Vol. 20, No. 1 (Spring
2003)
ISSN 0743-3468
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Co-Editors: Stacey Burkart, UW Baraboo Library
Karen J. Dunn, UW Madison, Steenbock Library
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Inside this issue..
Thoughts from
the WAAL Chair
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Welcome to all WAAL
members! I am your new chair for 2003 and one of my duties is
writing a "Thoughts from the chair" column for the
newsletter. As I was thinking about what to write in this column
I did a mental inventory of 2002. While there were many important
events and issues facing academic librarians, the one that jumped
out was the state budget crisis and how that affects and will
continue to affect us in the coming years. My other thought
was how impressive we librarians are when we work together to
solve problems. |
Through committees, contacting our legislators, and
local and state PR we worked to preserve our basic services and
educate others about the efficient ways in which we already manage
our budgets through the pooling of resources and services to our
users.
I was especially proud of the way all librarians,
academic, public, school, and private, worked together to answer
the threat to free library services in Wisconsin.
So is the crisis over? Of course not. The budget in
the coming years will not get better, and quite possibly might worsen.
What can we as WAAL members do? Well, we have several representatives
on the WLA Library Development and Legislation Committee working
hard on these issues, as well as two Legislative Liaisons on the
WAAL Board. Find out how you can help, find information brochures,
upcoming events, and membership information on the WLA Legislative
Development Web page at http://www.wla.lib.wi.us/legis/legis.html.
Another way librarians are good at problem solving
is through our networking and professional development efforts.
What a segue to the WAAL Spring Conference! This year the conference
will be held in beautiful Milwaukee at the Four Points Sheraton
Hotel, April 2nd-4th. Our theme is "Connect in the City: Librarians,
Students and Faculty" and should present a great opportunity
for sharing our experiences and solutions to problems, as well as
exploring ways to connect with each other through collaborative
projects, residency programs, in-house staff training, and professional
development opportunities. We are even planning a swap meet combined
with our traditional poster sessions and evening reception, where
librarians can share flyers, handouts, guides or strategies suitable
for distribution (swapping). More information about the conference
and registration information can be found at http://www.wla.lib.wi.us/waal/conferences/2003/welcome.htm.
One of the other important projects completed in 2002
was the WAAL membership survey. We had an outstanding response to
this survey and received many good suggestions for WAAL's future.
I will be talking more about this in future newsletters. In the
meantime, I urge you to contact me this year with any suggestions
or comments you may have for WAAL programs, directions or initiatives.
I want WAAL to continue to be "your" professional organization
and count on the members to let the WAAL Board know your thoughts.
See you all at the spring WAAL Conference 2003!
Sincerely,
Patricia Herrling
WAAL Chair 2003
National Library Legislative Day, May 12-13,
2003
National Library Legislative Day will be held
in Washington, D.C. on May 12 -13, 2003, and it is not too early
to put this date on your calendar. This is our annual opportunity
to take our concerns to our congressional delegation in D.C. and
increase their awareness of issues that are important to the Wisconsin
library community. This year is particularly
important with so many critical issues on the table: LSTA Reauthorization,
E-Government and Public Access (Presidential Records Act, OMB Memorandum
on GPO), Privacy and Confidentiality (U.S. Patriot Act), Copyright/Fair
Use (Copyright Extension & UCITA). (See the WLA Web page for
our complete Federal Legislative Agenda: http://www.wla.lib.wi.us/legis/FedAgenda.pdf).
Each year a group of delegates from Wisconsin attend
this meeting to speak with our Senators and Representatives. Eleven
people made up our delegation in 2002, and it would be wonderful
to expand that number in 2003. Our Wisconsin library delegation
will make a far greater impression with greater numbers.
Monday, May 12 will be a Briefing Day, during which
the issues will be defined and guidance will be provided on how
to present the issues to our congressmen. Tuesday, May 13 will be
the advocacy day, with scheduled group appointments throughout the
day with our Wisconsin Congressional delegation in their offices.
