages.
Example course page: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/index.php?pageId=1002638

Please contact Tony White at the Fine Arts Library if you have any questions.

Submitted by: Tony White, Head, Fine Arts Library, IUB

Join InULA Today!
Want to help promote excellence in librarianship? Are you looking for more opportunities to work with IUL employees from other campuses? Become a member of InULA!

InULA sponsors several professional development events throughout the year. The Program and Social Committee has sponsored events such as workshops on creating professional posters, creating accessible PowerPoint presentations, and tools for taking notes digitally. InULA’s Research Incentive Fund encourages and supports research by providing funding for research projects of any size or scope. Annual dues are only $10 for librarians and $3 for professional and support staff.

To join or renew your membership, go to: http://www.indiana.edu/~inula/members/index.html Please indicate if you are willing to chair or serve on a committee. We look forward to hearing from you.

If you have any questions contact:
Latrice Booker
InULA Membership Committee Chair
lbooker@iun.edu
219-980-6547

Submitted by: Latrice Booker, Coordinator of Library Instruction, IU Northwest

Part-Time Jobs Fair
The Indiana University Career Development Center and Arts & Sciences Career Services is pleased to invite you to attend the 2011 IU PART-TIME JOBS FAIR on Friday, August 26 - Alumni Hall, IMU.  This FREE event will connect you with hundreds of IU students that are searching for part-time employment in and around Bloomington.   Visit http://www.indiana.edu/~career/employers/fairs/PT_JobFair_Invitation.pdf  for more information and instructions on registering for this event.   Please don’t hesitate to contact us if you have difficulty opening the file or need assistance with the process.

If you are unable to attend the fair, please contact us to discuss other ways to get your job openings in front of Bloomington’s largest, most-talented labor pool!

We look forward to your participation!

Questions? 
Contact: Jeremy Harmon
Career Development Center and Arts & Sciences Career Services
855-0576 | jeharmon@indiana.edu

Submitted by: Janet Seymour, Libraries Business Manager, IUB

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August 19th, 2011 - Volume 38, Issue 33

This Week in IUL News

Library News and Events
Join InULA Today!
Want to help promote excellence in librarianship? Are you looking for more opportunities to work with IUL employees from other campuses? Become a member of InULA!

InULA sponsors several professional development events throughout the year.

The Program and Social Committee has sponsored events such as workshops on creating professional posters, creating accessible PowerPoint presentations, and tools for taking notes digitally. InULA’s Research Incentive Fund encourages and supports research by providing funding for research projects of any size or scope. Annual dues are only $10 for librarians and $3 for professional and support staff.

To join or renew your membership, go to: http://www.indiana.edu/~inula/members/index.html Please indicate if you are willing to chair or serve on a committee. We look forward to hearing from you.

If you have any questions contact:
Latrice Booker
InULA Membership Committee Chair
lbooker@iun.edu
219-980-6547

Submitted by: Latrice Booker, Coordinator of Library Instruction, IU Northwest

Part-Time Jobs Fair
The Indiana University Career Development Center and Arts & Sciences Career Services is pleased to invite you to attend the 2011 IU PART-TIME JOBS FAIR on Friday, August 26 - Alumni Hall, IMU.  This FREE event will connect you with hundreds of IU students that are searching for part-time employment in and around Bloomington.   Visit http://www.indiana.edu/~career/employers/fairs/PT_JobFair_Invitation.pdf  for more information and instructions on registering for this event.   Please don’t hesitate to contact us if you have difficulty opening the file or need assistance with the process.

If you are unable to attend the fair, please contact us to discuss other ways to get your job openings in front of Bloomington’s largest, most-talented labor pool!

We look forward to your participation!

Questions? 
Contact: Jeremy Harmon
Career Development Center and Arts & Sciences Career Services
855-0576 | jeharmon@indiana.edu

Submitted by: Janet Seymour, Libraries Business Manager, IUB

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August 26th, 2011 - Volume 38, Issue 34

This Week in IUL News

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September

September 2nd, 2011 - Volume 28, Issue 35 | September 9th, 2011 - Volume 28, Issue 36 
September 16th, 2011 - Volume 28, Issue 37|September 23rd, 2011 - Volume 28, Issue 38 
September 30th, 2011 - Volume 28, Issue 39 

September 2nd, 2011 - Volume 38, Issue 35

This Week in IUL News

Staff News

Submitted by: Jennifer Chaffin, Director, IUB Libraries Human Resources

After 35 years of service in the Technical Services Department, Nancy Titus has retired. Nancy spent her entire library career here at the Wells Library working with periodicals and serials. After spending two years in serial check-in and control, Nancy became an online cataloger in August of 1978. Since then she moved up the ranks to become a CONSER/NACO cataloger. In addition she had the responsibility for cataloging serial titles in the HAPY languages: Hebrew, Arabic, Persian, and Yiddish. The records she and other CONSER/NACO catalogers contribute become a permanent part of the CONSER file, which can then be adapted for use world-wide by libraries and vendors alike. Nancy’s career spans the time when our files were entirely in paper to the present day when they are entirely digital.

Submitted by: James Castrataro, Supervisor, Serials Cataloging Unit , Library Technical Services, IUB

Linda Kelsey has retired from the Government Information & Kent Cooper Services Department. Linda began her library career in 1969 as Principle Library Assistant in the Order Department (Acquisitions). She left the libraries in 1970 to accompany her husband to Japan while he was an exchange student. Linda returned to the Libraries Acquisitions Department for a short time in 1973 prior to moving from the area. Her third return to the libraries was in January 1988 to the Government Publications Department as the International Documents Checker. Throughout the next 23 years Linda continually accepted new responsibilities and met the challenges with a positive attitude and determination. Linda will be sorely missed by faculty, students, and staff for her contributions to the ET2 web site, specifically the Country Resources and Statistical Yearbook pages, but also for her diligence with the retrospective cataloging of IGO and other government publications. Her reference skills have assisted countless researchers with difficult international and statistical resources. Staff have relied on Linda’s language skills and her overall awareness of world affairs. Linda will undoubtedly enjoy her retirement with the many quilting and gardening activities in which she is involved.

Submitted by: Lou Malcomb, Head, Government Information & Kent Cooper Services, Geology Library, and Geography & Map Library, IUB


Library News and Events
Metadata Discussion Group Meeting, Tuesday, Sept. 13th.
The group meets monthly to discuss metadata issues pertaining to libraries, archives and museums. Meetings are open to anyone from IU Libraries, SLIS, and to those on campus interested in topics pertaining to metadata and resource discovery.

Date: Tuesday, September 13
Time: 9:30—10:30a
Location: Herman B Wells Library, Staff Lounge (3rd floor, East Tower)

Agenda:
Introductions
Review goals of group and changes that were recommended by Cataloging Division Managers
Brainstorming session: new format for future meetings?
Propose topic for October meeting
Open-floor sharing session: share metadata news, project news, etc.

Learn more about the Metadata Discussion Group at our blog, https://blogs.libraries.iub.edu/metadata/, or join the group email list by sending the following in the body of a message (leave the subject blank) to listserv@indiana.edu:
subscribe metadata-discuss-l

Hope to see you there!

Submitted by: Jennifer Liss, Metadata/Cataloging Librarian, Technical Services

Is Scalable Digital Preservation Possible?
Greetings! Please join us on Wednesday, September 14, for a Digital Library Program Special Session, presented by Micah Beck, Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

Is Scalable Digital Preservation Possible?
Date: Wednesday, September 14
Time: noon-1:00p
Location: Herman B Wells Library, Rm E174

Micah Beck
Associate Professor, EECS
University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Long term preservation of digital objects presents many difficult challenges, some of which are independent of the aggregate size of the objects preserved. Examples are obsolescence of data formats and broken references to missing online resources. Digital preservation researchers address these size-independent challenges in a variety of ways, but implicit in their work are some basic assumptions: 1) the bit patterns that represent digital objects can usually be preserved exactly, 2) failures in such "perfect" bit preservation can almost always be detected and 3) simple deletion of detectably corrupt digital objects will result in a manageable rate of object loss. Together these assumptions allow researchers to adopt the view that the digital objects that do survive can be treated as being perfectly preserved at the bit level. Visibly corrupt objects ("bit rot") are ruled out at the higher level.

In this talk I will argue that enforcing these assumptions will ultimately reduce the scalability of preservation systems in terms of the amount of data that can be preserved. Such systems may be overwhelmed by the loss of objects due to bit rot or else this may be avoided by placing a priori limits on the aggregate size of the objects preserved. I will present an alternative strategy called Lossy Preservation which seeks to improve the scalability of preservation systems by admitting the possibility of widespread bit rot in preserved objects and requiring that it be handled at a higher level. Lossy Preservation is inspired by the success of the Internet's end-to-end architecture in handling widespread errors in data transmission. I will describe my research program in Lossy Preservation, present some early results, and argue further that this issue in digital preservation is a special case of a much more general phenomenon that will affect a variety of digital information systems as they approach the limits of their scalability.
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Presentation slides and audio will be available via the Connect Meeting Service (formerly known as "Breeze"). Go to to view and listen to the presentation. If you are not a registered user for Connect Meeting/Breeze, select the "Enter as a Guest" option.
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This event is a Digital Library Program Special Session. The regular Digital Library Brown Bag series is held most Wednesdays this Fall semester. All presentations are in the Herman B Wells Library, room E174, from 12:00-1:00 pm unless otherwise noted. The complete schedule, including abstracts, is available on the Digital Library Program web site: .
To receive a reminder and an abstract of each presentation, send an email to listserv@indiana.edu with the message body:
sub dl-brownbag-l Your Full Name

Submitted by: Dot Porter, Associate Director for Digital Library Content & Services, Digital Library Program, IUB

Fall 2011 Digital Library Brown Bag Series
Mark your calendars for the Fall 2011 Digital Library Brown Bag series. The brown bags will be held most Wednesdays, beginning September 4th and ending December 7th. The complete schedule including abstracts is available on the IU Digital Library Program web site: . Presentations and accompanying materials will be linked to this web page as talks occur.

