January Library Office Notes

Posted on January 3, 2023 by lisah2@illinois.edu

ANNOUNCEMENTS

University Librarian Note
Cheers for Peers
Did You Know? A Monthly Factoid from Library Assessment
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) Meeting Minutes
Collection Development Committee Notes
Content Access Policy & Technology Meeting Minutes
Recognizing Excellence

FACILITIES NEWS

Facilities Update

HR NEWS

Filled Positions
Departures
Civil Service Vacancies
Academic Professional and Faculty Open Postings

EVENTS AND TRAINING

Staff Events Calendar
NISO Webinar: Library as Platform (January 11)
Library Annual Recognition Event (January 12)

ANNOUNCEMENTS: University Librarian Note
Check back next month for a note from Interim Dean of Libraries and University Librarian Chris Prom.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Cheers for Peers
To view the full Cheers for Peers submissions please view the Growing People blog.

Library Human Resources is happy to announce this month’s Cheers for Peers submissions. The following Library employees have been cheered by their peers:

Kim Hutcherson
Rachael Johns
Lucy Moynihan
Dave Pherigo

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Did You Know? A Monthly Factoid from Library Assessment

In October 2022, the Library sent out a Library Service Satisfaction Survey asking students to rate experiences of library services. Question 15 invited respondents to describe how they feel about the Library in one word.

There were 107 answers to this question, but we chose to exclude one that was not intended for library services. Of the remaining 106, 80 were positive, 18 were neutral, and 8 were negative. The most common positive response was “good” (11), the most common neutral responses were “expansive” (3) and “extensive” (3), and the most common negative response was “crowded” (2). In the graphic, each book on the shelf represents a response. Alongside volume count, higher color saturation indicates higher frequency of a word.

Graphic created and text written by Virginia Haverstic, Library Assessment Graduate Assistant.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) Task Force Meeting Minutes
Minutes from past DEIA Task Force meetings are online on the Task Force web page.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Collection Development Committee Notes
The most recent meetings minutes of the CDC are posted at:
https://www.library.illinois.edu/staff/committee/collection-development-committee/

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Content Access Policy & Technology Meeting Minutes
The meeting minutes of CAPT (including workgroup reports) are posted at:
https://www.library.illinois.edu/staff/committee/content-access-policy-technology-capt/

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Recognizing Excellence
New on the Recognizing Excellence blog:

JJ Pionke Receives Grant Through Campus Research Board

Please share your award, recognition, or grant! To initiate a request for publicity, employees (or their supervisors) should submit this Awards/Recognitions/Grants Publicity Request Form.

FACILITIES: Facilities Update
Tim Newman, Assistant Dean of Libraries for Facilities

For a complete list of projects in planning and construction, please see https://wordpress.library.illinois.edu/staff/facilities/.

HR NEWS: Filled Positions

Michelle Self-Ballard – Senior Library Specialist – History, Philosophy, & Newspaper Library – 12/19/2022
Kristen Blankenship – Library Operations Associate – Central Access Services – 1/3/2023

HR NEWS: Departures

JD Tanaro – Library Specialist – Funk ACES Library – resigned 11/30/2022
Jan Adamczyk – Senior Library Specialist – International Area Studies & Acquisitions & Cataloging Services – retired 12/31/2022
Bill Maher – University Archivist – University Archives – retired 12/31/2022
Joe Troy – Web Applications Developer/Architect – Library IT – retired 12/31/2022

HR NEWS: Civil Service Vacancies

Distribution Clerk – Library Facilities – Decision Soon
Library Specialist – Ricker Library of Architecture & Art – Decision Soon
Library Operations Associate – Acquisitions & Cataloging Services – Interviews Soon
Events Administrator Associate – Advancement – Closes 12/21/2022
Assistant Distribution Services Supervisor – Library Facilities – to be posted 2023
Library Specialist – Funk ACES Library (late night) – to be posted 2023
Library Specialist – Central Access Services – to be posted 2023

HR NEWS: Academic Professional and Faculty Open Postings

Information Sciences Librarian – Social Sciences, Health, & Education Library, Fac – Sara Benson, Chair
Live on the job board with a closing date of 1/18/2023
Head, Mathematics & Computational Sciences Librarian – Mathematics Library, Fac – Heidi Imker, Chair
Live on the job board with a closing date of 1/23/2023

EVENTS AND TRAINING: Staff Events Calendar
To see the most up-to-date staff events calendar, please visit https://uiuc.libcal.com/calendar/staff.

EVENTS AND TRAINING: NISO Webinar: Library as Platform
January 11 at 10 AM

Traditionally, the library was a collection of content and services in a physical location – selection, acquisition, curation, access, and preservation services, as well as direct end-user support and education, were all in one place. That’s still the case for print and other physical items, even as libraries increasingly embrace collaborative collection development and sharing

networks. In the digital universe many, if not most, of those functions have moved online – to content and aggregator platforms, to discovery services, and to digital preservation services. The contributors to this webinar will discuss the implications for this shift, including how librarians and platform vendors should engage to ensure the best service for users — the ultimate stakeholders.

Please email training@library.illinois.edu for login credentials or recordings

EVENTS AND TRAINING: Library Annual Recognition Event
January 12 at 8:30 AM

Libraries will remain closed until 1 PM while this virtual event is happening. The event will have an optional virtual coffee in small groups beginning at 8:30 AM until the event formally starts at 9:15 AM. Our guest speaker will be Dr. Ellen Burts-Cooper. Following her talk, there will be a recognition of service years, new employees, and presentation of the Library Outstanding awards. We encourage everyone to attend. Those who do not wish to attend should work with their unit head to request vacation time or make arrangements with their unit head to work for the unit that morning.

Please mark your calendars and plan to attend this event! We are looking forward to celebrating with everyone!

Zoom information: https://uiuc.libcal.com/event/9956660

If you would like to submit content for the February issue of Library Office Notes, please submit it to Heather Murphy or Tom Teper by January 20, 2022.