We would like to encourage members of WAAL to attend
this meeting and to help deliver our message to our legislators.
Funding support will have to be solicited by the person wishing
to attend -- perhaps from their library or from a library organization.
If you think you might be interested in attending or would like
more information, contact Sue Center, WLA Federal Relations Coordinator,
at (608) 262-1499 or slcenter@facstaff.wisc.edu.
-- Sue L. Center, WLA Federal Relations Coordinator
Connect in the City . . .Register soon!
The 2003 annual WAAL conference will be held
Wednesday, April 2 through Friday, April 4 at the Four Points Sheraton
in Milwaukee.
This year's conference will feature of variety of
interesting sessions and speakers, as well as two exciting events.
ACRL President-Elect, Tyrone Cannon, will open the conference Wednesday
morning with a keynote address, "Partnerships
and Connections: The Learning Community as Knowledge Builders."
David Schwartz, President and CEO of Harry W. Schwartz Bookstores,
will supply a little 'food for thought' at Wednesday's luncheon.
On Thursday, Professor Mordecai Lee from UW-Milwaukee's
School of Continuing Education will speak on Franklin Roosevelt's
Office of Government Records, and Professor Ethelene Whitmire, from
UW-Madison's School Of Library Science, will give a keynote presentation
on undergraduate's academic library use and information seeking
behavior. Additionally, John Berry, the past President of the American
Library Association, will deliver Thursday's plenary session on
"The Shock of the New: The Future of
Libraries and Library and Information Workers."
Two very special events are planned. On Wednesday,
participants will be able to take a 'hard hat' tour of Marquette
Universities Raynor Library. The Raynor Library is scheduled for
official dedication in September, but this preview tour will give
librarians an opportunity to view the facility prior to its opening.
On Thursday evening, in honor of the 25th Anniversary of the American
Geographical Society Collection moving to UW-Milwaukee, the UWM
Libraries will host a tour of the AGSL and a reception. Poster sessions
and an informational 'swap meet' will be held during this reception.
Complete information on the 2003 Conference, including
the call-to-conference, registration form, and accommodation information,
can be obtained by visiting the conference website at: http://www.wla.lib.wi.us/waal/conferences/2003/index.htm
A Call to Conference booklet will not be mailed to WAAL members
this year; rather a postcard reminding members to register for the
conference will be mailed in mid-February.
The pre-registration deadline for the conference is
March 10, 2003. If you are unable to access the conference website,
please contact a member of the Conference Planning Committee or
the WLA Office to obtain a printed copy of the registration form.
Additional information can be obtained by contacting
members of the conference planning committee at: waal2003@uwm.edu
We look forward to seeing everyone in April in Milwaukee!!!
-- Maureen Powless & Stephanie Ryan Judge,
Conference Planning Co-Chairs
A Request from the WAAL Information
Literacy Committee…Send Us Your Best Practices!
So many of us are incorporating a wide variety of
techniques into our teaching. The WAAL Information Literacy Committee
invites you to share your great ideas with your colleagues.
The collection of Best Practices
classroom techniques, exercises and tutorials that we are building
is intended to illustrate:
1) The variety of ideas and areas that a "Best
Practice" can include, and…
2) The ways that the WAAL Information Literacy Competencies
correspond to library teaching and learning experiences.
For more information, and to submit a Best Practice
of your own, please visit:
http://www.wla.lib.wi.us/waal/infolit/bestprac/bestpracticesamples.htm
-- Eliot Finkelstein, WAAL Information Literacy Committee
New UW-Madison SLIS Library Employment Information
Service
Barbara J. Arnold has had a small list of alumni and
other interested people on an email list to which she has distributed
job notices. She has now set up madslisjobs, a list to which interested
people can subscribe. Subscribers can also post job notices for
the others on the list. People can also check the list's archive
without subscribing.