To receive a reminder and an abstract for each presentation, send an email to listserv@indiana.edu with the message body:
sub dl-brownbag-l Your Full Name

All presentations are in the Herman B Wells Library E174, from 12:00-1:00 pm unless otherwise noted.

Below is an overview of the Fall schedule:
September 7, 2011 (in Wells Library 043)
A Digital Library Program Show and Tell: Most recent and upcoming!
Dot Porter and Jon Dunn
Digital Library Program

September 21, 2011
Representing Annotated Video in Omeka: Building an Omeka Plugin for the Annotator's Workbench
Wil Cowan
Digital Library Program

September 28, 2011
Library vs. Web: What Drives Students’ Choices in Media Channel Selection?
Mark Notess and Julie Hardesty
Digital Library Program

October 5, 2011
Latent Semantic Analysis in the Chymistry of Isaac Newton
Wally Hooper
History and Philosophy of Science

October 19, 2011
Overview of the IU Digital Collections Search
Hui Zhang and Will Cowan
Digital Library Program

October 26, 2011
Lessons on Working on a Commercial Partnership
Erica Dowell
Lilly Library

November 16, 2011
Archives Online
Dot Porter
Digital Library Program

November 30, 2011
Next Generation Sheet Music Consortium
Michelle Dalmau
Digital Library Program

December 7, 2011
Open Folklore (practice for CNI)
Brenda Johnson and Julie Bobay

Submitted by: Dot Porter, Associate Director for Digital Library Content & Services, Digital Library Program, IUB

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September 9th, 2011 - Volume 38, Issue 36

This Week in IUL News

Staff News
Jane Torres retired from the Serials Cataloging Unit of the Technical Services Department after having devoted 31 years of her working life to the world of periodicals and serials. After a short stint in the Serials Bindery Unit, Jane took a position in the Serials Accounting Unit for the Regional Campus Libraries. As she worked her way up the library ranks, that association with the regional campuses has remained a focus of her service up until her last day as a CONSER/NACO Serials Cataloger. I can assure you she will be missed on those campuses as much as she will be here in Bloomington.  Please join me in thanking her for keeping our system-wide serials records in tip-top shape.

Submitted by: James Castrataro, Supervisor, Serials Cataloging Unit, Library Technical Services, IUB

Pam Glim retired from her position as Reference/Technical Associate in the Government Information & Kent Cooper Services Department.  Pam has been with the Libraries for 35 years.  Her first position was in the Undergraduate Library, Reserves.  She was promoted in 1977 to State and Local Documents Checker in Government Publications, and again in 1984 where she has grown into “one of the best reference people in the Libraries”.  As reflected in letters of appreciation, Pam is excellent with customers and her knowledge of resources and collections especially related to Indiana and the environment is superior.  She will be missed for her continual oversight of the email reference service in ET2 and her perseverance in locating the best information possible for each user. Pam has been instrumental in accomplishing the retrospective cataloging of state, local, and foreign serial publications.  Staff have relied on Pam’s overall knowledge of library resources and U.S. and Indiana government affairs.  Pam will enjoy the freedom from driving through all kinds of weather from her country home and not having to worry about parking. 

Submitted by: Lou Malcomb, Head, Government Information & Kent Cooper Services, Geology Library, and Geography & Map Library, IUB

Bruce Geraghty, who held the position of Serials Binding and Bibliographic Control Coordinator in the Serials Acquisitions Section of Technical Services, has accepted a position in Chicago. 

Submitted by: Jennifer Chaffin, Director, IUB Libraries Human Resources 

Library News and Events
Metadata Discussion Group Meeting, Tuesday, Sept. 13th.
The group meets monthly to discuss metadata issues pertaining to libraries, archives and museums. Meetings are open to anyone from IU Libraries, SLIS, and to those on campus interested in topics pertaining to metadata and resource discovery.

Date: Tuesday, September 13
Time: 9:30—10:30a
Location: Herman B Wells Library, Staff Lounge (3rd floor, East Tower)

Agenda:
Introductions
Review goals of group and changes that were recommended by Cataloging Division Managers
Brainstorming session: new format for future meetings?
Propose topic for October meeting
Open-floor sharing session: share metadata news, project news, etc.

Learn more about the Metadata Discussion Group at our blog, https://blogs.libraries.iub.edu/metadata/, or join the group email list by sending the following in the body of a message (leave the subject blank) to listserv@indiana.edu:
subscribe metadata-discuss-l

Hope to see you there!

Submitted by: Jennifer Liss, Metadata/Cataloging Librarian, Technical Services

Is Scalable Digital Preservation Possible?
Greetings! Please join us on Wednesday, September 14, for a Digital Library Program Special Session, presented by Micah Beck, Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

Is Scalable Digital Preservation Possible?
Date: Wednesday, September 14
Time: noon-1:00p
Location: Herman B Wells Library, Rm E174

Micah Beck
Associate Professor, EECS
University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Long term preservation of digital objects presents many difficult challenges, some of which are independent of the aggregate size of the objects preserved. Examples are obsolescence of data formats and broken references to missing online resources. Digital preservation researchers address these size-independent challenges in a variety of ways, but implicit in their work are some basic assumptions: 1) the bit patterns that represent digital objects can usually be preserved exactly, 2) failures in such "perfect" bit preservation can almost always be detected and 3) simple deletion of detectably corrupt digital objects will result in a manageable rate of object loss. Together these assumptions allow researchers to adopt the view that the digital objects that do survive can be treated as being perfectly preserved at the bit level. Visibly corrupt objects ("bit rot") are ruled out at the higher level.

In this talk I will argue that enforcing these assumptions will ultimately reduce the scalability of preservation systems in terms of the amount of data that can be preserved. Such systems may be overwhelmed by the loss of objects due to bit rot or else this may be avoided by placing a priori limits on the aggregate size of the objects preserved. I will present an alternative strategy called Lossy Preservation which seeks to improve the scalability of preservation systems by admitting the possibility of widespread bit rot in preserved objects and requiring that it be handled at a higher level. Lossy Preservation is inspired by the success of the Internet's end-to-end architecture in handling widespread errors in data transmission. I will describe my research program in Lossy Preservation, present some early results, and argue further that this issue in digital preservation is a special case of a much more general phenomenon that will affect a variety of digital information systems as they approach the limits of their scalability.
--------------
Presentation slides and audio will be available via the Connect Meeting Service (formerly known as "Breeze"). Go to to view and listen to the presentation. If you are not a registered user for Connect Meeting/Breeze, select the "Enter as a Guest" option.
--------------
This event is a Digital Library Program Special Session. The regular Digital Library Brown Bag series is held most Wednesdays this Fall semester. All presentations are in the Herman B Wells Library, room E174, from 12:00-1:00 pm unless otherwise noted. The complete schedule, including abstracts, is available on the Digital Library Program web site: .
To receive a reminder and an abstract of each presentation, send an email to listserv@indiana.edu with the message body:
sub dl-brownbag-l Your Full Name

Submitted by: Dot Porter, Associate Director for Digital Library Content & Services, Digital Library Program, IUB

Upcoming application deadline for the InULA Research Incentive Fund

The InULA Research Incentive Fund is intended to encourage and support research by providing funding for research projects of any size or scope. All applications will be considered on their merits. In the case of equally meritorious proposals, those of non-tenured librarians may be given priority, because it is often difficult for beginning researchers to obtain research grants. 

The guidelines, application and other information may be found at: http://www.indiana.edu/~inula/opportunities/index.html .

Applications for InULA Research Incentive funds to support research, professional development, or service are due on October 15.  Other deadlines for the funds are January 15 and April 15.  Applications are reviewed after the deadline by the InULA Grants and Scholarship Committee and recommendations made to the Executive Board for approval and funding. Notice of awards is provided to the applicants as soon as possible.

Contact Catherine Lemmer, Chair, InULA Grants and Scholarship Committee, if you have any questions.

Submitted by: Catherine A. Lemmer, Head of Information Services, Indiana University Law School – Indianapolis, Ruth Lilly Law Library 

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September 16th, 2011 - Volume 38, Issue 37

This Week in IUL News

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Staff News

Samantha Endres has accepted the Collection Management Assistant position in the Collection Management unit of Collection Development. Samantha is currently pursuing a MLS from SLIS.  She received her bachelor’s degree in art history with a minor in French from Portland State University in Portland, OR.  In addition to working as a student in Collection Management, Samantha has worked for the IUB Fine Arts Library and the Portland Art Museum.  Please join me in welcoming Sam to the Libraries!
 
Submitted by: Jennifer Chaffin, Director of  Libraries Human Resources, IUB

Library News and Events

Metadata Discussion Group survey
Are you interested in attending Metadata Discussion Group meetings?  We need your input on discussion topics!
 
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/WRC9KCJ
 
Please respond before the evening of Wednesday, September 28.  The survey should take 5-8 minutes to complete.
 
Results of the survey will be posted on the Metadata Discussion Group blog and a topic will be announced for the next meeting on Tuesday, October 11th, 9:30 – 10:30, Wells Library 043.
 
Submitted by: Jennifer Liss, Metadata/Cataloging Librarian, Technical Services
 
Librarians By Rank
Listed below is the total number of librarians (according to information in the Libraries Human Resources database at Bloomington) for each campus, broken down by rank effective September 21, 2011.  Please contact Betty Davis (betdavis@indiana.edu or 812-855-8196) in Libraries Human Resources at IU-Bloomington with questions and/or comments.
 
