ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries Febru ary 1 9 9 7 / 69 New s fro m the Field M ary Ellen Davis B osto n C o lle g e L a w School gets n ew library Boston College’s Law School has opened a new $11.7 mil lion library on the 40-acre Newton campus. The new library, designed by Earl R. F lansbu rgh & A ssociates, represents the first phase of a fo u r-p h ase, 10-year re placem ent program o f the Law School’s facilities “We wanted this building to be a center for learning, for interaction, and for legal scholarship,” said law library director Sharon Hamby O ’Connor. “Our law library achieves all three exceedingly well.” The library is de­ signed to hold a projected print collection of 348,000 volumes and can accommodate study space for up to 530 students and faculty. Other features include a computer center and legal research lab, private study rooms, audiovisual equipment, state-of-the-art computer network­ ing, and structural design to accommodate both open and high-density shelving systems. The four-level library is com posed o f four wings organized around a central atrium; student and faculty areas are integrated throughout the four levels. residency program on the IU campus. Together Walden and IU created an informa tion support system that of fers distributed learning to Walden students throughout the country. Julie Bobay, head of IU’s E lectro n ic R esou rces and Services D epartm ent, has b e e n ap p o in ted the first Walden Endowed librarian. Bobay sees “academic librar ies … at a critical point in their history. … The digital library will, at least in theory, distribute schol­ arly information to students and teachers re­ gardless o f their physical location. The impli­ cations are quite profound.” Another discussion topic for M idwinter T h e topic o f the ACRL University Libraries Section’s Librarians in Higher Education and Campus Administration Discussion Group will b e “Multiplicity: Librarians in New Campus Roles.” The group meets Sunday, February 16, from 9:30– 1 1 :00 a.m. during the ALA Midwin ter Meeting in Washington, D.C. W alden Univ. endo w s li brarian position at Indiana Walden University in Minneapo lis has pledged $500,000 to the Indiana University (IU) Libraries to establish and perm anently fund the position o f Walden En dowed Librarian. This is the first endowed library position in IU’s 176-year history. Walden Univer sity is an accredited, independent distance education university of fering Ph.D. programs for the mid-career “scholar-practitioner” in the fields o f administration m anagem ent, ed ucation, psy­ chology, health services, and hu­ man services, as well as an Ed.D. and m aster’s in education. In 1992 IU Libraries began provid­ ing in fo r m a tio n s u p p o rt to Walden students in their summer T h e n ew 8 4 ,5 0 0 -s q u a r e -fo o t B o s to n C ollege Law S ch o o l L ib ra ry is fully w ire d w ith p o w e r an d d ata h o o k -u p s fo r e v e r y read in g tab le, stud y c a r r e l, w in d o w b e n c h , an d g ro u p stu d y a n d lo u n g e se a t w ith in th e facility. 70 /C&RL News “ European L in k s” : W ESS preconference offers su rv iv a l a id for European selecto rs An intensive seminar for librarians with selection responsibilities in Western European studies is being offered by ACRL’s Western European Specialists Section (WESS). Entitled “European Links: Sources o f Information in Western European Studies for Academic Li­ braries,” the 1997 WESS preconference will take place in San Francisco on Ju n e 26 and 27. “European Links” offers basic survival as­ sistance— and even some advanced skills— to librarians responsible for choosing library materials from Western European countries. O nce the preserve o f faculty or specially trained subject specialists, the selection of books, journals, documents, and other im­ portant library resources from France, Italy, S p a in , G e rm a n y , th e N e th e r la n d s , o r Scandinavia is today often just o n e m ore duty thrust upon busy librarians in reference and technical services. Even trained selectors and collection man­ agement librarians find them­ selves in this difficult situation if their expertise is in one area, but they are assigned