ILA/ACRL Newsletter, vol. 12, no. 1, March 2002
President's Piece
I continue to be amazed at the rapid
pace the 2002 standing and ad hoc committee members and chairs have devoted to
ILA/ACRL already this year. In November, Jane Campagna, past president, led us in a smooth
transition meeting of past and present executive board members. I am certainly grateful
for all of her hard work in 2001. She did an excellent job! Everything seemed to magically come
together last fall as the Nominating Committee contacted many of you to help serve as
committee chairs or members. The committees were rapidly filled due to your willingness to
serve. Thank you! Also, congratulations go to John Pollitz
(Vice-President/President-Elect), Stephen Dew (Secretary/Treasurer) and Jean Donham
(Member-at-Large) who are your newly elected ILA/ACRL officers and Betty Rogers who is the
Vice President/President-Elect of ILA. Although I do not want to repeat the
newsletter, I would like to highlight major accomplishments that have recently taken
place. So far this year… ˇ The Directory Committee led by Susan Moore has published the
2002 ILA/ACRL Directory. ˇ
The Bylaws Committee (ad hoc) led by Ann Ford has
gathered a list of recommended changes and is ready for a vote in April. ˇ The Database Committee (ad hoc) led by John Pollitz has
compiled a list of subscribed databases by institution type. ˇ The Information Literacy Committee (ad hoc) led by Jean
Donham has created an excellent web resource on this topic (see below). ˇ The Electronic Communications Committee led by Chris Neuhaus has
been keeping our homepage up-to-date with all these activities. Thanks! ˇ The Spring Conference Committee led by Sandra Keist is planning
a great conference in Newton on April 19th entitled “United We Succeed:
Partnering with Purpose” with Helen Spalding, ACRL’s 2002-2003 president, as our
keynote speaker. Librarians across the country and
within our organization are focusing on the theme of developing new relationships. So as
we eagerly await the Spring Conference, I ask you to ponder these questions. How might
librarians develop partnerships in Iowa, across the country, and around the world? How
might ILA/ACRL help facilitate these relationships? Our future is created by each of us,
so let’s energize, inspire and learn from each other! —Rachel Crowley, Morningside
College, ILA/ACRL president
United We Succeed: Partnering with Purpose
Mark your calendars and plan on
attending the ILA/ACRL Spring Conference. Where: DMCC in Newton, Iowa When: April 19, 2002 This year’s theme is “United
We Succeed: Partnering with Purpose.” We are very pleased to announce our keynote
speaker: Helen Spalding, Vice President/President Elect of the Association of College and
Research Libraries. Following the conference theme, her
presentation is entitled “New Realities, New Relationships.” Ms. Spalding
received her MLS from the University of Iowa, and since 1985 has been Associate Director
of Libraries at the University of Missouri—Kansas City. As ACRL President, she plans
to bring visibility to the contribution that librarians make in higher education,
scholarly communication, and civic development. More information about Helen Spalding is
available at
http://www.ala.org/acrl/prespage02.html. Visit the ILA/ACRL web site at
http://www.iowaacrl.org/ for
registration information. Interested in presenting a paper?
The Call for Papers for this year’s conference is also available at the web site. If you have never been to an ILA/ACRL
Spring Conference or have been working in Iowa less than 3 years, you can apply for a
scholarship and receive up to $100 towards your registration and travel costs! Scholarship
application forms are available at the web site. Please plan on joining us for another
excellent conference! —Sandra Keist, Grand View
College, Spring Conference committee chair ACRL Chapters Council met at ALA
Midwinter, Sunday, January 20, 2002. The meeting started with a welcome and introduction
of the Chapters Council officers by Linda Kopecky, Chapters Council Chair. After approval
of the June 2001 minutes, Larry Hardesty, Conference Chair, discussed the ACRL 11th
National Conference to be held in Charlotte, North Carolina from April 10–13, 2003.
He encouraged everyone to attend and remind other librarians of the opportunities to
participate. The deadline for submission of contributed papers is May 31, 2002. Those
wanting to present posters have until November 1, 2002 to apply and roundtable organizers
have until early January 2003 to apply. Reports and updates of various ACRL
committees, officers and staff were presented. ACRL presidential candidates Tyrone H.
