ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries C&RL News ■ October 2000 / 773 N e w s f r o m t h e F i e l d Mary Ellen Davis Retro them e used for UC Berkeley instruction program The Teaching Library at the University of Cali­ fornia (UC) Berkeley launched its fall 2000 instructional activities by publicizing its drop- in classes with a retro theme. The posters were a joint venture among instruction, spe­ cial collections, and library graphics units of the library. Posters using 50s-vintage photo- graphs from the San Francisco-C all Bulletin newspaper photographic archive of the Bancroft Library were designed by the library’s graphic designer, Mary Scott. Bancroft Pictorial Curator Jack von Euw as- sisted with the selection of the photographs, and the ad campaign was the brainchild of Teaching Library Program Coordinator, Mar­ garet Phillips. This joint venture informs students about the richness of UC Berkeley’s collections, and enables staff to use archival collections to promote the library’s electronic resources. An exhibit in Moffitt Undergraduate Library fea- tures the posters, along with 50s-era football programs, magazines, card catalog draw- ers, and a telephone and Cal megaphone, also from the Bancroft. Pdf versions of the posters not pictured here can be found at: http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ In stru ctio n / in tro.p d f; and http:// w w w .lib.berkeley.ed u/ Instru ction/ advanced.pdf. Lead a discussion at ACRL Denver conference December 1 is the deadline for submit- ting a topic for discussion at a roundtable session at ACRL’s 10th National Confer­ ence, March 15-18, 2001, in Denver. These informal, small group discussions give attendees the opportunity to net- work, share information, and solve com­ mon problems. Submit your topic and a brief descrip- tion of topics to be covered and their importance to academic libraries to: Rhoda Channing, Z. Smith Reynolds Li­ brary, Wake Forest University, P.O. Box 7777, Winston-Salem, NC 27109-7777; e-mail: channing@wfu.edu. Give or get research assistance Need help forming a hypothesis, developing surveys, or using statistical methods? ACRL’s Research Mentoring Program can help you with various aspects of the research process. Applicants to the program are paired with a mentor experienced in publications/presen- tations. ACRL mentors volunteer their time to work with both novice researchers or expe­ rienced researchers unfamiliar with specific par'ts of the research process. Research mentors and proteges establish the parameters and duration of their relation- ship. The protege’s research project remains his or her primary responsibility and intel- lectual property. An application form for proteges and vol­ unteer mentors is available on the Web at http://www.lib.lsu.edu/acrl/index.html. For further information about becoming either a protege or a mentor, contact Patrick Ragains, http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/Instruction/ mailto:channing@wfu.edu http://www.lib.lsu.edu/acrl/index.html 774/C&RL News ■ October 2000 chair, ACRL R e se a rch C om m ittee, at ragains@unr.edu or the ACRL Office at: (800) 545-2433 ext. 2510; e-mail: acrl@ala.org. ACRL Information Literacy Immersion program seeks applicants The ACRL Institute for Information Literacy Immersion Program seeks applicants for its 2001 summer program. The program’s two tracks offer librarians a chance to enhance Participants in ACRL's Institute for Information Literacy Immersion 2000 engaged in one of the many sessions held at the University of Washington. One participant characterized the program this w ay: "The immersion process is great fo internalizing new ways of thinking." Anoth injection of thoughtfulness, energy, and enth years." Check out the Web site at http://ww initiatives.html for information about apply Immersion program. th e ir ow n te ach in g skills or to develop an information library pro­ gram for their Institu­ tion. Four highly suc- cessful programs have alread y b e e n held. Typical comments from participants include: “This is the best learn- ing experience I have ever had. Every librar- ian should attend.” Application infor­ mation for the 2001 program is on the Web site at http://www. a l a .o r g / a c r l / n i l i / initiatives.html. December 1 r em bracing and er said, "The best effective practices usiasm l've had in deadline w.ala.org/acrl/nili/ Does your library have ing for the 2001 a best practice to share with the academic li­ brary Community? Submit a proposal to the ACRL Effective Practices Web site. The pur- pose of this site is to create a list of effective practices in academic librarianship so that they are easily accessible to both academic librarians and the entire higher education community. Proposal forms are located on the Web at www.ala.org/acrl/epform.html. Submissions are accepted quarterly. The next deadline is December 1. Questions? Contact ACRL Pro­ gram Officer Margot Sutton at msutton@ala.org. UCLA Senior Fellows seeks applicants The UCLA Senior Fellows Pro­ gram is seeking applications and nominations for its July 16- August 3, 2001, program. The program, which will be held on the UCLA campus, is designed for leaders in academic and re­ search libraries. O f the 144 in- dividuals who have partici- pated in the program since it originated in 1982, 83 are now mailto:ragains@unr.edu mailto:acrl@ala.org http://www.ala.org/acrl/nili/ http://www http://www.ala.org/acrl/epform.html mailto:msutton@ala.org C&RL News ■ O ctober 2000 / 775 or have been directors o f academic librar- ies. Details and an application form are on th e W eb at http :/ / is.g seis.u cla.ed u / seniorfellows/. Send nominations and appli- cations to Beverly P. Lynch, director, Senior Fellows Program, Graduate School of Educa­ tion & Information Studies, UCLA, 3045 Moore Hall, Mailbox 95121, Los Angeles, CA 90095- 1521; phone: (310) 206-4294; fax; (310) 206- 6293; e-mail: bplynch@ucla.edu. ■ A representation of the new Information Technology Center at Linn State Technical College, located in rural central Missouri. The building w ill include a 12,000 square foot new library. The library plans to move into the new facility (which was designed by Pellham-Phillips-Hageman) in March 2001. Efficient, effective, and equitable e-minutes More and more people are avoiding eye contact when volunteers are sought to take minutes at staff or departmental meetings, and who can blame them? Re- cording and disseminating the enormous amount o f information that should be shared regularly among library staff mem- bers has becom e a Herculean task. The task becom es more critical every day, where the quality o f internal com- munication has a tremendous effect on the quality of service. Breaking the task into small, manageable pieces ensures the consistent, regular exchange of informa­ tion among library staff members which, in turn, results in the best p o ssib le Ser­ vice to patrons. While, according to R o b ert’s Ru les o f Order, the responsibility for taking min­ utes at formal meetings must be taken by the secretary or recording secretary, responsibility for recording minutes of in­ formal meetings can be shared by the entire group. All participants arrive at the meeting with information to share, ques- tions to ask, or problem s to discuss. (These items can be typed and saved in an e-mail message to be added to or ed- ited later.) Each member o f the group as- sumes responsibility for recording discus- sions and decisions related to items that he or she introduces during the meeting. After the m eeting, the participant records only the portions of the meeting he or she initiated and e-mails them to a designated individual who simply cuts and pastes all input and sends one final docu- ment to the entire group. This simple process encourages active involvement; assures that issues impor­ tant to each individual are addressed, documented, and acted upon; allows all participants (both full- and part-time and those who are unable to attend all or part of a meeting) to stay well-informed; and provides easy-to-access records that can be saved electronically and referenced when needed.— P a tr ic ia Weaver, S ain t Jo s e p h 's University, P h ila d e lp h ia ; e-m a il: p w eav er@ sju .ed u http://is.gseis.ucla.edu/ mailto:bplynch@ucla.edu mailto:pweaver@sju.edu 776/C&RL News ■ October 2000