December Library Office Notes

Posted on December 1, 2022 by lisah2@illinois.edu

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Library Building Project Update
Cheers for Peers
Did You Know? A Monthly Factoid from Library Assessment
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) Meeting Minutes
Collection Development Committee Notes
Content Access Policy & Technology Meeting Minutes
Recognizing Excellence

FACILITIES NEWS

Facilities Update

HR NEWS

Filled Positions
Departures
Civil Service Vacancies
Academic Professional and Faculty Open Postings

EVENTS AND TRAINING

Staff Events Calendar
Introduction to LibGuides Training (December 1)
Hub Training (December 6, 9, 13, 16)
Ambassador Program Meet and Greet (December 7)
Women in Science Lecture Series: Dr. Clarion Mendes (December 8)
Residence Hall Libraries’ Build-a-Book Event (December 8)
RBML Holiday Open House and Print Crawl (December 8)
NISO Webinar: Collaboration and Partnerships at Scale (December 14)

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Library Building Project Update – 12/1/2022
Tom Teper, Associate University Librarian for Collections and Technical Services | Project Manager, Library Building Project

Project Meetings and Updates for December 2022
In addition to weekly meetings among library project leads and our F&S Project Manager, during the month of November, representatives from the University Library, University Administration, and Facilities and Services met on several occasions to discuss elements of the project:

November 4th: 50% Design Updates Meeting
November 14th: Furniture, Fixtures, and Equipment Meeting – Onsite review of proposed furniture, fixtures, and equipment for proposed building.
November 16th: Shelving Update – Review of proposed shelving and discussion of next steps for project.
November 28th: 50% Design Review Meeting – All-day, comprehensive review of comments received on 50% construction documents with focus on code, architecture, interiors, structure, site planning, civil engineering, landscaping, parking, HVAC, plumbing, and fire protection.
November 29th: 50% Design Review Meeting (cont.) – Three-quarters day, comprehensive review of comments received on 50% construction documents with focus on electrical, technology, AV, and LEED standards.
November 29th: 50% Design Review Cost Estimate – Review of updating pricing estimate for the project to date.

Project-Related Meetings Scheduled for December 2022 (as of 11/29/2022)
In addition to weekly meetings among library project leads and our F&S Project Manager, during the month of December, the only scheduled project meetings include:

December 13th: AV/IT Meeting – Follow-up meeting to further discuss the anticipated AT/IT development for the facility.

Efforts to barcode and improve inventory management continue. The Special Collections Division is continuing work related to their opening exhibit. In addition, unit representatives are beginning the process of mapping collections into the planned shelving layouts. This will be a multi-month endeavor that should be completed in the late spring 2023.

Proposed Project Schedule
As the project progresses, the schedule becomes increasingly more detailed and accurate going forward. At present, the schedule below outlines dates going forward for the development of construction documents (CD), their review, the bidding and negotiation phase, construction, and post-construction. This schedule was updated and is accurate as of June 8th, 2022.

Communications
Nothing to report.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Cheers for Peers
Cheers for Peers is a library recognition program that allows Library employees to quickly recognize a co-worker by answering three questions on the Cheers for Peers form. The person that has been cheered will receive a certificate to celebrate their recognition along with a small gift. All Library employees (including Extra Help, Academic Hourly, Graduate Hourly, Student, visiting and permanent appointments) are welcome and encouraged to recognize their co-workers.

Library Human Resources is happy to announce this month’s Cheers for Peers submissions. The following Library employees have been cheered by their peers:

Stuart Albert
Evan Barber
Sarah Blanco
Aneitre Johnson
Marina Kolodyazhnaya
Hannah Williams
Jen-chien Yu

To view the full Cheers for Peers submissions please view the Growing People blog.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Did You Know? A Monthly Factoid from Library Assessment

A short time ago in campus libraries not very far away at all, Fall 2022 Sweeps Week (October 17–23, 2022) took place. Sweeps Week is a semesterly event during which Library Assessment, with the help of librarians and staff across campus, gathers data with which to evaluate the use of library resources and facilities. This factoid concerns wi-fi use in the Main, Grainger, and ACES libraries during Sweeps Week. It follows two previous installments of Sweeps Week wi-fi analysis: November 2021 and April 2022.

The graph represents the number of wi-fi sessions by library during Sweeps Weeks in the semesters between fall of 2019 and fall of 2022. A wi-fi session occurs when a library patron’s device – smartphone, computer, game console, etc. – connects to the library wi-fi. During Fall 2022 Sweeps Week, wi-fi sessions in the Main, Grainger, and ACES libraries were more numerous than they had been since Spring 2020 Sweeps Week.

The direct comparison of Fall 2021 (October 11–17, 2021) and Fall 2022 Sweeps Weeks in the bottom part of the graphic demonstrates that not only were there more wi-fi sessions overall in fall of 2022, but that these sessions were longer both on average and in total. Additionally, data exchange in 2022 was nearly double data exchange in 2021. This data is from the Main, Grainger, and ACES libraries only.

Graphic created and text written by Virginia Haverstic, Library Assessment Graduate Assistant. Wi-fi data provided by Library IT, Chuck Hayes, and Uros Marjanovic.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) Task Force Meeting Minutes
Minutes from past DEIA Task Force meetings are online on the Task Force web page.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Collection Development Committee Notes
The most recent meetings minutes of the CDC are posted at:
https://www.library.illinois.edu/staff/committee/collection-development-committee/

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Recognizing Excellence

Please share your award, recognition, or grant! To initiate a request for publicity, employees (or their supervisors) should submit this Awards/Recognitions/Grants Publicity Request Form.

FACILITIES: Facilities Update
Tim Newman, Assistant Dean of Libraries for Facilities

For a complete list of projects in planning and construction, please see https://wordpress.library.illinois.edu/staff/facilities/.

Also, please note the most recent news about the internal demolition taking place on the Undergraduate Library Building:
https://www.library.illinois.edu/specialcollectionsbuilding/2022/11/14/internal-demolition-begins-on-the-undergraduate-library-building/

HR NEWS: Filled Positions

Christina Bonse – Office Support Associate – Dean’s Office – 10/31/2022
Elisabeth Paulus – Senior Library Specialist – Interlibrary Loan & Document Delivery – 11/9/2022
Samantha Lechowicz – Library Specialist – Acquisitions & Cataloging Services – 11/14/2022

HR NEWS: Departures

John Wilkin – Dean of Libraries & University Librarian – Library Administration – 11/30/2022

HR NEWS: Civil Service Vacancies

Senior Library Specialist – History, Philosophy, & Newspaper Library – Decision Soon
Distribution Clerk – Library Facilities – Interviews
Library Operations Associate – Central Access Services – Interviews
Library Operations Associate – Acquisitions & Cataloging Services – Posting Soon
Library Specialist – Ricker Library of Architecture & Art Library Facilities – Posting Soon

HR NEWS: Academic Professional and Faculty Open Postings

Visiting Newspaper Content Coordinator – History, Philosophy, & Newspaper Library, AP – Shelby Strommer, Chair
Live on the job board with a closing date of 12/9/2022

Information Sciences Librarian – Social Sciences, Health, & Education Library, FAC – Sara Benson, Chair
Live on the job board with a closing date of 1/18/2023

EVENTS AND TRAINING: Staff Events Calendar
To see the most up-to-date staff events calendar, please visit https://uiuc.libcal.com/calendar/staff.