Cannon and John Popko were introduced. A Candidates Forum and Luncheon followed the
Chapters Council meeting. ACRL is sponsoring an ACRL
Legislative Luncheon on the 28th Annual National Library Legislative Day in
Washington, D.C. on May 6, 2002. More information is available at
http://www.ala.org/washoff/legislativeday.html. Everyone is reminded of the national
ACRL web pages on the ALA website. There is a roster of Chapters Council officers,
committees and state ACRL organizations at
http://www.ala.org/acrl/roster.html.
The
Chapters Council's newsletter, Chapter Topics, is available at
http://www.ala.org/acrl/ct/. Lynne Bradley of the Washington, D.C.
office of ALA (
http://www.ala.org/washoff/
) spoke about some of the issues currently being
worked on by those in that office. She mentioned appropriations and copyright issues along
with the impact of the TEACH Act (
http://www.ala.org/washoff/disted.html
) and the
implications of the USA Patriot Act (
http://chronicle.com/free/v48/i25/25a03101.htm
) on
the business records of all types of libraries. All colleges and universities should have
a procedure for dealing with requests for information. The institution’s attorneys
should offer guidance as existing policies are reviewed and new ones written and all staff
including student workers should be trained on the procedures to be followed. —Linda L. Scarth, Mt. Mercy
College, Chapters Council representative Ad Hoc Bylaws Committee The ILA/ACRL Board has proposed
modifications to the ILA/ACRL Bylaws. You can view these proposed modifications at
http://www.iowaacrl.org/organization/bylaws/revision02.html
. A discussion and vote on the proposed
bylaw modifications will take place during the Spring Conference business meeting, held at
lunch, on April 19, 2002. —Ann Ford, University of Iowa,
committee chair Ad Hoc
Committee on Best Practices in Information Literacy Iowa-ACRL has a new task force at
work on ways to share information about the best practices in information literacy
programs. Task force members are Susan Vega Garcia
(ISU), Chris Neuhaus (UNI), Kathy Magarrell (UI), Barb Kuttler (St. Ambrose), Kyle Winward
(SECC), Daria Bossman (Morningside), Jane Campagna (Scott CC), and Chair Jean Donham
(Cornell). The task force’s
charge is to facilitate dialog about information literacy and develop a best practices
clearing house. The association’s website has been an obvious place to provide
information about best practices, and Chris Neuhaus has wasted no time in posting links to
useful websites regarding information literacy. Take a look at the web page (
http://www.iowaacrl.org/il/
)
to see resources he has identified there. Categories of information include Best
Practices–Iowa; Directory of Associations and Organizations; Best Practices–National/International
Forums; Listservs and Conferences; Bibliographies; Standards; Definitions; and Web
Resources. The committee hopes to use a session
at the Spring Conference as a forum for exchange of information about best practices in
information literacy. We will continue to work to identify ways in which we can both
support and disseminate ideas for improving the information literacy programs in Iowa
academic libraries. —Jean Donham, Cornell College,
committee chair The 2002 Iowa Academic and
Research Libraries Directory is now available. The directory is published in print
every two years, and updated between times on the ILA/ACRL web site. Free distribution of
the directory to ILA/ACRL members will take place at the Spring Conference. Cost of the
directory for non-members is $5.00. —Susan Moore, UNI, committee
chair Libraries and other institutions from
across the United States have participated in the Let's All Read Project. The purpose of
the project is to encourage community discussion about books and to provide citizens an
opportunity to meet with a popular author.
You energize and inspire me!
Committee Reports
ACRL Chapters Council
Directory Committee
Community College News
Scott Community
College
Scott Community College Library is
participating in the "Let's All Read Hunger of Memory: The Education of Richard
Rodriguez" campaign. The campaign is part of the Super Author Project, sponsored
by Quad City Arts and made possible by grants from the Illinois Humanities Council,
Humanities Iowa, and Scott County Regional Authority. Scott Community College Library will
hold a book discussion on April 3, 2002 in the Student Life Center. Copies of the book
will be provided to participants.