to pur­ ch a se m aterials in another. How do you select responsi­ bly and co st-effectiv ely — or monitor and augment faculty se le c tio n s — in languages in which you lack proficiency and for countries and cultures you do not know— and attend to your 20 other areas o f responsibility? “European Links” answers this need. In workshops and plenary presentations, expe­ rienced bibliographers and acquisitions spe­ cialists will offer concise, practical, expert training in dealing with both the big picture and the day-to-day issues o f Western Euro­ pean materials selection, regardless o f par ticipants’ language or subject background. You will learn how to identify and acquire the most important titles now being published in Western Europe, to create knowledgeable and controllable approval plans, and to as­ sess existing collections and mount intelligent retrospective purchasing efforts compliant with tigt bgets.hud “European Links” b eg in s on Thursday evening, Ju n e 26, with a reception and key­ note address at San Francisco’s Goethe House, followed by a full day o f workshops in an ALA co n feren ce hotel on Friday, Ju n e 27. There, WESS experts will discuss the most a c c e s s ib le b ib lio g r a p h ic and re v ie w in g sources, available vendor services, resources on the Internet and World Wide W eb, and some o f the scholarly traditions and publish­ ing practices in European countries that differ from the more familiar North American ar­ rangements. Speakers and workshop leaders will be Ri­ chard D. Hacken (Brigham Young University), Peter Allison (University o f Connecticut), Heidi L. Hutchinson (University o f California, River side), Jeffry Larson (Yale Uni­ versity), Jeffrey Garrett (North­ w estern University), Dan C. Hazen (Harvard University), Mary Ja n e Parrine (Stanford University), and Mariann Tiblin (University o f M innesota). In addition, many leading Euro­ pean booksellers and vendors will be present to describe their services. The registration fee, which includes a reception and cof­ fee breaks as well as all official preconference events, is $95 for ACRL mem­ bers, $130 for members o f ALA, and $185 for non-ALA members. (Students pay $50.) The deadline for registration is May 15, 1997. Par­ ticipation in “European Links” is limited to the first 75 applicants, so early registration is ad­ vised. For further information about the content please contact the program planner, Eva Sartori, University o f Nebraska-Lincoln, at (402) 472- 6987; e-mail: evas@unlib.unl.edu. For questions about registration or to request a registration form, please visit WESS’s W eb site, WESSWeb, at http://www.library.nwu.edu/collmgmt/hu- manities/wessprec.htm or contact Mary Ellen Davis, ACRL, 50 East Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611-2795; (800) 545-2433, ext. 2511; fax: (312) 280-2520; e-mail: medavis@ala.org. mailto:evas@unlib.unl.edu http://www.library.nwu.edu/collmgmt/hu- mailto:medavis@ala.org Febru ary 1 9 9 7 / 71 Volunteers needed for ACRL N ashville conference Here’s an opportunity for a new professional development experience. Try volunteering— it’s your opportunity to m eet new peop le, ex ­ pand your network o f c o lle a g u e s , and g iv e back to the profession. Volunteers are needed to help out at ACRL’s 8th National Conference in Nashville, April 11– 14, 1997. You need not be from the Nashville area to help out. Volunteers are needed for such jobs as meeting room as­ sistants, Internet room assistants, and precon­ ference assistants. To volunteer contact the Local Arrangements C o m m itte e c o c h a ir s , S h ir le y H a llb la d e , hallblade@library.vanderbilt.edu, or Bill Rob- nett, robnett@library.vanderbilt.edu. Note: Vol­ unteers must register and pay regular confer­ ence fees. Details about the conference may b e found in the January issue o f C&RL News and on the W eb at http://www.ala.org/acrl.html (then select National Conference). Advance reg­ istration continues through March 7. W orld A lm anac added to OCLC’s FirstSearch The World A lm an ac a n d B o o k o f Facts from K-III Reference Corporation (formerly Funk & W ag nalls) is n ow a v a ila b le on the OCLC FirstSearch Service. Citations in the World Al manac