EVENTS AND TRAINING: Introduction to LibGuides Training
December 1 at 1 PM

This hands-on training session is intended for anyone who has, or will have, responsibility for creating and maintaining LibGuides in their library unit, including those new to LibGuides and those looking to refresh LibGuides skills. Access to your unit’s libApps account is required for this session, and is open to all library staff and GAs.

In this session, participants will…

…learn what LibGuides are and best practices
…learn how to access, create, edit, and maintain accessible unit LibGuides
…learn where and how to receive LibGuides help and support

Questions about this session, and other LibGuides queries, may be directed to libguides@library.illinois.edu.

Please register for this training via the Library Employee Calendar Event

EVENTS AND TRAINING: Hub Training
Zoom information for all Fall 2022 Hub Training workshops were shared via LibNews email from Sara Holder on September 1.

Working with Users with Disabilities
December 6 at 2 PM & December 9 at 3 PM
Who should attend: All 1st year GAs & anyone who hasn’t attended this training before or who wants a refresher
Instructor: JJ Pionke
This training will not be recorded.
Please contact Sara Holder sholder@illinois.edu if you have questions about this training.

Chat Transcript Review
December 13 at 2 PM & December 16 at 3 PM
Who should attend: All 1st year GAs & anyone who hasn’t attended this training before or who wants a refresher
Instructor: Piper Martin
This training will be recorded.
Please contact Sara Holder sholder@illinois.edu if you have questions about this training.

EVENTS AND TRAINING: Ambassador Program Meet and Greet
December 7 at 9:30 AM in Room 106 Main Library

It starts with us! Join us for a meet and greet with tasty treats! Meet the current Library Ambassadors, learn about the Library’s Ambassador Program and how you can become an Ambassador!

To help engage and recruit more Library employees to serve as Ambassadors, especially Civil Service employees (where we face the greatest need), we would like you to join us for a meet and greet to talk with current Ambassadors and learn more about the program. Light refreshments will be available.

The Ambassador Program matches newcomers to the Library to an existing employee (“Ambassador”) to help them feel welcome, enable them to more quickly build connections to the community and campus, and learn about Library culture. If you are interested in applying to be an Ambassador, please go to the following URL to review the criteria for becoming an Ambassador and submit your application: https://forms.illinois.edu/sec/3342896.

EVENTS AND TRAINING: Women in Science Lecture Series: Dr. Clarion Mendes
December 8 at 12 PM

The University of Illinois Archives is hosting a monthly virtual Women in Science Lecture Series that will feature speakers from across the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s diverse and multidisciplinary scientific enterprise. December’s lecture will be given by Dr. Clarion Mendes. Clinical Assistant Professor of Speech and Hearing Science, Dr. Mendes will present on her work on speech-language pathology and gender affirming communication for transgender individuals. Registration link: https://go.illinois.edu/WomeninScienceDec2022

EVENTS AND TRAINING: Residence Hall Libraries’ Build-a-Book Event
December 8 from 12:30 PM – 2:30 PM and 3 PM – 5 PM

The Residence Hall Libraries and University Library Invite you to Build-a-Book this Reading Day. Make and decorate a blank book to give as a holiday gift for a family member, friend, or yourself! All supplies – and snacks – provided. This event will be held from 12:30-2:30 PM at the Illinois Street Residence Hall in Room 50A/B and from 3-5 PM at the Student Dining and Residential Programs Building Room 2050.

EVENTS AND TRAINING: RBML Holiday Open House and Print Crawl
December 8 from 3 PM to 5 PM

Drop by the RBML on Reading day between 3 and 5pm to view some rare book favorites, enjoy a few refreshments, and hand-print your own relief-printed holiday card on our tabletop proofing press! Then, make your way over to Skeuomorph Press at the Champaign-Urbana Community Fab Lab, located at 1301 S. Goodwin Ave., to print letterpress text inside your card! Additional information can be found at this event listing.

EVENTS AND TRAINING: NISO Webinar: Collaboration and Partnerships at Scale
December 14 at 10 AM

Acquisitions, consolidations, partnerships — all are increasingly common in the information community, and all can create consternation for individuals and organizations alike. Why is bigger always assumed to be better? What does it really mean to improve the scalability of a business entity? Attendees will hear from a variety of professionals and consultants active in the information industry, benefiting from their experiences of and insights into the opportunities as well as the risks associated with these sorts of major changes.

Please email training@library.illinois.edu for login credentials or recordings.

If you would like to submit content for the January issue of Library Office Notes, please submit it to Heather Murphy or Tom Teper by December 16, 2022.

November Library Office Notes

Posted on November 1, 2022 by lisah2@illinois.edu

ANNOUNCEMENTS

University Librarian Note
Cheers for Peers
The Illinois Open Publishing Network Launches Journals’ First Issues
NIH’s New Data Sharing Policy
Nominate a Library Outstanding Civil Service Staff Member
Did You Know? A Monthly Factoid from Library Assessment
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) Meeting Minutes
Collection Development Committee Notes
Content Access Policy & Technology Meeting Minutes
Recognizing Excellence

FACILITIES NEWS

Facilities Update

HR NEWS

Filled Positions
Civil Service Vacancies

EVENTS AND TRAINING

Staff Events Calendar
CARLI Professional Development and Alliance Events (November 1, 4, 10, 14, 16)
Residence Hall Libraries’ Student Events (November 2, 7, 9, 10, 14, 15)
NISO Webinar: The Power of Consortia (November 9)
Research and Language Learning – Kazakh (November 9)
Women in Science Lecture Series: Dr. Monica Fabiani (November 10)
Grainger Engineering Library EntreFest Event (November 10)
Hub Training (November 15, 18)

ANNOUNCEMENTS: University Librarian Note
Please see Dean Wilkin’s LIB-NEWS announcement about the next steps of his professional journey.

Library Human Resources is happy to announce this month’s Cheers for Peers submissions. The following Library employees have been cheered by their peers:

Bernadette Braun
Elisandro Cabada
Jennifer Gavel
JP Gougen
Joseph Hall-Ingram
Josh Hankemeier
Kim Hutcherson
Rachael Johns
Kimberly Johnson
Mary Laskowski
Danny Mendelson
Heather Murphy
Chris Prom
Michelle Self-Ballard
Vicki Sparks
Hannah Williams
Jenna Ziedler

To view the full Cheers for Peers submissions please view the Growing People blog.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: The Illinois Open Publishing Network Launches Journals’ First Issues
The Illinois Open Publishing Network (IOPN) is pleased to announce the launch of first issues of two journals:

Kentiana is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that disseminates paleontological research carried out at or in association/collaboration with the Center for Paleontology at the Illinois Natural History and State Geological Surveys, Prairie Research Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It publishes studies as numbered issues on a rolling basis.
Proceedings of the ALISE Annual Conference is an open access journal publishing the annual proceedings of the Association of Library and Information Science Education. Prior years have been published via IDEALS for a number of years, and like other IOPN journals will continue to be archived there.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: NIH’s New Data Sharing Policy

Attention: anyone working with researchers/units with funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH)!

