--Vanaja Menon, 2003 Conference Publicity Chair Register now to attend the dynamic 2003 WLA Conference: Libraries @ the Heart. Come and explore the splendid offerings for the mind and the body. There is an impressive line-up of informative sessions, interesting tours, and exciting special events. Attend your favorite sessions, tour other libraries, enjoy trivia, mingle with some of the outstanding authors and award winners, and go salsa dancing when the night is still young. Milwaukee, a jewel of a city, has many things to offer. Bring your family, visit your favorite museums, restaurants, and other attractions. Our keynote speaker, Will Durst, is a nationally known political satirist, and he surely will be hilarious. Do not miss Durst's informed and intelligent comments as well as his pointed and refreshing humor. The YSS luncheon speaker is someone you all know. This prolific author resides in Wisconsin and has won award after award for his comics/graphic novels. The fans of Neil Gaiman have a wonderful opportunity to hear him speak at this luncheon. He is the winner of this year's Elizabeth Burr Award. Other speakers include: Deborah Blum, the Banta award winner, Peggy Lautenschlager, Wisconsin Attorney General, Barbara D'Amato, mystery author, Roy Tennant, Manager, eScholarship Web & Services Design, California Digital Library, Richard Grobschmidt, Assistant State Superintendent, Department of Public Instruction, John Gurda, author and historian--and the list goes on. Featured at the conference's book discussion
is Mystic River
by Dennis Lehane. Interestingly, USA
Today announced that Mystic
River is its next Book Club selection.
On a related note, the film version of Mystic
River, directed by Clint Eastwood, will
be released nationwide, Oct 15, 2003. Sean Penn, Kevin Bacon and
Tim Robbins star in this movie. For more information visit: http://www.usatoday.com/life/books/news/2003-09-17-mystic-river_x.htm.
The President's Luncheon, on Friday, is sure to intrigue and entertain you. This program inspired the conference theme: Libraries@ the Heart. UW Health and Medical School Cardiologist, Dr. Gene Musser, Wisconsin Poet laureate Ellen Kort and Library Director and Quadruple by-pass survivor James A. Gollata will offer a program from each person's perspective: the heart as a physical entity, as poetic image, and as a metaphor for the library community. They will also perform an evocative piece written for this event. The conference committee seeks volunteers to
assist at any of the following events and support facilities: registration,
exhibits, local arrangements, liaisons to room monitors, bus monitors,
WLA store, and Internet room. Please contact Gayle Falk at gafalk@burlington.lib.wi.us
to volunteer! Volunteer assistance is greatly appreciated! Important planning considerations:
See you at the conference!
Women's Studies, Film/Video Resources--Phyllis Holman Weisbard, University of Wisconsin System, Women's Studies Librarian The UW System Women's Studies Librarian's Office maintains a database of information on documentary, experimental, and feature film and video productions by and about women. Over 600 new records have just been added to the database, called WAVE: Women's Audio Visuals in English, bringing the total to 1,895. A companion webpage, recently updated, lists contact information on about 500 distributors, including links to their websites. Both WAVE and the companion webpage are linked on the homepage of the Librarian's office, http://www.library.wisc.edu/libraries/WomensStudies/. The direct URL to WAVE is http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WAVE.
WAVE is an UW-Milwaukee Libraries' Digital Collections--Steve Burnham, Editor, UWM Libraries As one way to participate in the Milwaukee Idea--UWM's philosophy of sharing its resources with the community--the UWM Libraries inaugurated a digitization unit in 2001, and have since produced three online digital collections under the leadership of digital projects librarian Krystyna Matusiak. In response to the tragic events of September 11 and the subsequent war, the Libraries posted an exhibition called Afghanistan: The Harrison Forman Collection. Put together by Matusiak, digital spatial librarian Patti Day, Carrie Leatherman, and student assistants, the online exhibit of 189 images is drawn from the Harrison Forman photographic collection housed in the Libraries' American Geographical Society Library (AGSL). The photographs, taken in 1969, show Afghanistan as a functioning, healthy nation. Some of the more striking images include those of Afghan families; workers engaged in traditional occupations and trades, such as goldsmithing and selling salt; and the two 1,500-year-old statues of Buddha, later destroyed by the Taliban. Last fall, Matusiak and digitization intern, Cullen Carter, completed an extensive collection entitled Milwaukee Repertory Theater Photographic History which provides a visual chronicle of the productions of the Milwaukee Repertory Theater from 1977 to 1994. Over 1,800 images were selected from the Mark Avery Collection housed in the UWM Libraries' Archives. Avery worked as the staff photographer for the Milwaukee Rep from 1976 to1994, and donated thousands of negatives to the Archives in 1999. The images in the collection document 195 productions, ranging from Shakespearean tragedy to Larry Shue's comedies, and attempt to capture the emotionally rich but fleeting nature of theater performance. The most recent project is Transportation Around the World: 1911-1993. Focusing on transportation and geography, this collection should prove a valuable tool for students of all ages. Its 650 images were selected from three separate photographic collections held in the AGSL, and were chosen by Jim Dicker, Associate Professor in UWM's School of Architecture and Urban Planning, and Patti Day. The photographs are cross-indexed under many categories: transportation type, mode, facility; geographic