                                         Total    Assistant Librarians    Associate Librarians    Full Rank Librarians
     Bloomington                   84                    19                                54                                11
     Indianapolis                    51                    16                                29                                 6                   
     East                                3                      0                                  3                                  0
     Fort Wayne                   11                     6                                  4                                  1
     Kokomo                         5                      1                                  3                                 1
     Northwest                      7                       4                                  2                                 1
     South Bend                   11                      0                                  9                                  2
     Southeast                       8                       4                                  3                                  1
 
This table is also on the intranet at:  http://www.libraries.iub.edu/ intranet/materials.php?mt=paper&Id=1917.
 
Submitted by: Betty Davis, Library Human Resources, IUB
 
Maurer School of Law Intellectual Property Colloquium
Five distinguished scholars from around the globe will visit the IU Maurer School of Law this fall to share their recent work during the Center for Intellectual Property Research IP Colloquium.  Titled “Protecting Intellectual Property: A Global Perspective,” the Colloquium will focus on recent developments in IP law in the United States and other countries.   For additional information, please visit the Center’s new website, which will have updated information about the speakers and videos of their presentations after they occur.
 
Submitted by: Jennifer Chaffin, Director of  Libraries Human Resources, IUB
 
Upcoming application deadline for the InULA Research Incentive Fund
The InULA Research Incentive Fund is intended to encourage and support research by providing funding for research projects of any size or scope. All applications will be considered on their merits. In the case of equally meritorious proposals, those of non-tenured librarians may be given priority, because it is often difficult for beginning researchers to obtain research grants. 
 
The guidelines, application and other information may be found at: http:// www.indiana.edu/~inula/opportunities/index.html .
 
Applications for InULA Research Incentive funds to support research, professional development, or service are due on October 15.  Other deadlines for the funds are January 15 and April 15.  Applications are reviewed after the deadline by the InULA Grants and Scholarship Committee and recommendations made to the Executive Board for approval and funding. Notice of awards is provided to the applicants as soon as possible.
 
Contact Catherine Lemmer, Chair, InULA Grants and Scholarship Committee, if you have any questions.
 
Submitted by: Catherine A. Lemmer, Head of Information Services, Indiana University Law School – Indianapolis, Ruth Lilly Law Library

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September 30th, 2011 - Volume 38, Issue 38

This Week in IUL News

Banned Books Week
Banned Books Week (BBW) is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read and the importance of the First Amendment. Held during the last week of September (2011: September 24-October 1), Banned Books Week highlights the benefits of free and open access to information while drawing attention to the harms of censorship by spotlighting actual or attempted banning of books across the United States.

Intellectual freedom—the freedom to access information and express ideas, even if the information and ideas might be considered unorthodox or unpopular—provides the foundation for Banned Books Week. BBW stresses the importance of ensuring the availability of unorthodox or unpopular viewpoints for all who wish to read and access them.

The books featured during Banned Books Week have been targets of attempted bannings. Fortunately, while some books were banned or restricted, in a majority of cases the books were not banned, all thanks to the efforts of librarians, teachers, booksellers, and members of the community to retain the books in the library collections. Imagine how many more books might be challenged—and possibly banned or restricted—if librarians, teachers, and booksellers across the country did not use Banned Books Week each year to teach the importance of our First Amendment rights and the power of literature, and to draw attention to the danger that exists when restraints are imposed on the availability of information in a free society.

Banned Books Week is sponsored by the American Booksellers Association; American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression; the American Library Association; American Society of Journalists and Authors; Association of American Publishers; and the National Association of College Stores. It is endorsed by the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress. In 2011, the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund; National Coalition Against Censorship; National Council of Teachers of English; and PEN American Center also signed on as sponsors.

Submitted by: Jennifer Chaffin, Director of Library Human Resources.

Metadata Discussion Group
The next meeting of the Metadata Discussion Group is Tuesday, October 11th. The group meets monthly to discuss metadata issues pertaining to libraries, archives, and museums. Meetings are open to anyone from IU Libraries, SLIS, and to those on campus interested in topics pertaining to metadata and resource discovery.

Tuesday, October 11th
9:30-10:30a
Wells Library 043 (note the new location!)
Topic:  TBA
Relevant resources: TBA

Learn more about the Metadata Discussion Group at our blog, blogs.libraries.iub.edu/metadata, or join the group email list by sending the following in the body of a message (leave the subject blank) to listserv@indiana.edu:

subscribe metadata-discuss-l

Hope to see you there!

Submitted by: Jennifer Liss, Metadata/Cataloging Librarian, Technical Services

Maurer School of Law Intellectual Property Colloquium
Five distinguished scholars from around the globe will visit the IU Maurer School of Law this fall to share their recent work during the Center for Intellectual Property Research IP Colloquium.  Titled “Protecting Intellectual Property: A Global Perspective,” the Colloquium will focus on recent developments in IP law in the United States and other countries.   For additional information, please visit the Center’s new website, which will have updated information about the speakers and videos of their presentations after they occur.

Submitted by: Jennifer Chaffin, Director of Libraries Human Resources, IUB

Upcoming application deadline for the InULA Research Incentive Fund
The InULA Research Incentive Fund is intended to encourage and support research by providing funding for research projects of any size or scope. All applications will be considered on their merits. In the case of equally meritorious proposals, those of non-tenured librarians may be given priority, because it is often difficult for beginning researchers to obtain research grants. 

The guidelines, application and other information may be found at: http://www.indiana.edu/~inula/opportunities/index.html .

Applications for InULA Research Incentive funds to support research, professional development, or service are due on October 15.  Other deadlines for the funds are January 15 and April 15.  Applications are reviewed after the deadline by the InULA Grants and Scholarship Committee and recommendations made to the Executive Board for approval and funding. Notice of awards is provided to the applicants as soon as possible.

Contact Catherine Lemmer, Chair, InULA Grants and Scholarship Committee, if you have any questions.

Submitted by: Catherine A. Lemmer, Head of Information Services, Indiana University Law School – Indianapolis, Ruth Lilly Law Library

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October

October 7th, 2011 - Volume 38, Issue 40 |October 14th, 2011 - Volume 38, Issue 41
October 21tst, 2011 - Volume 38, Issue 42 |October 28th, 2011 - Volume 38, Issue 43

October 7, 2011 - Volume 38, Issue 40

This Week in IUL News

Call for Proposals: ILF District 1 Conference 2012
The Indiana Library Federation District 1 Planning Committee is looking for presenters for the 2012 District 1 Conference at Valparaiso University in Valparaiso, IN on May 1, 2012. The conference includes academic, public and school librarians. Presentations are 45 minutes to an hour long. Proposals are due November 15, 2011. Please send your presentation topics along with your proposals to John Mundy at jmundy@lapcat.org.

Submitted by: Latrice Booker, Coordinator of Library Instruction, IUN

Metadata Discussion Group
The next meeting of the Metadata Discussion Group is Tuesday, October 11th. The group meets monthly to discuss metadata issues pertaining to libraries, archives, and museums. Meetings are open to anyone from IU Libraries, SLIS, and to those on campus interested in topics pertaining to metadata and resource discovery.

Tuesday, October 11th
9:30-10:30a
Wells Library 043 (note the new location!)
Topic:  TBA
Relevant resources: TBA

Learn more about the Metadata Discussion Group at our blog, blogs.libraries.iub.edu/metadata, or join the group email list by sending the following in the body of a message (leave the subject blank) to listserv@indiana.edu:

subscribe metadata-discuss-l

Hope to see you there!

Submitted by: Jennifer Liss, Metadata/Cataloging Librarian, Technical Services

Maurer School of Law Intellectual Property Colloquium
Five distinguished scholars from around the globe will visit the IU Maurer School of Law this fall to share their recent work during the Center for Intellectual Property Research IP Colloquium.  Titled “Protecting Intellectual Property: A Global Perspective,” the Colloquium will focus on recent developments in IP law in the United States and other countries.   For additional information, please visit the Center’s new website, which will have updated information about the speakers and videos of their presentations after they occur.

Pierre-Emmanuel Moyse of McGill University Faculty of Law, will address “Intellectual Property Rights and ‘Abuse of Rights’ Theory, a Jurisprudential Inquiry” on Thursday, October 13.

Submitted by: Jennifer Chaffin, Director of Libraries Human Resources, IUB

Upcoming application deadline for the InULA Research Incentive Fund
The InULA Research Incentive Fund is intended to encourage and support research by providing funding for research projects of any size or scope. All applications will be considered on their merits. In the case of equally meritorious proposals, those of non-tenured librarians may be given priority, because it is often difficult for beginning researchers to obtain research grants. 

The guidelines, application and other information may be found at: http://www.indiana.edu/~inula/opportunities/index.html .

Applications for InULA Research Incentive funds to support research, professional development, or service are due on October 15.  Other deadlines for the funds are January 15 and April 15.  Applications are reviewed after the deadline by the InULA Grants and Scholarship Committee and recommendations made to the Executive Board for approval and funding. Notice of awards is provided to the applicants as soon as possible.

Contact Catherine Lemmer, Chair, InULA Grants and Scholarship Committee, if you have any questions.

Submitted by: Catherine A. Lemmer, Head of Information Services, Indiana University Law School – Indianapolis, Ruth Lilly Law Library

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October 14, 2011 - Volume 38, Issue 41

This Week in IUL News

Call for Proposals: ILF District 1 Conference 2012
The Indiana Library Federation District 1 Planning Committee is looking for presenters for the 2012 District 1 Conference at Valparaiso University in Valparaiso, IN on May 1, 2012. The conference includes academic, public and school librarians. Presentations are 45 minutes to an hour long. Proposals are due November 15, 2011. Please send your presentation topics along with your proposals to John Mundy at jmundy@lapcat.org.