NIH has a new Data Management and Sharing Policy that will go into effect for grants submitted January 25, 2023, and thereafter. As of that date, NIH applicants must submit a Data Management and Sharing Plan (“Plan”) as part of grant applications. Feel free to let researchers know about the Research Data Service’s overview page and that we are available to answer questions about the new policy or how to draft a strong Plan.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Nominate a Library Outstanding Civil Service Staff Member
The Awards and Recognition Committee is accepting nominations for the Library Outstanding Civil Service Staff Award through November 7, at 5 pm. Any member of the Library community can nominate a Library Civil Service Staff member for this award. Nominators are welcome (and encouraged) to work with co-nominators to develop a thorough nomination with details and examples. For eligibility and nominee requirements, please see the call sent to LibNews on October 18. Nominations can be submitted at https://forms.illinois.edu/sec/1492727313.

November is National Native American Heritage Month.

The University is on the lands of the Peoria, Kaskaskia, Piankashaw, Wea, Miami, Mascoutin, Odawa, Sauk, Mesquaki, Kickapoo, Potawatomi, Ojibwe, and Chickasaw Nations. These lands were the traditional territory of these Native Nations prior to their forced removal; these lands continue to carry the stories of these Nations and their struggles for survival and identity.

As a land-grant institution, the University of Illinois has a particular responsibility to acknowledge the peoples of these lands, as well as the histories of dispossession that have allowed for the growth of this institution for the past 150 years. We are also obligated to reflect on and actively address these histories and the role that this university has played in shaping them. This acknowledgement and the centering of Native peoples is a start as we move forward for the next 150 years.

– Land Acknowledgement Statement suggested by the Native American House

Known languages spoken by these Nations include Miami-Illinois, Algonquian, Ojibwa, Fox, Potawatomi, and Chickasaw.

The Library Catalog indicates the languages of its holdings using the MARC Code List for Languages. The Library holds items organized under 435 unique MARC language codes. The MARC standards group the Miami-Illinois, Algonquian, Fox, and Potawatomi languages under “Algonquian (Other)” and the Chickasaw language under “North American Indian (Other).”

The bubble chart to the left shows language representation in the Library Catalog (excluding English). The top three non-English languages in the collection are German (568,451 items), Spanish (513,394 items), and French (451,531 items). As the bubbles representing items in the languages indigenous to the area occupied by the University are much too small to see, the chart to the right indicates their representation relative to one another.

“North American Indian (Other)” includes the Alabama, Arikara, Atsugewi, Beothuk, Chickasaw, Chimariko, Chitimacha, Chumash, Coahuilteco, Cocopa, Coos, Eastern Pomo, Eyak, Hualapai, Karok, Keres, Kiliwa, Konomihu, Kuitsh, Kumiai, Maidu, Mikasuki, Miwok, Mutsun, Nez Percé, Northern Sierra Miwok, Ohlone, Paipai, Pawnee, Shoshoni, Southeastern Pomo, Timucua, Tlakluit, Tonkawa, Tunica, Wappo, Wichita, Wikchamni, Wintu, Wiyot, Yahi, Yakama, Yuchi, and Yukiz languages. The Library Catalog records a total of 95 items in these languages.

The Library Catalog records 15 items in Ojibwa.

“Algonquian (Other)” includes the Abenaki, Algonquin, Atakapa, Atikamekw, Fox, Gros Ventre, Illinois, Kickapoo, Mahican, Massachuset, Menominee, Miami, Mohegan, Montagnais, Naskapi, Passamaquoddy, Penobscot, Potawatomi, Powhatan, Quileute, Roanoak, Shawnee, Wampanoag, and Yurok languages. The Library Catalog records a total of 5 items in these languages.

Graphic created and text written by Virginia Haverstic, Library Assessment Graduate Assistant. The item count by language includes only bibliographic records in Alma (a library services platform), and it does not represent all library collections.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) Task Force Meeting Minutes
Minutes from past DEIA Task Force meetings are online on the Task Force web page.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Collection Development Committee Notes
The most recent meetings minutes of the CDC are posted at:
https://www.library.illinois.edu/staff/committee/collection-development-committee/

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Recognizing Excellence

Please share your award, recognition, or grant! To initiate a request for publicity, employees (or their supervisors) should submit this Awards/Recognitions/Grants Publicity Request Form.

FACILITIES: Facilities Update
Tim Newman, Assistant Dean of Libraries for Facilities

For a complete list of projects in planning and construction, please see https://wordpress.library.illinois.edu/staff/facilities/.

HR NEWS: Filled Positions

Ruairi McEnroe – Library Specialist – Grainger Engineering Library Information Center – 10/17/2022
Peggy Nzomo – International Library Initiatives Specialist – Mortenson Center for International Library Programs – 10/17/2022
Elias Petrou – Classical Studies Librarian – Literatures and Languages Library – 10/17/2022

HR NEWS: Civil Service Vacancies

Office Support Associate – Dean’s Office – pending offer
Senior Library Specialist – Interlibrary Loan & Document Delivery – reference checks
E-Resources Library Specialist – Acquisitions & Cataloging Services – interviews 10/17 to 10/24
Senior Library Specialist – History, Philosophy, & Newspaper Library – email screening
Distribution Clerk – Library Facilities – waiting for IHR to approve

EVENTS AND TRAINING: Staff Events Calendar
To see the most up-to-date staff events calendar, please visit https://uiuc.libcal.com/calendar/staff.

EVENTS AND TRAINING: CARLI Professional Development and Alliance Events
To view more information about these events and to register, visit the CARLI Event Calendar.