News of the Iowa Private Academic Libraries
Central College
Central College librarians are
planning a second Information Literacy Faculty Workshop for May 2002. The first workshop
was held May 2001. Using Iowa College Foundation
faculty technology development grant funds, the three-day workshop helps faculty renew and
upgrade their library information retrieval and evaluation skills within their
disciplines. Librarians collaborate with participants to define information literacy
generally and then to integrate information literacy components into existing courses of
the faculty member's choice.
For further information, contact Robin Martin
(
martinr@central.edu
).
We chose the HTML format option
with links to the databases where the journal is located. We requested that Serials
Solutions also add a link to our OPAC for the titles we hold in print, so those will not
be overlooked in our quest for full-text titles. We are finding that we are making fuller
use of the resources we have. Our reference desk has used this much more than we thought
we would in helping students find the resources they need.
Marcia Keyser is the new
Coordinator of Information Resources at Cowles Library. She comes to Iowa from Texas
A&M University—Kingsville, where she was a Reference & Education Materials
Librarian. Although she considers herself a generalist, her areas of specialization are
English and Education. In her new position at Cowles Library, she will be participating in
faculty outreach, establishing an electronic reserves service, and many other activities.
Karen Wallace,
Circulation/Reference Librarian at the Drake Law Library, and Sharon (Shay) Baker, former
Associate Professor of Library and Information Science at the University of Iowa, recently
had a book published by Libraries Unlimited. The title, The Responsive Public Library:
How to Develop and Market a Winning Collection, has a public library focus but
includes much information on promotion, relationship marketing, staff development,
partnerships, and other aspects of marketing applicable to academic libraries as well.
In 1999 Cowles Library began hosting
an afternoon event with the speaker called “Informal Conversations.” Near the
end of 1999, the Cowles Library administration was asked to administer the lecture since
it was growing in popularity and workload. Currently, a committee is appointed by the
University President to select speakers and give general direction, but the planning of
the event is left to the library administration. The next lecture will feature Ken Burns
on April 10, 2002 at 7:30 p.m. at the Drake Knapp Center. The lecture is free and open to
the public.
In October, O'Keefe Library and three other local libraries sponsored a month-long "Art of the Book Festival." The festival included workshops on papermaking, calligraphy, and book binding. Two lectures on book arts were held at St. Ambrose University and Augustana College featuring Paul Gehl from the Newberry Library and Timothy Barrett from the University of Iowa Center for the Book. The festival concluded with a book appraisal fair with Thomas Joyce, Chicago rare book dealer and "Dr. Rare" from HGTV's Appraisal Fair.
Librarians at O'Keefe Library have completed their first two semesters of teaching Information Literacy 101. IL101 is a one-credit class included within the general education requirements for all students at St. Ambrose University. During this first year, over 350 first-year students have completed the class. During the fall semester, eight sections of IL101 were presented within a Learning Community with three other linked classes. Next fall the library will be offering 13 sections of IL101 linked to Learning Communities. The curriculum for IL101 is based on the Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education.Wartburg requires students to show
proficiency in four literacy areas, including Information Literacy Across the Curriculum
(ILAC). Since 2000, ILAC has been integrated into the Wartburg Plan of Essential Education
and into each major. College librarians teach ILAC basics in five required Essential
Education courses, in partnership with classroom faculty. In addition, each major at
Wartburg has developed its own ILAC standards to reflect information literacy in the
discipline.
IPAL Conference
Mark your calendars! The 2002 Iowa
Private Academic Libraries (IPAL) Conference will be held Friday, March 22, at Wartburg
College in Waverly. The program theme is "Getting Better Together."
Concurrent sessions will describe projects and explore possibilities for collaboration in
three areas: collection management and retention review; a new and different way of
handling reference statistics; and grant support for database subscriptions. The conveners
promise not only information but also the opportunity to develop action plans for
collaborative endeavors among IPAL libraries, leading to improvements and growth for all
of us. Tours of Wartburg's almost-new Vogel Library will also be available, along with a
delicious lunch and the IPAL business meeting. For more information, contact Jill
Gremmels, College Librarian, Wartburg College at
gremmelsg@wartburg.edu
.