Submitted by: Latrice Booker, Coordinator of Library Instruction, IUN

Upcoming application deadline for the InULA Research Incentive Fund
The InULA Research Incentive Fund is intended to encourage and support research by providing funding for research projects of any size or scope. All applications will be considered on their merits. In the case of equally meritorious proposals, those of non-tenured librarians may be given priority, because it is often difficult for beginning researchers to obtain research grants.

The guidelines, application and other information may be found at: http://www.indiana.edu/~inula/opportunities/index.html .

Applications for InULA Research Incentive funds to support research, professional development, or service are due on October 15. Other deadlines for the funds are January 15 and April 15. Applications are reviewed after the deadline by the InULA Grants and Scholarship Committee and recommendations made to the Executive Board for approval and funding. Notice of awards is provided to the applicants as soon as possible.

Contact Catherine Lemmer, Chair, InULA Grants and Scholarship Committee, if you have any questions.

Submitted by: Catherine A. Lemmer, Head of Information Services, Indiana University Law School – Indianapolis, Ruth Lilly Law Library 

Reverse the Email Spiral

Recently a charter was created in response to widespread acknowledgement that email is getting out of hand for many of us. It started life as a blog post by TED Curator Chris Anderson and TED Scribe Jane Wulf (TED - http://www.ted.com/). More than 45,000 people read the post and it generated hundreds of tweets, comments and suggestions. The ten rules of the charter are listed below.  If you’d like more information on the charter or would like to sign it or share it, go to http://emailcharter.org/index.html.

10 Rules to Reverse the Email Spiral

1. Respect Recipients' Time
This is the fundamental rule. As the message sender, the onus is on YOU to minimize the time your email will take to process. Even if it means taking more time at your end before sending.

2. Short or Slow is not Rude
Let's mutually agree to cut each other some slack. Given the email load we're all facing, it's OK if replies take a while coming and if they don't give detailed responses to all your questions. No one wants to come over as brusque, so please don't take it personally. We just want our lives back!

3. Celebrate Clarity
Start with a subject line that clearly labels the topic, and maybe includes a status category [Info], [Action], [Time Sens] [Low Priority]. Use crisp, muddle-free sentences. If the email has to be longer than five sentences, make sure the first provides the basic reason for writing. Avoid strange fonts and colors.

4. Quash Open-Ended Questions
It is asking a lot to send someone an email with four long paragraphs of turgid text followed by "Thoughts?". Even well-intended-but-open questions like "How can I help?" may not be that helpful. Email generosity requires simplifying, easy-to-answer questions. "Can I help best by a) calling b) visiting or c) staying right out of it?!"

5. Slash Surplus cc's
cc's are like mating bunnies. For every recipient you add, you are dramatically multiplying total response time. Not to be done lightly! When there are multiple recipients, please don't default to 'Reply All'. Maybe you only need to cc a couple of people on the original thread. Or none.

6. Tighten the Thread
Some emails depend for their meaning on context. Which means it's usually right to include the thread being responded to. But it's rare that a thread should extend to more than 3 emails. Before sending, cut what's not relevant. Or consider making a phone call instead.

7. Attack Attachments
Don't use graphics files as logos or signatures that appear as attachments. Time is wasted trying to see if there's something to open. Even worse is sending text as an attachment when it could have been included in the body of the email.

8. Give these Gifts: EOM NNTR
If your email message can be expressed in half a dozen words, just put it in the subject line, followed by EOM (= End of Message). This saves the recipient having to actually open the message. Ending a note with "No need to respond" or NNTR, is a wonderful act of generosity. Many acronyms confuse as much as help, but these two are golden and deserve wide adoption.

9. Cut Contentless Responses
You don't need to reply to every email, especially not those that are themselves clear responses. An email saying "Thanks for your note. I'm in." does not need you to reply "Great." That just cost someone another 30 seconds.

10. Disconnect!
If we all agreed to spend less time doing email, we'd all get less email! Consider calendaring half-days at work where you can't go online. Or a commitment to email-free weekends. Or an 'auto-response' that references this charter. And don't forget to smell the roses.

Submitted by: Jennifer Chaffin, Head of Human Resources

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October 21, 2011 - Volume 38, Issue 42

This Week in IUL News

Staff News

Steven Hendren has accepted the position of Technical Services Analyst/Programmer, a new position in the Database Management Section of the Technical Services Department.  In his new position, Steve will be responsible for assisting in the design of queries and reports to extract data from the IUCAT database, performing local customization and coordinating the loading of vendor-supplied bibliographic record files, and providing general hardware, software, database and network support for the Technical Services Department.  Steve brings a wealth of experience in both cataloging and support for software and hardware solutions critical to our operations.  Steve will begin his new position on November 1, 2011. 

Library News and Events

2011 Fall IOLUG Program

Are you a librarian turned ‘cybrarian’? Join your colleagues on October 28 to learn about and discuss digital information issues that impact us all. From

digital content preservation to using iPads in the classroom, IOLUG promises great speakers, thought-provoking discussion and plenty of networking time.  This program is sure to give you plenty of ideas for how you can take advantage of the latest technology to better serve your patrons.

Conference Topics: Preserving Digital Content, iPads for Learning, eReaders and Digital Content, and Mobilizing Library Instruction

(Technology LEUs available upon request)

For more information and to register online, go to http:// www.iolug.org/index.php/programs/spring-2011/.   

 Submitted by: Chanitra Bishop, Emerging Technologies Librarian

 Call for Proposals: ILF District 1 Conference 2012
The Indiana Library Federation District 1 Planning Committee is looking for presenters for the 2012 District 1 Conference at Valparaiso University in Valparaiso, IN on May 1, 2012. The conference includes academic, public and school librarians. Presentations are 45 minutes to an hour long. Proposals are due November 15, 2011. Please send your presentation topics along with your proposals to John Mundy at jmundy@lapcat.org. 

Submitted by:  Virginia Sojdehei, Reference Services Librarian, IUB
 

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October 28, 2011 - Volume 38, Issue 43

This Week in IUL News

Staff News

November Metadata Discussion Group

2011 Fall IOLUG Program

Call for Proposals: ILF Districts 5/7 Conference 2012

Staff News

After more than 37 years with the IU Libraries, Anne Haynes will retire at the end of October. Anne started working for the IU Libraries as the Music Library’s Sycamore Hall Division Supervisor. In 1980 she received her MLS degree from IU SLIS and became a music cataloger in the Main (Herman B. Wells) Library Cataloging department for the regional campus libraries.  She went on to work in Monographic Processing Services and also served as the Jewish Studies bibliographer.  In 2000 she joined the Reference Services Department as Reference Librarian and Distributed Education Library Services Coordinator.  She’s been a reference desk mainstay in both the east tower and in the west tower (Information Commons) of the Wells Library.  She’s helped numerous IU students and faculty who are taking classes or conducting research outside Bloomington navigate the policies and procedures to access library resources and services.  Anne’s responsibilities also include Collection Development & Fund Manager for the Wells Library Reference Collection and for the Library and Information Science Collection.

It’s impossible to talk about Anne in the past tense because even as Oct 31 draws near, she is still involved in the work of the Libraries, helping patrons and colleagues every day. Her calm and optimistic outlook has enriched our days and certainly makes our work easier.

Anne’s last day as an active duty IU Librarian will be Monday October 31. Join us for afternoon tea in Anne’s honor on October 31, 3-4pm in the staff area behind the east tower reference desk.

Submitted by: Emily Okada, Head, Reference Services Department on behalf of the entire department: Alexis Andronikos, Mike Courtney, Jeff Graf, Nels Gunderson Virginia Sojdehei, DeLoice Holiday, Monique Threatt, Martha Harsanyi.

Library News and Events

November Metadata Discussion Group Meeting

The next meeting of the Metadata Discussion Group will be on November 8th.  This month, we are focusing on special collections metadata, in particular, a collaboration between the Lilly Library, the Digital Library Program, and the Technical Services Department to launch a digital exhibition highlighting collections relating to the War of 1812.  The collection is largely comprised of manuscript material, maps, prints, and bound books. Participants in this project will be on hand to discuss metadata creation (MARC, EAD (Encoded Archival Description), MODS (Metadata Object Description Schema), and Dublin Core) and how technical implementation (Omeka, among other custom-built tools) will use metadata to enhance discovery.

DATE: Tuesday, November 8
TIME: 9:30—10:30
PLACE: Wells Library 043

TOPIC TO INVESTIGATE:  Metadata for Special [Digital] Collections: the War of 1812 Project

SOME RESOURCES:
I have 10 minutes: Cohen, Dan (2008). “Introducing Omeka,” Dan Cohen’s Digital Humanities Blog. http://www.dancohen.org/2008/02/20/introducing-omeka/
I have an hour: Kucsma, Jason, Kevin Reiss, Angela Sidman (2010). “Using Omeka to Build Digital Collections: the METRO Case Study.” D-Lib Magazine 16(3/4). http://www.dlib.org/dlib/march10/kucsma/03kucsma.html

Learn more about the Metadata Discussion Group at our blog, blogs.libraries.iub.edu/metadata, or join the group email list by sending the following in the body of a message (leave the subject blank) to listserv@indiana.edu:

subscribe metadata-discuss-l

Hope to see you there!

Submitted by: Jennifer Liss, Metadata/Cataloging Librarian, Technical Services, IUB

2011 Fall IOLUG Program

Are you a librarian turned ‘cybrarian’? Join your colleagues on October 28 to learn about and discuss digital information issues that impact us all. From

digital content preservation to using iPads in the classroom, IOLUG promises great speakers, thought-provoking discussion and plenty of networking time. This program is sure to give you plenty of ideas for how you can take advantage of the latest technology to better serve your patrons.