November 1 at 1 PM: The Link Didn’t Work, Now What? Troubleshooting Patron Reports of E-Resources Linking Problems
November 4 at 9 AM: NC LIVE’S Leadership in Public Library Series
November 10 at 9 AM: Book Repair for Circulating General Collections
November 10 at 10 AM: Addressing Accessibility in E-Resources Management
November 10 at 1 PM: Vendor Relations: More Than Invoices and Sales Calls!
November 14 at 1 PM: No E-Resources Librarian is an Island
November 14 at 5 PM: Learn about Google Meet
November 16 at 1 PM: The Use of Python to Support Technical Services Work in Academic Libraries

EVENTS AND TRAINING: Residence Hall Libraries’ Student Events

Pop Culture Trivia Night
November 2 from 5 PM – 7 PM
ISR Room 50 A/B
Back by popular demand, it’s pub-style trivia with pizza and other snacks. Come play!
International Games Week Events
November 7 from 5 PM – 7 PM
SDRP Room 2050
November 10 from 5 PM – 7 PM
ISR Room 50 A/B
Celebrate with international games from the RHL collections, snacks, and board & card game raffles.
Monthly Craft Night
November 9 from 5 PM – 7 PM
ISR Room 46 and SDRP Room 2003
Stop in either location for free crafts and snacks!
Books for Break Events
November 14 from 5 PM – 7 PM
ISR Library
November 15 from 5 PM – 7 PM
SDRP Lobby
Stock up on fun reading for fall! Refreshments provided.

EVENTS AND TRAINING: NISO Webinar: The Power of Consortia
November 9 at 10 AM

Libraries around the world, of all shapes and sizes, have successfully used consortia to maximize the reach of their resources and their spending budgets. Communal efforts, such as the newly-established DPLA/LYRASIS Palace Project, leverage libraries’ buying power and influence to ensure that they and their services continue as a social good, as we move towards a post-pandemic future. This roundtable will bring together leaders of several consortia to talk about their work and their efforts to ensure the broadest possible access to all forms of information in the 21st century.

Please email training@library.illinois.edu for login credentials or recordings.

EVENTS AND TRAINING: Research and Language Learning – Kazakh
November 9 at 2 PM

The Slavic Reference Service and the Language Workshop at Indiana University are collaborating to host an online discussion series, Research and Language Learning. The second discussion will feature Kazakh and Dr. Kristoffer Rees.
The registration form can be found at the following link: https://forms.gle/2pV2Qu6eX4yfShxm7

EVENTS AND TRAINING: Women in Science Lecture Series: Dr. Monica Fabiani
November 10 at 12 PM

The University of Illinois Archives is hosting a monthly virtual Women in Science Lecture Series that will feature speakers from across the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s diverse and multidisciplinary scientific enterprise. October’s lecture will be given by Dr. Monica Fabiani, Professor of Psychology. Dr. Fabiani will share her research on cognitive neuroscience, the neurophysiology of aging, and non-invasive mapping of human brain function. Register for the Zoom link here.

EVENTS AND TRAINING: Grainger Engineering Library EntreFest Event
November 10 at 4 PM
Grainger Commons

Did you know November was National Entrepreneurship Month? Many units in the U of I entrepreneurial ecosystem are hosting programs to showcase and encourage more entrepreneurship, especially during the week of November 7-11. Grainger Engineering Library Information Center will have an EntreFest event on Thursday, November 10th. Starting in the Grainger Commons at 4, Marissa Siero, Director of Experiential Learning at Gies College of Business, will share her personal recipe for entrepreneurship. Siero believes emotion is critical to innovation and entrepreneurship. Join us for an open discussion on how she harnesses the power of passion, shares personal examples of grit, and raw and honest stories of having empathy as she takes you along on a journey as a serial innovator, entrepreneur, and intrapreneur. Following Siero’s keynote, there will be a networking reception in the IDEA Lab from 4:30-6 with various units in the university entrepreneurial ecosystem such as the Technology Entrepreneur Center, Origin Ventures Academy, and the Siebel School of Design. Light refreshments will be available.

EVENTS AND TRAINING: Hub Training
Zoom information for all Fall 2022 Hub Training workshops were shred via LibNews email from Sara Holder on September 1.

Working with International Students: Communicating Across Language Differences
November 15 at 2 PM and November 18 at 3 PM
Who should attend: All first year GAs and anyone who has not attended this training before or would like a refresher.
Instructor: Kimberly Yau (International Student and Scholar Services)
This training will be recorded.
Please contact Sara Holder at sholder@illinois.edu if you have questions about this training.

If you would like to submit content for the December issue of Library Office Notes, please submit it to Heather Murphy or Tom Teper by November 18, 2022.

October Library Office Notes

Posted on October 1, 2022 by hmurphy@illinois.edu

ANNOUNCEMENTS

University Librarian Note
Library Building Project Update – 10/1/2022
Cheers for Peers
Did You Know? A Monthly Factoid from Library Assessment
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) Meeting Minutes
Collection Development Committee Notes
Content Access Policy & Technology Meeting Minutes
Recognizing Excellence

FACILITIES NEWS

Facilities Update

HR NEWS

Filled Positions
Departures
Civil Service Vacancies

EVENTS AND TRAINING

Staff Events Calendar
Residence Hall Libraries’ Student Events (October 5, 11, 27)
CARLI Professional Development and Alliance Events (October 6, 12, 27)
In Search of Marcel Proust (October 7)
Hub Training (October 11, 25, 28)
NISO Webinar: Cybersecurity (October 12)
Women in Science Lecture Series: Dr. Imanni Sheppard (October 13)
De-Escalation Series (October 18, 21)
Hangout (October 26)
Hysteria: Tracing Early Modern Witchcraft (October 26)

ANNOUNCEMENTS: University Librarian Note
Check back next month for a new Note from Dean Wilkin.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS: Library Building Project Update – 10/1/2022
Tom Teper, Associate University Librarian for Collections and Technical Services | Project Manager, Library Building Project

Project Meetings and Updates for September 2022
During the month of September, representatives from the University Library, University Administration, and Facilities and Services met on several occasions to discuss elements of the project:

September 19th: Demolition Discussion – Library and campus personnel met to discuss demolition plans. This was followed later in the week with another meeting with F&S personnel.
September 21st: Landscape Design – Library personnel met with F&S, Capital Programs, and A/E representatives to onboard and discuss landscape design for Archives and Special Collections Building with new landscape architecture subcontractor.

Project-Related Meetings Scheduled for October 2022 (as of 9/27/2022)
At present, there are only a few scheduled meetings for October 2022.

October 5th: Shelving Meeting – Library and campus personnel will meet with A/E and representatives from Bradford systems to further refine shelving needs.

Other Activities
Personnel within the Library continue to meet on a bi-weekly basis to touch base on progress, and members of the Library’s Administration continue meeting with Capital Programs project team on a weekly basis to check on progress associated with this project.
Efforts to barcode and improve inventory management continue. The Special Collections Division is continuing work related to their opening exhibit.