database include the complete full text o f a section or subsection represented in the printed World A lm anac, including tables. The database will be updated annually. Among other K-III titles to be mounted on FirstSearch are: The World A lm an ac o f the U.S .A., The World A lm an ac o f U.S. Politics, and sev­ eral children’s almanacs. Ancient manuscripts put on the Web Experts at six institutions with extensive collections o f papyri are preparing the texts that shed light on ancient Greek and Egyptian life for the Web. The effort known as the Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS), unites schol ars at Columbia, Duke, Princeton, and Yale Uni­ versities with the Universities o f California at Berkeley and Michigan. The six collections con­ tain som e 30,000 items, about 10 percent of the known papyrological archives worldwide, and consist o f documents from daily life— tax records and legal files— as well as literary works. The majority o f surviving texts are from the late 4th century b .c . to the middle o f the 8th century a . d . The team, led by Roger Bagnall, chair o f Columbia’s Clas­ sics Department, hopes over the next four years to produce an innovative electronic catalog with links to images, bibliography, text, and published literature. An initial step will be to catalog, conserve, and digitally image boxes o f materials that have in some cases lain undisturbed for 30 years or more. An early version o f APIS is to be available next fall. Supreme Court decisions on Web U.S. Su p rem e C ourt d e c is io n s from 1937 through 1975 are now available online via GPO Access, the online information service provided by the U.S. Government Printing Office. The full-text database o f the high court’s decisions for that 38-year period is being provided by the Office of Regulatory Affairs o f the Office of Management and Budget as a finding aid to the official version o f the United States Reports. The database is fully searchable on the W eb at http: //www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/supcrt/. User assistance is available by e-mail: gpoaccess@ gpo.gov; phone: (888) 293-6498 (toll free). Soaring to Excellence series continues The 1996 Soaring to Excellence teleconferences for library paraprofessionals produced by the College o f DuPage in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, were so successful, attracting more than 10,000 par ticipants at more than 400 sites, that a brand new series will be broadcast in 1997. The theme o f the 1 997 s e r ie s, “At Y o u r R e q u e s t ,” stresse s th e im ­ portance o f library assistants in the workplace and as individuals. T h e series consists of: • the Internet, Fri day, February 14, noon to 3:00 p.m., Eastern time. Y o u a n d mailto:hallblade@Iibrary.vanderbilt.edu mailto:robnett@library.vanderbilt.edu http://www.ala.org/acrl.html http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/supcrt/ 7 2 / C&RL News • Y o u a n d T e c h n ic a l S erv ices, Friday, March 14, noon to 3:00 p.m., Eastern time. • Y o u a n d Y o u r J o b : Body, Mind an d Spirit, Friday, April 11, noon to 3:00 p.m., East­ ern time. The teleconferences can be taken for col­ le g e cred it or co n tin u in g ed u ca tio n units through the College o f DuPage. Live video hook-ups to some participating sites will allow attending library assistants from different parts o f the country to be both seen and heard dur­ ing the broadcasts. For information on becom ­ ing a participating site call (800) 3LINKUP (800- 3 5 4 - 6 5 8 7 ) o r e - m a il: s lu s a r @ c d n e t .c o d . edu. Visit the Soaring homepage at http://www. dupage.edu/soaring.html. Teleconference on electronic resources The College o f DuPage is also broadcasting a two-part teleconference for library profession als called “Dancing with … Change: Electronic Library Resources: Issues and Opportunities.” The broadcasts are Fridays, February 28 and April 4 , 1997, and feature Michael Gorman, dean o f library services at California State University in Fresno, along with Betsy Baker (Northwest­ ern University), Walt Crawford (RLG), Paula Watson (University o f Illinois), and others. Site registration is $395. To register or for details call (800) 