Conference Topics: Preserving Digital Content, iPads for Learning, eReaders and Digital Content, and Mobilizing Library Instruction

(Technology LEUs available upon request)

For more information and to register online, go to http:// www.iolug.org/index.php/programs/spring-2011/.

Submitted by: Chanitra Bishop, Emerging Technologies Librarian

Call for Proposals: ILF District 1 Conference 2012
The Indiana Library Federation District 1 Planning Committee is looking for presenters for the 2012 District 1 Conference at Valparaiso University in Valparaiso, IN on May 1, 2012. The conference includes academic, public and school librarians. Presentations are 45 minutes to an hour long. Proposals are due November 15, 2011. Please send your presentation topics along with your proposals to John Mundy at jmundy@lapcat.org. 

Submitted by:  Virginia Sojdehei, Reference Services Librarian, IUB

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November

November 4th, 2011 - Volume 38, Issue 44 | November 11th, 2011 - Volume 38, Issue 45

November 18th, 2011 - Volume 38, Issue 46

November 4, 2011 - Volume 38, Issue 44

This Week in IUL News

Staff News

IUL Film Archive Opening Announcement

Medical Library Association Webcast

OLE@IU Blog Launch

First IULFC Meeting Scheduled

November Metadata Discussion Group Meeting

Call For Proposals: ILF Districts 5/7 Conference 2012

Staff News

Gail MacKay, Information Literacy Librarian at the Indiana University Kokomo Library has retired effective June 30, 2011. The Indiana University Board of Trustees awarded Gail the status of Emeritus Associate Librarian at their August meeting.

I am pleased to announce that Michael Noth has accepted the position of Director of Business Affairs, effective November 21, 2011.  Michael is currently a Financial Manager for the IU School of Dentistry.  He has held several positions at IU including an Accountant for the School of Medicine, the Business Manager for the IUPUI Sports Complex, and an Auxiliary Consultant for the University Financial Management Services.  This breadth of experience provides Michael with an in-depth understanding of how the university’s financial systems work at both a department and university level.

Library News and Events

Indiana University Libraries Film Archives Announcement

The Indiana University Libraries Film Archive has been established as an archive for all Library-held film collections. With the establishment of the Archive, the Libraries and the University have made a major commitment to preservation of all film-related materials by providing dedicated facilities for preservation and storage, full-time staff, and a partnering exhibition space at the IU Cinema.
 
Indiana University has a strong history in film production, distribution and acquisition. The University has been acquiring motion picture film since the 1930s and served as one of the leading film distribution centers of classroom films from the 1930s through the 2000s. In 2006, these educational film collections were transferred from the Indiana University Audio-Visual Center to the Libraries and this important, historic collection is now part of the Libraries' rich archival holdings.

Indiana University Libraries Film Archive collections include the 48,000 items in the Educational film collection, the over 3,000 titles in the Lilly Library’s David Bradley collection, the Lilly Library’s film and manuscript collections of filmmakers John Ford, Orson Welles and Peter Bogdanovich, and the film holdings in the University Archives collections which include University Athletic films and films from individuals connected with the University.
 
The Film Archive is now open for research and educational purposes and material is accessible for on-site viewing only.  Some of the films are currently digitized and can be viewed on the Archive’s website at: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/index.php?pageId=1002893

A tremendous amount of work has gone into the creation of this Film Archive from many different library units.

-      Extra Special THANKS to the exceptional team in Technical Services including Spencer Anspach,  Mechael Charbonneau, Sylvia Turchyn and to those in LIT including Gary Charbonneau for the amazing work that has gone into making publically available the 33,026 film records now in IUCAT!

-      Thanks to the Digital Library Program team members of Jon Dunn, Michael Durbin and Brian Wheeler for their work with streaming digital files and all of the constant technical support.

-      Thanks to the amazing ALF staff made up of Vaughn Nuest, Matt Myers, Sean Frew, Craig Kinney, and Mecco Mai who have accessioned over 65,000 film cans into the ALF II vault in the past 12 months.

-      Thanks to the excellent graduate student team of workers, including Jeremy Casto, Rieta Drinkwine, Jason Evans Groth, Matthew Davis, Jeremy Floyd, Kyle Knight and Andy Uhrich who have processed collections, built websites and much more.

-      Thanks to the ever helpful Martha Harsanyi, Media Reference Specialist for her invaluable knowledge and helpfulness of the educational film collections.

-      Big thanks to Jeri Anderson from the Business/ SPEA Library, Terri Duffin from Serials Acquisition, Brad Cook from the University Archives, Mary Huelsbeck from the Black Film Center Archive and Kinsey staff members for the impressive 10 month effort to prepare and move over 65,000 film cans from the off site, former bowling alley storage facility to ALF II.  And super big thanks to Libraries Facilities and Renovation Officer, Jim Champion who spent countless days lifting, moving and coordinating this successful effort.  

-      And lastly thanks to the amazing administrative support via Angela Courtney, Julie Bobay, Carolyn Walters and Brenda Johnson.
 
Look for events surrounding a grand opening for the Indiana University Libraries Film Archive in the Spring of 2012!

For further information, contact Rachael Stoeltje at (812) 855-2523 or rstoeltj@indiana.edu.  And check out the work that we are doing by visiting our website at http://www.libraries.iub.edu/index.php?pageId=1002886 and our blog at http://iulfilmarchive.wordpress.com/ and Facebook page at http://tinyurl.com/5wjpnbc

                
Submitted by: Rachael Stoeltje, Film Archivist, IUB

Medical Library Association Webcast

The Ruth Lilly Medical Library at the Indiana University School of Medicine is pleased to host a 1.5 hour CE Medical Library Association Webcast on eScience (if attending the wraparound sessions, you could earn up to 3 hours MLA CE).

http://www.mlanet.org/education/distance_ed/escience/escience_webinar.html

Date: Friday, November 18, 2011

Times:

1.30-2:00 pm EST, optional wraparound session #1

2:00-3.30 pm EST, webcast

3.30-4.30 pm, optional wraparound discussion session #2

Location: Indiana University School of Medicine, Ruth Lilly Medical Library, 975 West Walnut Street, Room 226, Indianapolis, IN 46202

 -  Directions: http://library.medicine.iu.edu/about-container/hours-and-location/

 -  Map:http://bit.ly/fQejyu (the medical library and parking garages are 

marked on this map) (For those of you driving, either the Wishard parking garage or the University parking garage are the closest places to park. IU parking tags do not work in those garages.)

Cost: Free! The sponsorship of this webcast site has been funded in whole or in part with Federal funds from the Department of Health and Human  Services, National Institutes of Health, National Library of Medicine, under Contract No. HHSN-276-2011-00005C with the University of Illinois at Chicago. Questions? Please contact Beth Whipple at ewhipple@iupui.edu

To register: please go to https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dFZiNGVMa0NtQkdWVEpPZVBlNEtUU1E6MQ

If there is not enough interest, the wrap-arounds will be canceled.

Submitted by: Beth Whipple, Research Informationist/Assistant Librarian, IUB

OLE@IU Blog Launch

The OLE@IU Communications Team was formed to encourage understanding and promote awareness of Kuali OLE development and implementation at IU.  In order to coordinate this effort, the team is launching the OLE@IU Blog.  The blog will contain periodic posts on developments, news items, or upcoming events regarding the Kuali OLE project at IU.  The blog contains a fact sheet as well for quick reference.  Be on the lookout for announcements of future posts on IUL News, and visit the new blog here:  https://blogs.libraries.iub.edu/ole/

The OLE@IU Communications Team

 - Diane Dallis, Co-Chair (IUB)

 - Lori Duggan, Co-Chair (IUB)

 - Robin Crumrin (IUPUI)

 - Marla Baden (IPFW)

 - Angela Thorpe (IUK)

Submitted by: Lori Duggan,  Head, Electronic Resources Unit, IUB

First IULFC Meeting Scheduled

Date: Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Time: 2:00-4:30 pm.

Locations:

 - Bloomington - Wells E252

 - Fort Wayne - Helmke Library B37

 - East - WZ 119

 - IUPUI - UL 2115G Meeting Room

 - Kokomo - KO-111

 - Northwest - NW-hh-318

 - Southeast - Se-kv-112

 - South Bend - SB-N175b

The agenda is forthcoming. Look for it on the IULFC Web site (http://www.indiana.edu/~iulfc/agenda_minutes.shtml)

Submitted by: Scott Opasik, IULFC Secretary, IUSB

November Metadata Discussion Group meeting

The next meeting of the Metadata Discussion Group will be on November 8th.  This month, we are focusing on special collections metadata, in particular, a collaboration between the Lilly Library, the Digital Library Program, and the Technical Services Department to launch a digital exhibition highlighting collections relating to the War of 1812.  The collection is largely comprised of manuscript material, maps, prints, and bound books. Participants in this project will be on hand to discuss metadata creation (MARC, EAD (Encoded Archival Description), MODS (Metadata Object Description Schema), and Dublin Core) and how technical implementation (Omeka, among other custom-built tools) will use metadata to enhance discovery.

Date: Tuesday, November 8

Time: 9:30 -10:30 am

Location: Wells Library 043

Topic to Investigate: Metadata for Special [Digital] Collections: the War of 1812 Project

Resources:

 - I have 10 minutes: Cohen, Dan (2008). “Introducing Omeka,” Dan Cohen’s Digital Humanities Blog. http://www.dancohen.org/2008/02/20/introducing-omeka/

 - I have an hour: Kucsma, Jason, Kevin Reiss, Angela Sidman (2010). “Using Omeka to Build Digital Collections: the METRO Case Study.” D-Lib Magazine 16(3/4). http://www.dlib.org/dlib/march10/kucsma/03kucsma.html

Learn more about the Metadata Discussion Group at our blog, blogs.libraries.iub.edu/metadata, or join the group email list by sending the following in the body of a message (leave the subject blank) to listserv@indiana.edu:

subscribe metadata-discuss-l

Hope to see you there!