If you would like to subscribe: just send an email
message to:
madslisjobs-join@lists.services.wisc.edu
You will get a confirmation email to which you can
reply and you will be on the list. Non-subscribers can read messages
by checking:
http://lists.services.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=madslisjobs
If you have any comments or suggestions, contact
Barbara J. Arnold, UW-Madison SLIS, bjarnold@facstaff.wisc.edu
U.S. Censuses
of Portage County, Wisconsin (UWSP)
University Archives is pleased to announce the
availability of the Index to the 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, and 1900
U.S. Censuses of Portage County, Wisconsin. The
database is searchable by names, townships and years. Detailed introductions
to each census year in the index include the names of the enumerators
(the census takers), county boundaries, the information that was
to be recorded, and details on the context of Portage County within
the entire U.S. Census.
The 1890 Census was almost completely destroyed
by fire (all that remains is a census of Civil War Union Veterans
and their widows, which is not indexed here). The Index provides
not only the details of the inhabitants of the county, but a fascinating
glimpse at how our local history was recorded, as can be seen in
this excerpt from the Introduction to the Tenth (1880) Census: The
1880 census, regarded by some as the first “modern” census
of the United States, was taken during the month of June, 1880,
and was the first to use a specially-appointed staff of more than
31,000 enumerators. Earlier censuses had
been the responsibility of existing local officials, typically sheriffs
and federal marshals.
Each introduction also cautions users on the
difficulties of accurately transcribing the data: ...considerable
care and effort has gone into deciphering the penmanship, which
is generally good, but as with all records of this type, large allowance
should be made for variant spellings and misspellings.
In some cases it is possible only to make a reasonable guess as
to the enumerator’s intent. All of the enumerators had learned
penmanship in school, but they were more or less successful at it.
Spelling of names became a challenge, especially when the enumerator
and his subject were of different ethnic extractions, and did not
speak each other’s language.
Users may request copies of specific census
pages, one household for one census year per request. The cost per
request is $10.00. An online order form is available for this purpose.
The Index to the 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, and 1900 U.S. Censuses
of Portage County, Wisconsin is available at:
http://library.uwsp.edu/census/.
People & Places
ALVERNO COLLEGE
Recent staff changes at Alverno College Library include appointment
of Rebecca Bissell Bark as reference
librarian and information literacy contact. Her responsibilities
will help bridge the time we need to find a permanent replacement
for Molly Susan Mathias, our information
literacy coordinator. Molly has moved to Colorado where she will
be an assistant professor of library and information science at
the University of Northern Colorado (UNCO). Although Molly was only
with us a short time and we miss her already, we know that her participation
at UNCO in the ACRL national project "Assisting Student Learning
Outcomes in Information Literacy Programs" will benefit us
all. Rebecca will be teaching some information literacy classes,
assisting patrons at the reference desk, and serving as back up
for interlibrary loan. Anne Pach,
who formerly worked with interlibrary loan and reference assistance,
has completed her studies at SOIS (UW-Milwaukee) and now will be
one of our reference and instruction librarians. Anne, because of
her special interest in Fair Use and Copyright, has been working
with Cathy Carey, our webmaster, and
Jackie Rice, our supervisor of reference
services, to create a library webpage on these topics that will
be useful to Alverno College students, faculty and staff.
BELOIT COLLEGE LIBRARY
In September 2002, the Beloit College Library
organized 3 programs exploring the "Civil Rights Experience
at Beloit College". The program series commemorated the 35th
anniversary of Library Director Emeritus
Vail Deale's donation of his "Martin
Luther King, Jr. Collection on Non-Violence" to the
Morse Library. Student leaders, administrators, and faculty who
played major roles on campus during the 1960's and in the resurgence
of civil rights activity in the 1990's told their personal stories.
CARROLL COLLEGE
Felicia Vastalo has joined the library
staff as Electronic Resources & Serials Librarian. She hails
from the great city of Chicago, and most recently was a librarian
at the law firm of Quarles and Brady in Milwaukee. Joanne
Hemb, formerly a support staff member at Carroll in ILL has
moved to a professional position as Cataloger. Similarly, Allison
Reeves, formerly a support staff member in Access Services
has moved to the professional position of Access Services Librarian.