The Technical Services Department
underwent an assessment and major reorganization of their space.
By invitation, three vendors of
unmediated document delivery services demonstrated their products/services for library
faculty and staff. Those products and services are being evaluated.
A search is currently underway for a
Physical Sciences Librarian/Assistant Professor. More information is available at
http://www.iastate.edu/~hrs_info/jobs/jobs.html
.
Olivia Madison, Library Dean,
presented a paper at the International Conference on Electronic Sources, in November 2001,
in Rome, Italy.
Gerry McKiernan has been appointed a member of the editorial board of The Serials Librarian.
Steven Johns has accepted the
faculty position of Social Sciences & Humanities Librarian/Instructional Technology
Librarian.
Karen Lawson, Assistant IT
Officer, has been appointed interim Information Technology Officer.
University of Iowa
All friends and supporters of The
University of Iowa Libraries are invited to join us in celebrating two important
milestones, the acquisition of our four-millionth volume and the tenth anniversary of the
Iowa Women's Archives. The celebration takes place Friday, April 12, 2002 from 7–9
p.m. in the Richey Ballroom at the Iowa Memorial Union. A tapas reception is
included. This event is free but reservations are appreciated, call (319) 335-5867 or
e-mail
lib-friends@uiowa.edu
.
Our distinguished guest speaker is
Marian Rees, an award winning filmmaker and Iowa alumna. Ms. Rees is a strong advocate of
the University Libraries and a contributor to the Iowa Women's Archives where she donated
both her personal papers and documents from Marian Rees Associates, Inc. For more
information about this event see
http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/friends/events.html
.
The University of Iowa Libraries and
the Iowa Memorial Union have jointly opened Food for Thought, The Library Café, a coffee
cart and snack bar in the Main Library that features hot and cold beverages, pastries,
sandwiches and other items. The Library Café is located on the first floor, South Lobby,
and is open Monday through Thursday from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.; Friday from 10 a.m. to 3
p.m.; and Sunday, from 3 p.m. to 10 p.m. No service is offered on Saturdays or during
semester intercessions. In order to protect collections and equipment, permitted and
restricted dining areas have been designated in the library. Preferred dining areas
include the first and second floor lounges and study areas. Prohibited areas include at or
near computer stations, and at or near photocopiers, printers, microfilm readers or other
equipment.
Sandra Phelps, Temp. Librarian
II, Reference & Instruction Librarian, Hardin Library
Promotions, Transfers, etc.
Susie Marks, Librarian IV,
from Coordinator, Access Services to Coordinator, Human Resources & Diversity
Programs.
Janice Simmons-Welburn,
Librarian IV, additional responsibility of Interim Coordinator, Access Services.
Sandy Ballasch, Librarian III,
additional responsibility of Head, Interlibrary Loan/Document Delivery.
Librarians Gundie Kersche and Ursula Steiger of
the University of Klagenfurt, Austria will be visiting the Rod Library from April 18–26
and attending the ILA/ACRL Spring Conference as part of the ongoing exchange of librarians
between UNI and UK (
http://www.uni.edu/~caswell/klg/
).
This past year the Rod Library
Marketing Committee has released a series of promotional online newsletters, which may be
viewed at
http://www.library.uni.edu/newsletter/
.
Marilyn Mercado, acting Dean, and Becky
Lutkenhaus, Documents and Maps Reference Librarian, will
be spending May 9–27 on an exchange visit in St. Petersburg, Russia. During the first
week of the trip, they will be making a presentation at the fifth annual ACIE-RGPU-UNI
Conference on Higher Education. (That rather formidable set of acronyms stands for the
American Councils for International Education, the Russian State Pedagogical University,
and the University of Northern Iowa.) During the second week the two will be meeting with
and providing seminars to librarians of the Russian State Pedagogical University and other
area libraries. It is hoped that this trip will be the beginning of the establishment of a
long term exchange agreement between RGPU and UNI libraries.