Submitted by: Jennifer Liss, Metadata/Cataloging Librarian, Technical Services, IUB

Call for Proposals: ILF Districts 5/7 Conference 2012

The Indiana Library Federation Districts 5/7 Planning Committee is now accepting proposals for its 2012 conference at Indiana University in Bloomington on Thursday, May 10.  The majority of attendees will be from academic and public libraries.  Presentations will be approximately 45-50 minutes.  Please send your proposal/title of presentation to: Virginia Sojdehei at sojdehei@indiana.edu,.

Deadline: November 28, 2011.

Submitted by:  Virginia Sojdehei, Reference Services Librarian, IUB

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November 11, 2011 - Volume 38, Issue 45

This Week in IUL News

Staff News

Indiana University Celebrates GIS Day on November 16

InULA Quilling Workshop

Medical Library Association Webcast

OLE@IU Blog Launch

First IULFC Meeting Scheduled

Call For Proposals: ILF Districts 5/7 Conference 2012

DLP Digitizes "Golden Book"

Staff News
Nicole Beatty Resigns
Nicole Beatty has resigned her position as Branch Library Coordinator for the Fine Arts Library effective December 2. Nicole started working for the IUB Libraries as the Image Cataloger at the Henry Radford Hope School of Fine Arts Visual Resources Center before transitioning into the Branch Coordinator position. Nicole has accepted the position of Arts & Humanities Librarian at Weber State University in Ogden, UT.

Submitted by: Jennifer Chaffin, Director of Human Resources, IUB

Library News and Events
Indiana University Celebrates GIS Day on November 16
Indiana University will mark the 13th anniversary of GIS Day – the worldwide, annual celebration of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technology and its applications – on Wednesday, November 16 in the Herman B Wells Library at IU Bloomington.

GIS supports a geographic approach to problem solving, connecting people with the geo-intelligence needed to work more efficiently and make better decisions. From Google Maps to systems that monitor the spread of disease, GIS technologies help people innovate, take action, and make a measureable difference.

IU's GIS Day celebration will feature a host of informational booths and activities showcasing work that IU, local businesses, and government agencies do with GIS to shape the way we live, learn, and do business. GIS professionals from the Indiana Geological Survey, Indiana Geographic Information Council, US Geological Survey, and IU Libraries will talk with attendees about environmental, library science, and mapping applications. Others will share information regarding the GIS job market and training and certification opportunities.

The day's highlight will be the keynote by Dr. Katy Börner, Victor H. Yngve Professor of Information Science at IU. Her presentation, “Mapping science and technology activity in geospatial and topical spaces,” will take place at 4pm in Wells Library, room E174. Dr. Börner's research focuses on the development of data analysis and visualization techniques for information access, understanding, and management.

IU’s GIS Day celebration will also include the Places & Spaces: Mapping Science exhibit, and a geocaching challenge hosted by the Indiana University Geocaching Club. The winner will receive a $50 VISA gift card provided by 39 Degrees North.

To learn more about GIS Day, visit: gisday.indiana.edu.

Submitted by: Lou Malcomb, Head, Government Information & Kent Cooper Services, Geosciences Library

InULA Quilling Workshop
InULA’s Program and Social committee would like to invite you to a lunch hour Quilling workshop. The holiday season is upon us and with the cold comes the urge to nestle down and create! You will learn how to create quick and easy paper poinsettias that can be used to add a little winter color to your office, cube, or tree! Free supplies provided. Video Conferencing will be provided. More details to follow at a later date.

Date: Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Time: 12:00-1:00pm.

Location: IUB Wells Library, Room E252

Host: Christina Wray

Please RSVP to ccwray@indiana.edu by November 22 if you would like to participate.

Christina Wray
Librarian
Center for Disability Information and Referral
Indiana Institute on Disability and Community
2853 E. 10th St.
Bloomington, IN 47403
812-855-0077

Submitted by: Monique Threatt, Chair, InULA Program and Social Committee

Medical Library Association Webcast
The Ruth Lilly Medical Library at the Indiana University School of Medicine is pleased to host a 1.5 hour CE Medical Library Association Webcast on eScience (if attending the wraparound sessions, you could earn up to 3 hours MLA CE).
http://www.mlanet.org/education/distance_ed/escience/escience_webinar.html

Date: Friday, November 18, 2011
Times:
1:30-2:00pm EST, optional wraparound session #1
2:00-3.30pm EST, webcast
3.30-4.30pm, optional wraparound discussion session #2
Location: Indiana University School of Medicine, Ruth Lilly Medical Library, 975 West Walnut Street, Room 226, Indianapolis, IN 46202
- Directions: http://library.medicine.iu.edu/about-container/hours-and-location/
- Map:http://bit.ly/fQejyu (the medical library and parking garages are marked on this map) (For those of you driving, either the Wishard parking garage or the University parking garage are the closest places to park. IU parking tags do not work in those garages.)
Cost: Free! The sponsorship of this webcast site has been funded in whole or in part with Federal funds from the Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Library of Medicine, under Contract No. HHSN-276-2011-00005C with the University of Illinois at Chicago. Questions? Please contact Beth Whipple at ewhipple@iupui.edu

To register: please go to https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dFZiNGVMa0NtQkdWVEpPZVBlNEtUU1E6MQ

If there is not enough interest, the wrap-arounds will be canceled.

Submitted by: Beth Whipple, Research Informationist/Assistant Librarian, IUB

OLE@IU Blog Launch
The OLE@IU Communications Team was formed to encourage understanding and promote awareness of Kuali OLE development and implementation at IU. In order to coordinate this effort, the team is launching the OLE@IU Blog. The blog will contain periodic posts on developments, news items, or upcoming events regarding the Kuali OLE project at IU. The blog contains a fact sheet as well for quick reference. Be on the lookout for announcements of future posts on IUL News, and visit the new blog here: https://blogs.libraries.iub.edu/ole/

The OLE@IU Communications Team
- Diane Dallis, Co-Chair (IUB)
- Lori Duggan, Co-Chair (IUB)
- Robin Crumrin (IUPUI)
- Marla Baden (IPFW)
- Angela Thorpe (IUK)

Submitted by: Lori Duggan, Head, Electronic Resources Unit, IUB

First IULFC Meeting Scheduled
Date: Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Time: 2:00-4:30pm.
Locations:
- Bloomington - Wells E252
- Fort Wayne - Helmke Library B37
- East - WZ 119
- IUPUI - UL 2115G Meeting Room
- Kokomo - KO-111
- Northwest - NW-hh-318
- Southeast - Se-kv-112
- South Bend - SB-N175b

The agenda is forthcoming. Look for it on the IULFC Web site (http://www.indiana.edu/~iulfc/agenda_minutes.shtml)

Submitted by: Scott Opasik, IULFC Secretary, IUSB

Call for Proposals: ILF Districts 5/7 Conference 2012
The Indiana Library Federation Districts 5/7 Planning Committee is now accepting proposals for its 2012 conference at Indiana University in Bloomington on Thursday, May 10. The majority of attendees will be from academic and public libraries. Presentations will be approximately 45-50 minutes. Please send your proposal/title of presentation to: Virginia Sojdehei at sojdehei@indiana.edu,.

Deadline: November 28, 2011.

Submitted by: Virginia Sojdehei, Reference Services Librarian, IUB

DLP Digitizes “Golden Book”
A joint project to digitize the Golden Book, a hefty tome that records the names of military veterans connected to Indiana University as far back as the War of 1812, will be celebrated on Veterans Day, Friday, Nov. 11.

Since 1961, the book has resided in the Memorial Room of the Indiana Memorial Union, located just outside Alumni Hall. It records the names of veterans connected to IU who served in the Black Hawk War, the Mexican War, the Civil War, the Spanish-American War, the Philippine Insurrection, the Mexican Border Expedition and two world wars. The oldest name in the book is David Henry Maxwell, one of IU's original trustees when the university was founded in 1820 and namesake of Maxwell Hall.

The book also records the names of donors whose funds were used to construct three of IU's buildings: the old Memorial Stadium, the Indiana Memorial Union and Memorial Hall in the Agnes E. Wells Quadrangle, all of which bear the word "memorial" in their names to ensure the sacrifices of veterans are remembered.

The digitization project will allow visitors to browse the hundreds of names in the book through an electronic display on a 46-inch screen, which will be unveiled during a brief ceremony at 9 a.m. on Veterans Day in the Memorial Room. The event is free and open to the public.

"It's a way to show our current veterans that IU has a longstanding tradition of honoring military service," said Margaret Baechtold, director of Veterans Support Services at IU Bloomington, which collaborated with the Office of the Dean of Students, IU Digital Library program, Indiana Memorial Union and University Information Technology Services on the project. "And that there's still acknowledgment, that we value their commitment to serving their country."

A $10,000 grant from the IU Parents Fund helped fund the project.

Chris Eller, senior systems analyst for UITS advanced visualization lab, has created a 3-D documentary about the Golden Book that will screen at 7 p.m. on Dec. 6 at IU Cinema as part of a student film showcase.

The film features former IU employee and Meadowood Retirement Community resident Dolores Rockwood, whose excellent penmanship landed her the task of single-handedly transcribing the names of all World War II-era veterans into the book in the early 1950s.

Baechtold said her office intends to begin collecting the names of military veterans connected to the university after World War II, in an effort to bring the Golden Book's rolls up to date.