Both received their library degrees during 2002. James
Van Ess, Reference Librarian at Carroll, retired in July
2002 after 33 years with the Carroll College Library.
MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES
The Libraries
assisted with the campus visit of Archbishop Desmond Tutu in February
in conjunction with a week of activities related to the University's
mission. A special browsing collection was set up and the online
catalog features the reading list, http://www.marquette.edu/missionweek/reading.html.
Other libraries may be interested
in the special Web site created for information literacy in the
First-Year English program. Dubbed "The Signpost," the
site also includes the PowerPoint presentation used with class visits,
http://www.marquette.edu/library/thesignpost/.
Special Collections
has acquired a collection of World War II correspondence by Marquette
graduates, John L. Holloway and Priscilla M. Holloway. The news
release describes their exchange of more than 1,300 letters between
1942 and 1946 and links to an online exhibit that includes digitized
items from the Holloway collection, http://www.marquette.edu/library/information/news/2002/holloway.html.
The timeline for opening the new
Raynor Library illustrates the countdown for June and July as well
as the staff activity required to open the library and make the
transition, http://www.marquette.edu/library/raynor/timeline.html.
UW COLLEGES LIBRARY SUPPORT SERVICES
Tina Duehring joined the staff of
the UW Colleges Library Support Services department on October 22,
2002, as a Financial Specialist 2. Ms. Duehring was previously employed
at LSS in an LTE position, and also works as a Financial Specialist
2 in the UW-Fond du Lac Business Office. She has an Associate of
Arts and Sciences degree from UW-Fond du Lac, as well as a Bachelor's
degree in Human Resource Management from UW-Oshkosh.
UW-EAU CLAIRE
Ronadin (Roni) Carey was hired in
August to serve as Periodicals Librarian for Technical Services.
Roni holds an MLS from the University of North Texas. Kate
Hinnant was hired in August as Web Services & Reference
Librarian. Kate recently graduated from the University of Illinois'
Graduate School of Library and Information
Science. She also holds an MFA in creative writing. Dan
Norstedt, Reference Librarian, retired in December after
12 years of service to the library and a total of 30 years at the
university.
UW-MADISON
Susan Barribeau
is now Electronic Resources coordinator (formerly interim). Barribeau
is a liaison between the various library divisions and staff responsible
for acquiring and providing access to electronic resources and is
also a liaison with CIC and CUWL collection development consortia.
She chairs the Electronic Resources Policy Committee, is a member
of the Usage Statistics Working Group, and serves on the Allocation
Committee. Barribeau is also responsible for arranging trials and
evaluation of electronic products. She will continue as Web site
manager for the Libraries.
The College of Engineering recognized
the contributions of Leonard Black,
Wisconsin TechSearch director, with the 2002 Bollinger Academic
Staff Distinguished Achievement Award. Each year, Black and his
staff field about 35,000 inquiries from manufacturers, chemical
companies, law firms, and many other organizations. Black and his
staff do an unparalleled job of delivering complete answers on deadline.
Under Black's leadership, WTS's annual revenue has more than quadrupled
from $190,000 to more than $1 million in 2002. - Link
to Wisconsin TechSearch
Kirstin Dougan,
Metadata Librarian (Research Intern) with the Digital Content Group
(DCG) of UW Madison's GLS, won the Kevin Freeman Travel Grant to
attend the Music Library Association's annual meeting, February,
in Austin, TX. She was also selected to present a poster session
at the meeting titled "Using Dublin Core Metadata to Describe
Music Collections," which will be based on her work with the
DCG.
Kerry Gleason
took home the first Wendy Woodfill Scholarship, October 30, at the
Wisconsin Library Association SLIS Alumni reception. The $3,000
award recognizes specialists in children's literature and collection
development. Gleason is a current SLIS student and assistant to
Abbie Loomis in GLS's Information Literacy Office.