feature; continent, country/region, state/province, city/place; photographer; and collection. The project was created by Matusiak and Carter; UWM Libraries staff member Steve Miller acted as metadata consultant. All three digital collections may be accessed at http://www.uwm.edu/Library/digilib/. People & PlacesBeloit CollegeA collection of more than 30 rare and historic books and documents from the Wisdom of the Ages Athenaeum of the Remnant Trust are on exhibit in Morse Library, August 18 - December 8, 2003. With a few exceptions, the titles are available to be touched, studied, and used in the teaching process. A series of public events including presentations by faculty, students, and special guests coincides with the exhibit. For more information please see: http://www.beloit.edu/~libhome/trusttext.htmlLawrence UniversityFrom January 21, 2004 - March 5, 2004, Seeley G. Mudd Library will host the ALA/NEH traveling exhibit, Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln's Journey to Emancipation. Programming to accompany the exhibit will include: a public lecture by Ronald White, author of Lincoln's Greatest Speech: the Second Inaugural (Simon & Schuster, 2002), presentations by several Lawrence faculty, a book discussion series in conjunction with the Appleton Public Library, and collection talks about our own Lincoln Collection.The reference librarians have just completed a Mudd version of Searchpath, an online library tutorial based on TILT (from the University of Texas System) and Searchpath (from Western Michigan University). They were inspired by colleagues at UW-Green Bay to use this technology to acquaint students with basic library research. Staff plan to use Searchpath in conjunction with face-to-face library instruction. To view the library tutorial, visit: http://www.lawrence.edu/library/searchpath The Mudd Library recently received a grant from
the Japan Foundation to purchase Japanese materials to support our
East Asian Languages and Culture program. The materials we have
purchased can be seen at: http://www.lawrence.edu/library/libinfo/japanfoundation.shtml Marquette UniversityThe Marquette Libraries opened the new John P. Raynor, S.J., Library on August 4 and held a gala dedication ceremony, September 19, 2003. Martin Sheen, who received an honorary doctor of letters degree, was one of the guest speakers. The 125,000-square-foot library houses the Information Commons with 24/7 access, current periodicals, Special Collections reading room and storage facility, over 200 workstations and wireless access throughout the building, two state-of-the-art classrooms, a conference center, a comfortable café, and 16 group study rooms. The new library has a bridge connection to Memorial Library, which will continue to house the majority of the collection. See: http://www.marquette.edu/library/raynor/dedication.html For photos of the new library and descriptions of services, see the Libraries' fall newsletter: http://www.marquette.edu/library/information/news/fall03/ To help meet increasing interest in the library's
J.R.R. Tolkien Collection, Matt Blessing,
head of the Department of Special Collections, is now holding twice-weekly
drop-in orientation sessions. Materials from the collection will
be displayed and the approximately half-hour sessions allow time
for questions. UW Green BayRenee Ettinger is a new part time Reference/Instruction Librarian. She is a May 2003 graduate of UW Milwaukee and served a reference internship at the Golda Meir Library while in library school. Renee's undergraduate degree in philosophy and comparative religion is also from UWM. Kathy Kanikula,
formerly an LTE in Access Services, is now a permanent, part time
Library Services Assistant in that department. Kathy has an MLS
from the University of Hawaii at Manoa and a journalism bachelor's
degree from UW Oshkosh. She has also been a junior/senior high school
librarian at Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska. UW La CrosseMichael Current has joined the Murphy Library staff as Government Information Public Services Librarian. Michael comes to UW-La Crosse with almost 9 years of library experience, mostly from Carleton College, his alma mater. He received his MA in Library and Information Science from the University of Iowa in 1994.Galadriel Chilton is the new Electronic Resources Librarian at Murphy Library. Galadriel earned her MLS from Indiana University in 2000. Before coming to UW-La Crosse, Galadriel was Technology & Outreach Coordinator at Viterbo University in La Crosse. The Murphy Library Information Success Tutorial, which has been used as the basis for several other tutorials throughout the country and in the UW-System, is featured in Barbara Allen's book, E-learning and Teaching in Library and Information Services, Facet Press, 2002. UW MadisonErika Arroyo, Ginger Cassidy, Sherab Chen and Amanda Werhane have joined the staff of the CIMC as Program Assistants. Jo Ann Carr co-authored Information Literacy Collaboration: a shared responsibility in the September 2003 American Libraries. This article cites the efforts of Wisconsin library associations to work together on K-20 information literacy. Memorial Library celebrated its 50th anniversary, September 17, 2003, with an exhibit documenting its history, tours of the building and a speech by Libraries Director Kenneth Frazier. At the time of construction, the library could conceivably hold 1.5 million volumes; two expansions later, the library holds more than 3.5 million volumes. Visit the virtual exhibit at: http://memorial.library.wisc.edu/memorial50th.htm Bev Phillips joined the Information Services staff at Steenbock Library in August, 2003. She was, formerly, the librarian and information specialist at the Land Tenure Center. In addition to reference and instruction, her responsibilities will include liaison and selection activities for departments in the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences.