Communications
Nothing to report.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Cheers for Peers
Are you particularly grateful to someone at the Library? Have you observed a random act of kindness? If you’ve wondered how to let that person know it was noticed, we have the answer!

The Library is launching an opportunity to quickly recognize a co-worker with this form Cheers for Peers. By answering three questions you have the ability to share appreciation and gratitude and create an energizing and positive moment for others.

Who are you cheering?
Brief description of why you are submitting a cheer for your peer.
Do you wish to be anonymous, or include your name?

Once per month, cheers will be gathered and shared on the “Growing People” blog and included in the monthly LON submission.

The person that has been cheered will receive a certificate to celebrate their recognition along with a small gift.

The Fine Print

All Library employees are eligible (Employee includes Extra Help, Academic Hourly, Graduate Hourly, Student Hourly, Visiting and Permanent appointments).
Submissions will be reviewed prior to posting publicly.
Submissions must be received no later than the 21st of each month to appear in the upcoming blog post.
Any submissions received on or after the 22nd will appear in the following month.
Multiple nominations within one month for the same person will yield multiple certificates and one sticker.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Did You Know? A Monthly Factoid from Library Assessment

We can’t promise haunted tomes bound in human skin, but the Library’s collection is full of books that will twist your mind, haunt your thoughts, and bedevil your senses. This October, consider sampling from the plethora of options within the subject headings in the above graphic.

For even more fascinating frights, check out these collection highlights of illustrated horror from Mara Thacker, our South Asian Studies and Global Popular Culture Librarian:

Ghosts of India: Horror Comics Anthology

The Book of Indian Ghosts by Riksunder Banerjee, illustrated by Raka Chowdhury

Uzumaki: Spiral into Horror by Juji Itō, translated by Yuji Oniki

Graphic created and text written by Virginia Haverstic, Library Assessment Graduate Assistant. Mara Thacker provided collection highlights. Michael Norman provided collection statistics.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) Task Force Meeting Minutes
Minutes from past DEIA Task Force meetings are online on the Task Force web page.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS: Collection Development Committee Notes
The most recent meetings minutes of the CDC are posted at:
https://www.library.illinois.edu/staff/committee/collection-development-committee/
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ANNOUNCEMENTS: Recognizing Excellence

Please share your award, recognition, or grant! To initiate a request for publicity, employees (or their supervisors) should submit this Awards/Recognitions/Grants Publicity Request Form.
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FACILITIES: Facilities Update
Tim Newman, Assistant Dean of Libraries for Facilities

For a complete list of projects in planning and construction, please see https://wordpress.library.illinois.edu/staff/facilities/.
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HR NEWS: Filled Positions

Marina Kolodyazhnaya – Library Specialist (Government Documents) – Acquisitions and Cataloging Services – 9/6/2022
Celenia Graves – Visiting Experiential Learning and Engagement Librarian – Grainger Engineering Library Information Center – 9/23/2022
Rachel Miller-Haughton – Visiting Preservation Outreach and Education Librarian – Preservation Services – 9/23/2022

HR NEWS: Departures

Rand Hartsell – Library Operations Associate – Central Access Services – 10/14/2022

HR NEWS: Civil Service Vacancies

Library Specialist (2 PM – 10 PM) – Grainger Engineering Library Information Center – second interviews soon
Office Support Associate – Dean’s Office – interviews
Senior Library Specialist – Interlibrary Loan and Document Delivery – interviews soon
Senior Library Specialist – History, Philosophy, & Newspaper Library – posting soon
E-Resources Library Specialist – Acquisitions & Cataloging Services – posting soon
Accounting Officer – Business & Human Resources Service Center – closed without hire

EVENTS AND TRAINING: Staff Events Calendar
To see the most up-to-date staff events calendar, please visit https://uiuc.libcal.com/calendar/staff.
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EVENTS AND TRAINING: Residence Hall Libraries’ Student Events

Monthly Game Night
October 5 from 5 PM – 7 PM
Ike: SDRP 2003 and ISR: 50 A/B
Come play board games from the Residence Hall Libraries’ collections. Snacks provided. Bring your friends and make new friends!
Monthly Craft Night
October 11 from 5 PM – 7 PM
Ike: SDRP Lobby and ISR: 50A/B
Make a craft to decorate your room, with all materials (and snacks) provided for free from the Residence Hall Libraries.
Monthly Book Club
October 27 at 6:30 PM
Ike: SDRP 2003
Discussion of The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Vol. 1 of the Hercule Poirot series) by Agatha Christie; snacks provided!

EVENTS AND TRAINING: CARLI Professional Development Alliance Events

FL-OER-ishment Webinar Series: Dismantling Barriers to Student Success Through Affordable Learning Materials
October 6 at 1:30 PM
An interdisciplinary panel including professors Taurie Gittings Wheeler, Allison Thomas Johnson, and Pamela Williams from Miami Dade College will share how they implemented OER and other affordable learning materials in their classes to reduce cost and increase access for students. They will demonstrate different approaches to using learning materials and discuss the challenges and successes they encountered along the way.
Register for this event
Managing Difficult Conversations
October 12 at 10 AM
This one-hour workshop will discuss the nature of and challenges in holding difficult conversations, and strategies to overcome those challenges and increase the likelihood of success. Polls, discussion/chat, and Q&A will be used to involve the audience to ensure that specific fears and concerns are addressed. Tools and references will be provided or identified to support participants in putting learning into action.
Register for this event
Accessibility Series: Social Media Accessibility Basics
October 27 at 1 PM
Join Mark McCarthy in this first of a two-part accessibility series and learn more about several facets of social media accessibility, including learning a little about disability itself, a brief overview of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, why social media access matters, and more!
Register for this event
FL-OER-ishment Webinar Series: Teaching Jacksonville History at FSCJ: Strategies for an Affordable and Rigorous Course
October 27 at 1:30 PM
This presentation will discuss the origins of the first comprehensive course on the History of Jacksonville offered at a college or university and how its creators conducted research and decided on a rich set of open-access resources for students.
Register for this event

EVENTS AND TRAINING: In Search of Marcel Proust
October 7 at 3 PM

Are you curious to find out who Marcel Proust was, or how to say his name? Are you a devoted reader? Join Professor François Proulx (Department of French and Italian) and RBML curator Caroline Szylowicz for a conversation about Proust’s life and works. We will mark the 100th anniversary of his death with an exploration of his books, manuscripts, and letters, we’ll share favorite characters, passages, and we might even set the record straight about the cork-lined bedroom!

This event will be located at The Rare Book & Manuscript Library and is free and open to all; refreshments will be served.