Beginning at 9:30am on Veterans Day, various representatives of IU will participate in a nationwide effort to read aloud the names of the more than 6,200 men and women who died in Iraq and Afghanistan. That event will continue throughout the day in the Memorial Room.

Submitted by: Dot Porter, Associate Director for Digital Library Content & Services

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November 18, 2011 - Volume 38, Issue 46

This Week in IUL News

¨ Reminder: Today is the Last Day for Open Enrollment

¨ William Evans Jenkins Award 2012: Call for Nominations

¨ First IULFC Meeting Scheduled

¨ Call for Proposals: ILF Districts 5/7 Conference 2012

Library News and Events

Reminder: Today is the Last Day for Open Enrollment
The deadline for Open Enrollment is today, November 18, 2011. For assistance, visit http://hr.iu.edu/benefits/2012/openenroll_2012.html or email enews@indiana.edu.

Open Enrollment is your annual opportunity to enroll in or make changes to the following plans, effective January 1, 2012:
 
-Medical and Dental Plans 
-Personal Accident Insurance 
-Tax Saver Benefit (TSB) Reimbursement Accounts
-Complete the Tobacco-Free Affidavit

To update your 2012 elections in Open Enrollment Self Service:
1.      Log in to OneStart at https://onestart.iu.edu/my2-prd/portal/132751.
2.      Click on the Open Enrollment button located in the Benefits Information box.
3.      Click Select in the Benefits Enrollment Screen to get started.
4.      Enter benefit selections for each plan using the online form.
5.      Click Submit after making all applicable changes to your 2012 benefits to send your selections to University Human Resource Services. 
6.      Check your IU email account for confirmation of the benefits you selected for 2012.
7.      When working in OneStart, especially on a public computer, always remember to log out.
 
Tobacco-free Affidavit
The Tobacco-free Affidavit for 2012 is available during Open Enrollment in OneStart through Friday, November 18, 2011.  To access the affidavit, click the Edit button next to the Medical page.  At the top of the page, confirm or update your medical plan election for 2012 and sign the affidavit at the bottom of the page.  Employees must complete the affidavit annually to recertify they are tobacco-free.  This year, employees can also certify their covered spouse/domestic partner is also tobacco-free.  The employee's medical plan contribution will be reduced by $25 per month for an employee or spouse/domestic partner ($50 for both) who do not use tobacco. 
 
If you have already submitted your 2012 Open Enrollment elections, you can still sign the affidavit.  Simply log back in to OneStart and re-submit your elections including the Tobacco-Free Affidavit.  Another updated confirmation email sent to your IU email account.
 
IU HDHP PPO & Health Savings Account
This Open Enrollment consider the IU HDHP PPO & Health Savings Account, which has the lowest employee premium contribution of the four plan options. When enrolling in the HDHP PPO & HSA, IU contributes $1,200 (employee-only coverage) and $2,400 (all other coverage levels), which covers the deductible, if you choose. Preventive services have no deductible or copay and preventive prescriptions have only a 20% copay.  The Health Savings Account feature of this plan provides tax-free savings and earnings that can be used now, in the future, and even into retirement. 

Submitted by: Jennifer Chaffin, Director of Human Resources


William Evans Jenkins Award 2012: Call For Nominations
The William Evans Jenkins Award 2012 Committee hereby invites you to identify and nominate potential candidates for the 2012 award.

Named for William Evans Jenkins, former Chief Librarian of Indiana University, this award may be presented annually to a current or former librarian on the Bloomington campus, in recognition of their outstanding contributions to the Indiana University Libraries or to the library profession in general. While eligibility for the award is limited to former and current Bloomington campus librarians, nominations may be made by any member of the Indiana University community.

Outstanding BLF colleagues deserve our recognition and appreciation. William Evans Jenkins should be remembered for his vision for the Indiana University Libraries and for his commitment to the profession as a whole. By nominating a librarian you admire and respect, you are keeping the memory of William Evans Jenkins alive and inspiring others to perform at the highest level. Nominations for this award may be submitted individually or jointly.

How to submit:
1. An “intent to nominate” message must be sent to Betty Davis (betdavis@indiana.edu) by November 30, 2011.

2. Documentation on the Intranet:
The Jenkins Award nomination form:
http://www.libraries.iub.edu/intranet/materials.php?mt=procedure&Id=263
The Jenkins Award documentation: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/intranet/materials.php?mt=policy&Id=249
Past Jenkins Award recipients:  http://www.libraries.iub.edu/intranet/materials.php?mt=paper&Id=2394

3. Timetable:
November 30, 2011: Intent to nominate due
February 1, 2012: Jenkins Award nomination form due
March 1, 2012: Supporting letters due (minimum of three)

Submitted by: Christina Wray, Chair, William Evans Jenkins Award Committee


First IULFC Meeting Scheduled
Date: Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Time: 2:00-4:30pm.
Locations:
- Bloomington - Wells E252
- Fort Wayne - Helmke Library B37
- East - WZ 119
- IUPUI - UL 2115G Meeting Room
- Kokomo - KO-111
- Northwest - NW-hh-318
- Southeast - Se-kv-112
- South Bend - SB-N175b

The agenda is forthcoming. Look for it on the IULFC Web site (http://www.indiana.edu/~iulfc/agenda_minutes.shtml)

Submitted by: Scott Opasik, IULFC Secretary, IUSB


Call for Proposals: ILF Districts 5/7 Conference 2012
The Indiana Library Federation Districts 5/7 Planning Committee is now accepting proposals for its 2012 conference at Indiana University in Bloomington on Thursday, May 10.  The majority of attendees will be from academic and public libraries.  Presentations will be approximately 45-50 minutes.  Please send your proposal/title of presentation to: Virginia Sojdehei at sojdehei@indiana.edu,.

Deadline: November 28, 2011.

Submitted by:  Virginia Sojdehei, Reference Services Librarian, IUB

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December

December 2nd, 2011 - Volume 38, Issue 47 | December 9th, 2011 - Volume 38, Issue 48

December 16th, 2011 - Volume 38, Issue 49

December 2, 2011 - Volume 38, Issue 47

This Week in IUL News

¨ Kuali Foundation Releases Kuali OLE 0.3

¨ InULA Holiday Luncheon

 Kuali Foundation Releases Kuali OLE 0.3

Kuali Foundation has announced the release of Kuali OLE 0.3, a milestone in open-source software development that addresses the functional needs of higher education research libraries for managing information resources. Kuali Open Library Environment is a robust, enterprise-wide, easy-to-use system for selecting, acquiring and describing library information resources that link with enterprise business processes and value-added external resources.

"Indiana University recognizes the critical importance of cross-institutional collaboration on the development of this system," said IU Ruth Lilly Dean of University Libraries Brenda L. Johnson. "Kuali OLE will enable research libraries to manage and provide access to the wide range of resources -- print, digital, licensed and local -- they now 'collect.' With the rapid pace of change that libraries are experiencing, this community source software will allow libraries to adapt their operations efficiently and effectively."

Indiana University has been instrumental in the development of the Kuali Foundation and Kuali OLE through its support of a collaborative, open-source environment to deliver enterprise systems for higher education. IU faculty and staff have made significant contributions to Kuali OLE, and IU Vice President for Information Technology Brad Wheeler is currently the board president of the Kuali Foundation.

Kuali OLE 0.3 release is a stepping stone toward the full product that is on track for 2013 implementation. As well as select and acquire functions with auditing trails for all purchases, the 0.3 step release highlights three potentially transformational developments:

· Kuali OLE 0.3 provides a flexible document store as a primary storage component for all library managed resources with faceted searching of all owned content.

· Kuali OLE 0.3 enables locally configurable workflows for library supply chain automation and management.

· Kuali OLE 0.3 provides a framework for potential enterprise integration utilizing Kuali Rice enterprise middleware.

This release also gives potential users access to a cloud-based test-drive installation and driver's manual for understanding and demonstrating the new software. Access is available here.

"This release is a key piece of the puzzle that is building the foundation for a more holistic approach to library information system management that meets the functional needs of research libraries," said Kuali OLE Project Board Co-Chair Deborah Jakubs, Rita DiGiallonardo Holloway University Librarian and vice provost for library affairs at Duke University. "I am very pleased with the deep collaborative efforts demonstrated by the hundreds of librarians and staff who have contributed to the Kuali OLE project. They are working in conjunction with the other Kuali software projects to provide solutions for higher education that reach well beyond libraries."

Kuali OLE Release 0.3 is the result of collaboration of multiple higher education research libraries and commercial affiliates including Indiana University, Duke University, Lehigh University, North Carolina State University, University of Chicago, University of Florida, University of Maryland, University of Michigan, University of Pennsylvania and HTC Global Services. Kuali OLE 0.3 has received generous support from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

All software and materials delivered by the Kuali Foundation are available under the Educational Community License and can be adopted by colleges and universities without licensing fees.

The Kuali OLE Project Team is focusing its efforts on its "Year Two" roadmap, available here, for extending the functionality of Kuali OLE. Release 0.6, expected in March 2012, will focus on "Deliver and Manage User Relationships" and "Manage Entity Relationships," which will provide for circulation functionality and local contextual information for management of library information resources.

These first two releases are the initial components of a larger project to build an enterprise-wide library management system.

"We are pleased to see the Kuali OLE project's successful delivery of release 0.3," said Kuali Foundation Executive Director Jennifer Foutty. "This is the start of a major effort to deliver full library information system management functionality and will complement other projects that are delivering major components of a full set of enterprise systems, including Kuali Financial System, Kuali Student, Kuali Coeus for Research Administration and Kuali People Management for the Enterprise."

For more information on Kuali OLE 0.3, or to download version 0.3, go to Kuali OLE or take a "test drive" at Test Drive Kuali OLE.