Wayne R. Hayes started,
December 1, as project manager for Portal to Asian Internet Resources.
Since August 2000, Hayes has acted as LearningLanguages.Net French
editor for the Computer Sciences Department's Internet Scout Project.
He has also worked as an instructor for the Department of French
and Italian. From 1993 to 2000, Hayes held several positions in
Central Technical Services in Memorial Library. He earned bachelor's
degrees in philosophy and English literature from the University
of Minnesota-Duluth; a master's in French literature from the University
of Minnesota-Twin Cities; and a master's in library science and
a doctorate in French literature from UW-Madison.
Retired College Library senior
academic librarian Melba Jesudason
has received the Women of Achievement award from the Wisconsin Women
of Color Network Inc. She was cited for being "a tireless advocate
for special groups, international students, students of color, student
athletes and precollege students."
Rebecca Payne
assumed her new position as Japanese Studies and General Reference
librarian October 1. Payne joined UW-Madison Libraries as project
manager of the Digital Asia Library in January 2001. Previously,
she worked as graduate assistant at the University of Illinois,
Urbana, in Central Reference Services in the Main Library and as
program coordinator of the Asian Educational Media Service of the
Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies. She holds a master's
degree in Library and Information Science from the University of
Illinois, Urbana; a master's degree in East Asian Studies from the
University of Pittsburgh; and a bachelor's degree in Japanese Studies
from Bates College in Maine. She studied at the International Christian
University and Tohoku University as a Japan Program Scholar of the
Rotary Foundation.
Noelle Rydell, College
Library, won first place in Madison Magazine's fourth-annual short
fiction contest. Her story, "Hooks," is featured in the
August 2002 edition of Madison Magazine, along with a brief biography
and photo. The grand judge of the contest called Rydell's piece
"a very accomplished story, smoothly and often brilliantly
written" saying "the author's instinctively good storytelling
sense, a willingness to try other paths, and feel for the gritty,
treacherous world her characters inhabit lead to a final scene that
is unexpected and quite satisfying." - Read
"Hooks" at Madison Magazine's Web site.
Rhonda Sager
joined Health Sciences Libraries, November 18, as the new circulation
supervisor. Currently located at Middleton Health Sciences Library,
this position was created as a collaborative effort across the three
Health Sciences Libraries and written with the future merger in
mind. Sager will oversee the circulation unit at MHSL and coordinate
activities with other HSL units and campus libraries.
Julie Schneider
is the new head of Technical Services at the Health Sciences Libraries.
Schneider served as Collection Development and Resource Management
coordinator since 2000. She is responsible for the overall management
of the Technical Services unit including staff supervision, bindery,
processing, cataloging, collection development and acquisitions.
Catherine Vitale
has moved to the Chemistry Library from User Services in Memorial
Library. As assistant stacks manager Vitale oversaw student assistants
and helped to ensure that the stacks were maintained in an orderly
fashion. Sources say they will miss her quiet efficiency, but wish
her all the best on her new duties.
John Wanserski,
Wendt Library deputy director, delivered a presentation at the 2002
Virtual Reference Desk Conference in Chicago, November 12. The talk,
titled "Persistently Virtual at the University of Wisconsin-Madison,"
explored the development and customization of Convey Systems' OnDemand
software at the UW. Wanserski covered product design; hardware and
software environments; technical support; operator training; public
relations strategies; user feedback mechanisms; quality control;
and statistics. - Link
to 2002 Virtual Reference Desk Conference Web site
Tanner Wray, Memorial
Library Access Services, received the Gay, Lesbian and Straight
Education Network of South Central Wisconsin Unsung Hero Award,
September 30, for his three years of volunteerism to the organization.
The award recognizes Wray's work in establishing and implementing
comprehensive financial systems for GLSEN-SCW.
UW-MARSHFIELD/WOOD COUNTY
Laurie Petri
is the new Associate Academic Librarian as of October 1, 2002. Laurie
received her Associate of Arts Degree from UW-Rock County in 1997
while working part-time there. She then completed her Bachelor of
Science degrees in Psychology and Social Work at UW-Whitewater.