EVENTS AND TRAINING: Hub Training

ILL / Doc Express & Policies on Access to Physical Collections
October 11 at 2 PM and October 28 at 3 PM
Who should attend: All first year GAs and anyone who has not attended this training before or would like a refresher.
Instructors: Cherié Weible and Janelle Sander
This training will be recorded.
Please contact Sara Holder at sholder@illinois.edu if you have questions about this training.
Reference in Special Collections
October 25 at 2 PM and October 28 at 3 PM
Who should attend: All first year GAs and anyone who has not attended this training before or would like a refresher.
Instructors: Jenny Johnson, Sammi Merritt, Jameatris Rimkus, Cait Coker, Caroline Szylowicz, Krista Gray, and Rachel Tomei
This training will be recorded.
Please contact Sarah Holder at sholder@illinois.edu if you have questions about this training.

EVENTS AND TRAINING: NISO Webinar: Cybersecurity
October 12 at 10 AM

This NISO educational event will bring together a group of experts in systems and cybersecurity to discuss the key challenges currently facing the information community. From issues of authentication to the threats posed by ransomware, all organizations must prioritize protections for digital identities and assets. Libraries, funding agencies, content and platform providers, and end users are largely aware of the dangers, but hesitate over the potential inconvenience and hidden costs of addressing them. What can be done? This roundtable discussion will provide insights and encouragement.

Please email training@library.illinois.edu for login credentials or recordings.

EVENTS AND TRAINING: Women in Science Lecture Series: Dr. Imanni Sheppard
October 13 at 12 PM

The University of Illinois Archives is hosting a monthly virtual Women in Science Lecture Series that will feature speakers from across the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s diverse and multidisciplinary scientific enterprise. October’s lecture features Dr. Imanni Sheppard, Assistant Teaching professor and Co-Director of Medical Ethics and Humanities thread at the Carle Illinois College of Medicine. Dr. Sheppard will discuss her work in developing medical humanities and medical anthropology curricula and her work with community based participatory research. Register for the Zoom link here.

EVENTS AND TRAINING: De-Escalation Series

Margaret Ann Paauw will be doing a two-part Zoom training series for Library employees on de-escalation techniques. This training opportunity is particularly relevant to those in public-facing roles but could be generally useful for any Library employee. Each session has different but complementary content. Attendees do not have to commit to both sessions. They can attend either, or both, sessions and benefit.

De-Escalation Series
Margaret Ann Paauw is a licensed clinical social worker and Ph.D. Candidate at Loyola University Chicago. Margaret Ann practiced as a library social worker at Chicago Public Library for over two years, providing support for staff, crisis navigation, and community outreach. Margaret Ann was very active with the Public Library Association’s library social work task force and co-authored the book A Trauma-Informed Framework for Supporting Patrons. Margaret Ann is currently studying the practice of library social work and hopes to contribute to the literature on this emerging field.

Session I: Navigating Difficult Interactions with Patrons
Tuesday October 18th, 2022, 2 PM – 3 PM
In the library, we serve so many different types of people with many different experiences. How do we approach those who might be upset, communicate in different ways than we do, or are potentially dealing with some form of mental illness or mental health struggle? In this session, we will learn about basic mental health issues and symptoms followed by exercises navigating common scenarios.

Session II: Trauma Informed Library Approaches
Friday October 21st, 2022, 3 PM – 4 PM
Following the session “Navigating Difficult Interactions with Patrons”, this session will focus on incorporating trauma informed approaches in the library on a more general basis. In this session, we will learn about how trauma informed approaches can help us navigate a wide variety of client interactions in an empathetic manner.

Registration is not required, but very helpful to us so that we can plan for expected audience size. You will also get reminders about the training and a way to download it to your calendar.

This training is sponsored by Organization Development & Training in the Business & Human Resources Service Center.

For any questions or concerns please contact Organization Development and Training at training@library.illinois.edu.

EVENTS AND TRAINING: Hangout
October 26 at 10 AM

Please keep a lookout for an email (with a Zoom link) from Lucretia Williams via LIB-NEWS. Complete and submit the Library Hangout Suggestion and Volunteer Form if you have a topic to share.

Also, we are always looking for volunteers who would be willing to host social time following the Hangouts. Please consider being on an “on-call” list. We need volunteers to keep the social times going! Use the form above if interested.

EVENTS AND TRAINING: Hysteria: Tracing Early Modern Witchcraft
October 26 at 7:30 PM

Rare Book & Manuscript Library Curators Ruthann E. Mowry and Dr. Cait Coker will host this live, interactive presentation of materials documenting the history of European witchcraft. Bring your questions as we discuss witch trial records and accounts in their historical context and our contemporary parallels.

This is a virtual-only event hosted by Lewis & Clark Library in Helena, Montana. Please register here to receive the Zoom link!

If you would like to submit content for the November issue of Library Office Notes, please submit it to Heather Murphy or Tom Teper by October 21, 2022.

September Library Office Notes

Posted on September 1, 2022 by hmurphy@illinois.edu

ANNOUNCEMENTS

University Librarian Note
Library Building Project Update – 9/1/2022
Rooms 450A, B, C – Available for Reservations
Nominate a Library Outstanding Academic Professional (AP)
Did You Know? A Monthly Factoid from Library Assessment
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) Meeting Minutes
Collection Development Committee Notes
Content Access Policy & Technology Meeting Minutes
Recognizing Excellence

FACILITIES NEWS

Facilities Update

HR NEWS

Filled Positions
Departures
Civil Service Vacancies
Academic Professional and Faculty Open Positions
In Memoriam

EVENTS AND TRAINING

Staff Events Calendar
Residence Hall Libraries’ Student Events (September 7)
CARLI Professional Development Alliance Events (September 13, 19, 20)
The Viceroyalty of Peru and the Times of the Conde de Montemar (September 16)
32nd Annual Mortenson Distinguished Lecture (September 21)
Small Press Fest and Human Library at PYGMALION (September 22-24)
Chicago Immigrant Orchestra – IAS Library Outreach Event (September 27)
Hangout (September 28)
Recognition of William H. Mischo (September 28)

ANNOUNCEMENTS: University Librarian Note
It’s the start of a new academic year at Illinois and, though I don’t want to jinx things, it’s feeling almost back-to-normal. I’m excited to see a large number of people all across campus—and in our library spaces. I’m happy to report there are already large numbers of students utilizing our new Orange Room in the Main Library. Foot traffic in our libraries is vastly outstripping what we saw last year with the return to in-person instruction. Read more…
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ANNOUNCEMENTS: Library Building Project Update – 9/1/2022
Tom Teper, Associate University Librarian for Collections and Technical Services | Project Manager, Library Building Project

Project Meetings and Updates for August 2022
During the month of August, representatives from the University Library, University Administration, and Facilities and Services met on several occasions to discuss elements of the project:

August 4^th – Lightning Protection – A/E and campus personnel to review lightning protection for facility.
August 15^th– Generator Location and Refueling – A/E and campus personnel to review generator location and refueling procedures for facility.
August 16^th – FFE Samples Discussion – Internal meeting with project team to discuss initial FFE samples.
August 17^th – Public Safety Review – A/E and Campus personnel to review public safety in building.
August 22^nd – Lighting Impact on Morrow Plots/Observatory – A/E meeting with Library personnel, F&S, Capital Programs, College of ACES, and Observatory representatives.