UW ManitowocRobert Bjerke, Director of the Library, retired in July after 30 years at UW-Manitowoc. In August, Tom Prein was hired as the new Library and Information Technology Director. Tom comes to Manitowoc from the University of St. Thomas in Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota, where he was the Electronic Resources Librarian. Prior to that he ran the Instructional Technology Center at the University of Alabama. Tom is a native of Wauwatosa, and graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. UW Milwaukee
Watson-Boone led the planning for the Stage IV expansion of the Golda Meir Library building and substantially strengthened the Libraries' Archives, Special Collections, and American Geographical Society Library. Watson-Boone was active locally, regionally, and nationally in library organizations. He established a Milwaukee-area academic library directors' discussion group (MAALD), and was chair of the Council of University of Wisconsin Libraries (CUWL) in 1995-96. At a national level, he most recently served on the Executive Committee, University Libraries Section, of ACRL. A co-founder of two RASD sections (CODES and MARS), he received the ALA's Isadore Gilbert Mudge Citation in 1991 for distinguished contributions to reference librarianship. Watson-Boone was University Librarian at Idaho State University from 1987-90; before that, he held various library positions at California State University, Chico and UCLA. He served on the editorial boards of Reference Services Review, Behavioral and Social Sciences Librarian, Journal of Academic Librarianship, and Journal of Access Services, and has authored over 75 publications, including monographs, chapters, articles, technical reports and book reviews. Ewa Barczyk has been appointed Interim Director of the UWM Libraries. Barczyk has served as Associate Director of the UWM Libraries since 1998. Since arriving at UWM's Golda Meir Library in 1985, she has held several positions including Associate Director both for Collection Management and for Public Services, and Head of Interlibrary Loan. Previously, she worked as adult reference librarian at the Shorewood (WI) Public Library (1983-85), and in the libraries of Yale University (1978-83). Michael Doylen has been appointed Head of Archives at the UWM Libraries. Most recently an Archivist at the Marquette University Libraries, Doylen has worked previously at the UWM Libraries as Editor and as an Academic Archivist. He holds a PhD in Literature from University of California-Santa Cruz and a MLIS, with an emphasis on archives, from UWM. The School of Information Studies (SOIS) of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee announces several new faculty and staff. With about 500 students, 17 full-time faculty and teaching academic staff, and a devoted array of adjunct instructors, the school offers several programs, the largest of which being the Bachelor of Science in Information Resources and the Master of Library and Information Science. The following are the newest additions to the SOIS team. For more information about the SOIS programs, faculty or recruitment, visit: http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/SLIS/index.htm Tim Ericson, Coordinator of Archival Studies, M.A. and M.L.I.S., University of Wisconsin-Madison Catherine Johnson, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of Toronto Hope Olson, Professor, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison Betsy Schoeller, Distant Education Coordinator, M.L.I.S., University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Thomas Walker, Interim Dean, Ph.D., University of Illinois Bonnie Withers,
Coordinator of School Library Media Education, M.L.I.S., University
of Wisconsin-Milwaukee UW OshkoshTwo Polk Library staff were recognized for their accomplishments at the opening day ceremonies at UW Oshkosh. Erin Czech, Interlibrary Loan Coordinator, received the Outstanding Performance Award given to classified staff who excel in providing service to the University. Joshua Ranger, University Archivist, received the Outstanding Performance Award given to non-teaching academic staff for his successful efforts with integrating archival experiences into undergraduate education and his outstanding work with developing digital collections both on campus and within UW System.
UW RichlandJessica Brooks was hired as Associate Academic Librarian at UW Richland in Richland Center in August. Jessica is a recent graduate of the UW-Madison School of Library and Information Science. UW Washington CountyNancy Bigler, Academic Program Manager/Library, retired in July after 27 years at UW Washington County in West Bend. Mark Rozmarynowski, a recent graduate of the UW-Milwaukee School of Information Studies, was hired in July as the new Associate Academic Librarian. UW WaukeshaFaye Flesia, Library
Director at UW-Waukesha, has announced her retirement, effective
November 30th. Faye has worked at Waukesha for 35 years!
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