She continued her education at UW-Madison, graduating with her MLIS
in May 2002, while continuing to work part-time at UW-Rock. Laurie
is very much appreciated at UW Marshfield/Wood County for her knowledge
in webpage design and computer applications.
UW-MILWAUKEE
Steve Miller,
head of the monographs department, taught two workshops on cataloging
electronic resources at the OLAC 2002 Biennial Conference in St.
Paul, Minnesota. He is also creating course materials for the "Cataloging
Integrating Resources Workshop" for the Library of Congress'
Serials Cataloging Cooperative Training Program, to be published
by the Library of Congress this March. Susan
Modder is the new development director
for the UWM Libraries. She earned her MLIS in 2002 from the School
of Information Studies at UWM.
UW-RICHLAND
Michelle Beyler
has joined the staff of the Miller Memorial Library at the University
of Wisconsin-Richland campus as Associate Academic Librarian. She
is an August graduate of UW-Madison's SLIS.
UW STEVENS POINT
Yan Liao
has joined the Library Faculty as the new Cataloger/Reference/Instruction
Librarian. Assistant Professor Liao comes to us from the University
of Hawaii at Manoa, where she has served as a cataloging assistant,
and reference intern in the Business, Humanities, and Social Sciences
Department. In the cataloging department, she performed copy and
original cataloging of English and Chinese language materials. Her
experience at Manoa also included teaching English to adult learners
and graduate students. She holds graduate degrees in Library Science,
English as a Second Language, and American Studies. Yan's undergraduate
degree is in English Language and Literature. Her Library Science
and ESL degrees are from the University of Hawaii at Manoa, and
her undergraduate and MA in American Studies degrees are from Sichuan
University in Chengdu, China. The responsibilities of her new position
include managing serials and periodicals cataloging, performing
original and complex print and electronic monographic and serials
cataloging, and serving as a resource person for cataloging quality
control. In addition, she will be teaching in the Library's instruction
program and providing reference services.
Terri Muraski has joined
the Library Faculty as the new and very first Access Services Librarian!
Terri comes to UWSP with an MLS from the University of South Florida,
and a BA in English from Ripon College. Her experience includes
ten years at UW-Stout, where she managed the ILL and Serials departments,
developed the library Web site, served as an instruction and reference
librarian, and developed services and resources for nontraditional
and diversity students and students with disabilities. She was instrumental
in developing and teaching online Internet literacy classes for
distance learning at Stout. Prior to her UW-Stout experience, she
was a reference and instruction librarian at Valley City State University
(North Dakota), and worked in reference, government documents, and
serials at St. Thomas University in Miami. The past two years she
has been the librarian at Newman High School and St. Matthew Middle
School in Wausau. In addition to coordinating the Circulation, Reserve,
and Interlibrary Loan functions (the "Access Services"
end of her role), Terri will don multiple hats as a reference, instruction,
and distance-learning librarian.
UW-WHITEWATER
Stephen Katz, reference/instruction
librarian left in April 2002. Three librarians have joined the Reference
& Instruction unit staff at Andersen Library. Carol
Elsen, formerly at Baker Library, Harvard Business School,
started in April 2002. Ronna Hoeper,
formerly at UW-Madison's business and music libraries (2002 graduate
of UW-Madison's School of Library and Information Studies), started
June 2002. Jennie Vano, formerly at
Perry Castaneda Library, University of Texas at Austin, started
in September 2002.
WAAL Board Members
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Calendar of Meetings & Events
| WAAL
Conference, Milwaukee |
April 2-4, 2003 |
| National
Library Week |
April 6-12, 2003 |
| ACRL
National Conference, Charlotte, North Carolina |
April 10-13, 2003 |
| LOEX
Conference, Madison |
May 8-10, 2003 |
| ALA
Annual Conference (Joint conference with Canadian Library
Association)Toronto, Canada |
June 19-25, 2003 |
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