3LINKUP; or register by Internet: http: //www.dupage.edu/dancing. html. Photo credit: Tim Webb and Robert O. Creek, EKU R ach el C ress, age 3, en jo y s th e p up p ets an d b o o k E a ste rn K en tu ck y U n iv ersity ’s L earn in g R eso u rc m a te ria ls a r e p a rt o f an e x te n s iv e r e s o u rc e o f c h i als w h ic h s u p p o rts th e ed u c a tio n an d lib ra ry s c ie S o u th e r n Illin o is U n iv e rs ity r a is e s lib ra ry a w a re n e s s th ro u g h its a th le tic p ro g ra m . B as­ ketball C o a ch R ich H e rrin signs p o s te rs fo r fan s at a b en efit g am e fo r th e lib raries as lib ra ry d ean C aro ly n S n y d er a n d a th le tic d i­ r e c t o r J i m H art lo o k o n . O hio State Univ. at Marion opens n ew cam pus library A new $7.1 million library or the O hio State University’s M arion C am pus in c re a s e s campus library space fourfold with 24 ,0 0 0 square feet o f floor space and housing for 37,000 volumes and 250 jour nals. The building was de­ signed by Moody & Nolan LTD. o f Columbus. The facil­ ity features an expansive ro­ tunda with attractive land­ scaping to complement views o f a campus pond and mead­ ows from the library rotunda, offices, and mezzanine. N ew system s installed T h ese institutions have s e ­ s o n d isp lay in lected new automation sys­ es C en ter. Th e tems: ld re n ’s m a te r i • Johns Hopkins Univer­ n c e c u rricu la . sity selected the Horizon systern mailto:slusar@cdnet.cod http://www http://www.dupage.edu/dancing February 1 9 9 7 / 73 An a r c h ite c t’s re n d e rin g o f th e p la n n e d $ 2 0 m illio n L oyo la U n iv ersity New O rlean s L ibrary. from Ameritech Library Services; • Acadia University in W olfvilłe, Nova Scotia, selected SIRSI’s Unicom system; • Dordt College in Sioux Center, Iowa, se­ lected SIRSI’s Unicorn system. Bowling G reen cooks Bowling Green State University’s Jerom e Library has published A Taste o f J e r o m e : 3 0 th A n n iv er s a r y C o m m e m o r a tive C o ok bo ok . The co o k b o o k features more than 150 reci­ pes from library staff and friends, descrip­ tions o f the library collections, and an­ ecdotes. Copies are available for $7.00 plus $1.50 shipping/ handling. Send your ch e ck , p ayable to B o w lin g G r e e n State University, to C ookbook, Jerom e Library, Rm. 222, Bowling Green State Univer­ sity, Bowling Green, OH 43403. Profits from the sales will b e used to enhance the library’s collections. Loyola University N ew O rleans launches $ 5 0 million cam paign L oyola U niversity New O rlea n s la u n ch ed “Thresholds,” a $50 million capital campaign for the construction and endowment o f a new 150,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art library, en- d ow m ent o f student financial aid, and faculty endowment. A groundbreaking cerem ony for the new library was held in late November. Special features o f the new library include space for a collection o f 550,000 printed vol­ umes, computer network access at every table and carrel, m ore than 100 public com puter workstations, three m icrocomputer labs, two multimedia classrooms, a classroom for teach­ ing the use o f technology for study and research, and a literacy center. The new J. Edgar and Louise S. Monroe Library, which will cost more than $20 million to construct and equip, is named after Loyola’s largest benefactor who before his death pledged $7.5 million to sup­ port construction. Architects for the project are the Mathes Group. Construction began in D e­ cem ber and is scheduled to be completed in O ctober 1998. ■ Share your opinion with C&RL N ew s readers C&RL News is looking for well-reasoned commentaries on issues of interest to academic and research librarians for its column, “The Way I See It.” This is an opportunity to share your thoughts with a national audience. Es­ says should be between 500-750 words and should be sent to “The Way I See It,” C&RL News, ACRL, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 6 0 6 1 1 -2 7 9 5 ; fa x : (3 1 2 ) 2 8 0 -7663; e-m ail: medavis@ala.org. mailto:medavis@ala.org W h y d o 6,000 l ib r a r ies in 44 C o u n t r ie s u s e O C L C F ir s t Se a r c h ? 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