The Kuali Foundation is a nonprofit organization that coordinates the efforts of colleges and universities to develop and sustain administrative software to meet the needs of all sizes of higher education institutions, from small colleges to large research universities. The Kuali Foundation began in 2004 as a cooperative effort among partners and a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to develop an open-source financial system. Success with the Kuali Financial System led to additional pooled investment projects, including Kuali Coeus for Research Administration, Kuali Student, Kuali Rice, Kuali Open Library Environment, Kuali People Management for the Enterprise, Kuali Mobility Enterprise and Kuali Ready, with coordination by the independent, not-for-profit Kuali Foundation. The software developed by Kuali projects is available, without fee, for anyone to use or modify under the Educational Community License.

Contributed by: Lori Duggan, Head, Electronic Resources Unit

InULA Holiday Luncheon

It’s that time again when we all come together to wish each other well, and to spread good cheer!  All are welcome to attend.

Date: Friday, December 9, 2011

Time: 11:30am-1:30pm

Location: IUB Neal Marshall Black Culture Center, Grand Hall. 

Cost:  Members $7.50; non-members $10.00. You can pay by check, or cash at the door.  Checks should be made payable to:  InULA

RSVP:  Monique Threatt (mthreatt@indiana.edu, 812-855-1650) no later than December 5.

Guest Lecturer: Dr. Stasa Milojevic (IUB School of Library and Information Science):

Because of its location at the crossroads, Serbia was for centuries shaped by the cultural boundaries between the East and the West. Its cultural and information institutions shared its tumultuous history. Periods of greatness and prosperity were followed by periods of devastation. Throughout the history, wars would decimate country’s printed and cultural heritage and the institutions preserving that heritage. But, the institutions would soon rebuild and consolidate themselves and move forward. Such a history left the country constantly torn between striving for modernization and preserving its traditions and cultural heritage. Stasa Milojevic, assistant professor in SLIS, will talk about libraries in Serbia, especially focusing on more recent period, some of which she witnessed firsthand.

Submitted by: Monique Threatt, Chair, InULA Program and Social Committee

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December 9, 2011 - Volume 38, Issue 48

This Week in IUL News

¨ Metadata Discussion Group Spring 2012 Meetings

¨ Variations on Video

Metadata Discussion Group Spring 2012 Meetings

Please note that the meeting dates for spring 2012 have been decided on.  All meetings are on Tuesdays from 9:30am-10:30am on the Bloomington campus in the Wells Library. 

Jan 10

Feb 7

Mar 6

Apr 3

May 1

For more information, check the Metadata Discussion Group blog.

Contributed by: Jennifer Liss, Metadata/Cataloging Librarian, Technical Services, IUB

Variations on Video

The Indiana University Libraries, in partnership with Northwestern University Library, recently received a $947,963 grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) to create a freely available open source software system to enable academic libraries and archives to easily provide online access to their video and audio collections.

This project, known as Variations on Video, will be based in IU’s Digital Library Program and continues a planning project supported by a previous IMLS grant to IU. It builds on IU’s past success in developing the open source Variations digital music library system, now in use at over 20 colleges and universities beyond IU, and on Northwestern’s long history of expertise in video digitization and delivery.

Participants from several additional institutions will collaborate and advise on the project, including Stanford University, University of Virginia, New York University, Harvard University, University of Connecticut, University of Miami, University of York (U.K.), WGBH/Boston, University of California Berkeley, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum. Representatives from the Hydra Project and Opencast Matterhorn, two higher education open source initiatives focused on digital library and media content management, will also participate.

“Our users have ever-increasing expectations for online access to information, including audio and video. We hope that this project will help libraries and archives to make their media collections more accessible to students, researchers, and the public,” said Jon Dunn, Director of Library Technologies and Digital Libraries at IU and project director for the new grant. “I look forward to working with our colleagues at Northwestern and our other partners to develop software that we hope will be generally applicable.”

“Northwestern is very excited to have the opportunity to work with a great group of like-minded institutions and organizations to design and build this new system” said Stu Baker, Associate University Librarian for Library Technologies at Northwestern. “The partnership with the Hydra Project and Opencast Matterhorn open source communities insures that we will build something that meets the needs of academic libraries, archives, and the higher education enterprise to manage and provide access to streamed video and audio collections.”

In addition to the participants noted above, to refine technical requirements, the planning group will work with media collection managers in the IU Libraries, partners in the IU Bloomington Media Preservation Initiative, and groups in IU’s University Information Technology Services.

Brenda Johnson, Ruth Lilly Dean of University Libraries at IU, underscores the importance of this collaborative effort. "This phase of the Variations project will leverage the mutual strengths of Indiana University and Northwestern University to address evolving needs for digital media management. The impressive number of participating institutions demonstrates the growing interest in Variations both within and beyond higher education.”

The IU Digital Library Program is a collaborative effort of the IU Libraries, University Information Technology Services, and the university research faculty with leadership from the School of Library and Information Science and the School of Informatics and Computing.

The Institute of Museum and Library Services is the primary source of federal support for the nation's 123,000 libraries and 17,500 museums. The Institute's mission is to create strong libraries and museums that connect people to information and ideas. The Institute works at the national level and in coordination with state and local organizations to sustain heritage, culture, and knowledge; enhance learning and innovation; and support professional development. To learn more about the Institute, please visit www.imls.gov.

For more information on the project, please visit http://www.variationsonvideo.org/. For more information on IU’s open source Variations digital music library software, visit http://variations.sourceforge.net/.

Taken from: IUB Libraries News & Events page
 

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December 16, 2011 - Volume 38, Issue 49

This Week in IUL News

¨ Staff News

¨ IU Takes Part in RAILS Project

¨ Free Workshop Pilot Program for Staff and Faculty In Spring 2012

Staff News

I am happy to announce that Stacy Konkiel has accepted the E-Science Librarian position effective January 17.  Stacy is currently a Marketing Associate for the Public Library of Science (PLoS) in San Francisco where she leads efforts to market PLoS journals to a wide range of international scientific communities, supports research and development for Article-Level Metrics and data sharing initiatives, and organizes appearances at major domestic and international scientific conferences.  Prior to working for PLoS, Stacy was the Digital Repository Resident Librarian for ScholarWorks at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst.

Stacy received her MLS and MIS from IU in 2008.  While a student at IU, she worked for the Libraries as an Instruction Assistant, a Reference Assistant and a Metadata/TEI Intern.  She was awarded a Digital Libraries Fellowship in 2006-2007 by the IU Digital Libraries Education Program.  At IU, she also served as the Coordinator for the Office of Women’s Affairs Commission on Personal Safety and received the Indiana University Commission on Multicultural Understanding Graduate Student Award in 2008.  Her bachelor’s degree is in English from the University of Delaware in Newark.

Please join me in welcoming Stacy when she arrives!

Submitted by: Julie Bobay, Associate Dean for Collection Development and Scholarly Communications, Collection Management, IUB

Library News and Events

IU Takes Part in RAILS Project
Indiana University is one of five institutions nationwide selected to participate in the RAILS (Rubric Assessment of Information Literacy Skills) project during the 2011-2012 academic year.  RAILS is based at the Syracuse University School of Information Studies and led by Assistant Professor Megan Oakleaf. The three-year project seeks to measure information literacy skills of college students and is funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
 
RAILS is designed to help librarians and academic faculty develop and test rubrics that evaluate student learning and information literacy.
 
“Previously, librarians have been relying on tests to assess student work and skills and not looking at their research papers and projects,” Oakleaf said. “There are limitations on what you can test, and students aren’t always motivated to really work hard on a test that doesn’t impact their grade.”
 
Over the three-year grant period, Oakleaf will travel to 10 different universities to meet with 10 librarians or faculty members at each school.
 
Indiana University will be represented by Brian Winterman, Information Fluency and Assessment Librarian.  Winterman was selected from librarians attending the ACRL Assessment Immersion Program, an intensive professional development experience focused on building librarian capacity to assess student learning.  He will participate in extensive rubric training and then organize librarians and academic faculty on campus to assess student work samples.
 
“We also need to identify the characteristics that will make librarians and faculty members good evaluators of student work so that we can develop training for them,” Oakleaf said.
 
More than 100 samples of student work will be evaluated at each institution to not only evaluate the students themselves, but also how well librarians and faculty members assess student work.  Part of the study’s overall goal is to normalize evaluation of student information literacy and establish rubrics to measure teaching effectiveness in libraries.  RAILS will employ an interactive website (www.railsontrack.info) and Waypoint Outcomes, a provider of Web-based academic assessment tools, to process the anonymized assessment data.
 
The issue of library effectiveness is important, according to Oakleaf, because libraries need to be able to demonstrate evidence that their programs and resources are contributing to the teaching and learning missions of their overarching institutions.
 
“It’s a big issue with academic libraries to show that they are really contributing to the overall mission of the university,” Oakleaf said. “Libraries receive substantial financial resources from their institutions, so they have to prove their value within the university. This is a way to give actual evidence of the importance of academic libraries.”

Taken from: IUB Libraries News & Events page

Free Workshop Pilot Program for Staff and Faculty In Spring 2012
For the spring 2012 semester, staff and faculty from any IU campus can register for UITS IT Training workshops at no charge, thanks to a pilot program designed to assess faculty and staff interest in free workshops.

The spring workshop schedule is now online, so sign up quickly to reserve your seat. Instructor-led workshops are available in Microsoft and Adobe applications, IU and academic technology topics,programming and much more. You can also request a specially scheduled workshop for your department, class or group at no charge this spring.

Remember that this is a pilot for the spring semester only to assess user interest, so let us know if workshop fees have been keeping you from taking the training you need. To find a workshop that interests you, browse by topic on the IT Training website.

Taken from: UITS IT Training website

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