Project-Related Meetings Scheduled for September 2022 (as of 8/31/2022)
At present, there are no scheduled meetings for September 2022.

Efforts to barcode and improve inventory management continue. The Special Collections Division is continuing work related to their opening exhibit.

Communications
Nothing to report.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Rooms 450A, B, C – Available for Reservations
As part of its charge to identify and prepare appropriate offices and workspaces for all employees impacted by the building project, the Staffing Working Group recommended this past summer to convert unused office suites in the 450 Main Library area into bookable, shared workspaces. These spaces are now complete and ready for use.

Rooms 450 A,B, and C are bookable through Outlook, and keys can be picked up from the 230 Main Library office suite, following the same process for booking other shared spaces in the building. 450 A&B have a single workstation, and 450 C is split into two workstations, each of which is separately bookable (Listed as 450C1 and 450C2 in Outlook). These spaces are intended for occasional use by employees who have need of private workspace for job-related activities such as Zoom meetings, personnel discussions, etc. Any permanent library employee is eligible to book one of these spaces. As these are shared spaces filling a need for a large number of library employees, please do not book them for regular, lengthy amounts of time, until we have a chance to assess use and measure demand.

For questions about

Policy or use of spaces – contact Susan Breakenridge (susanb3@illinois.edu)
Scheduling of the spaces – contact Lucretia Williams(lawillia@illinois.edu)
Technology in the spaces – contact Library IT (help@library.illinois.edu)
Furnishing or room issues – contact Library Facilities (facilities@library.illinois.edu)

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Nominate a Library Outstanding Academic Professional (AP)
The Awards and Recognition Committee is accepting nominations for the Library Outstanding AP Award through September 20, at 5 pm. Any member of the Library community can nominate a Library AP for this award. Nominators are welcome (and encouraged) to work with co-nominators to develop a thorough nomination with details and examples. For eligibility and nominee requirements, please see the call sent to LibNews on August 31. Nominations can be submitted at https://forms.illinois.edu/sec/345362199.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS: Did You Know? A Monthly Factoid from Library Assessment

Which of the following questions did you answer the most during the first week of class? Was it…

“Where can I find a place to study?”
“How can I use the printer?”
“Where is Room 66?”

No matter how simple these questions are, the effort we make to help students navigate library buildings and services is important. The University’s Student Experience Survey (Fall 2021) found that students who used library services had a higher sense of belonging and connectedness to the University. An undergraduate student survey conducted by the Library (Fall 2018) also found that students who used library space “once or twice a year” reported higher GPA than those who had never been to a library on campus.

Thanks to Beth Hoag, Ph.D. for providing the Student Experience Survey findings. For more information about these studies, please contact Library Assessment (assessment@library.illinois.edu).
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ANNOUNCEMENTS: Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) Task Force Meeting Minutes
Minutes from past DEIA Task Force meetings are online on the Task Force web page.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS: Recognizing Excellence

Please share your award, recognition, or grant! To initiate a request for publicity, employees (or their supervisors) should submit this Awards/Recognitions/Grants Publicity Request Form.
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FACILITIES: Facilities Update
Tim Newman, Assistant Dean of Libraries for Facilities

Welcome back to campus! As a new semester has started, the Facilities Team wanted to remind everyone of a few general procedures and policies:

For any facility related request(s) such as, furniture needs, key request, event setup, general maintenance, and remodel, or when not sure, please submit a ticket request. This way all of facilities can track the request and ensure that we are providing the best customer service for you. Our ticketing system has changed to Team Dynamix. These links will help with varied ticket submissions:

Team Dynamix (general facility/default request) https://go.library.illinois.edu/logaticket
Key Request Form https://www.library.illinois.edu/staff/facilities/keyrequest/
Event Checklist https://www.library.illinois.edu/staff/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2019/02/EventCheckList-Revised-2019.02.08.xls

For shipping/delivery, please bring any shipments to Shipping/Receiving the day prior. We make daily deliveries starting at 8:00am, as well as multiple deliveries throughout the day. We try to accommodate rush orders, but request at least a day’s notice. Additionally, for any packages being shipped FedEx or UPS, please have them by noon at the shipping/receiving desk at the Main Library. Lastly, ensure that you please provide as much detail regarding the order as possible (vendor, quantity, price, etc.).

For a complete list of projects in planning and construction, please see https://wordpress.library.illinois.edu/staff/facilities/.
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HR NEWS: Filled Positions

Sarah Blanco – Library Specialist – Teaching, Learning, and Academic Support – 8/15/2022
Alyson Bell – Associate Director – Library Advancement – 8/16/2022
Megan Sapp-Nelson – Head – Grainger Engineering Library Information Center – 8/18/2022
JD Tanaro – Library Specialist – Funk ACES – 8/29/2022

HR NEWS: Departures

Megan Johnson – Grainger Engineering Library Information Center – resigned 8/6/2022
Brian Agnoletti – Library Facilities – resigned 8/12/2022

HR NEWS: Civil Service Vacancies

Library Specialist (Government Documents) – ACS – decision soon
Office Support Associate – Dean’s Office – interviews 8/24-8/26
Accounting Officer – Business and Human Resources Service Center – interviews soon
Library Specialist (2 PM – 10 PM) – Grainger – posting soon
Senior Library Specialist – History, Philosophy, & Newspaper Library – posting soon
Senior Library Specialist – Interlibrary Loan and Document Delivery – posting soon
E-Resources Library Specialist – Acquisitions & Cataloging Services – posting soon

HR NEWS: Academic Professional and Faculty Open Positions

Digital Humanities Librarian – Scholarly Communication & Publishing, FAC – Celestina Savonius-Wroth, Chair. Live on the job board with a closing date of 9/16/2022.

HR NEWS: In Memoriam

Kathie Henderson

EVENTS AND TRAINING: Staff Events Calendar
To see the most up-to-date staff events calendar, please visit https://uiuc.libcal.com/calendar/staff.
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EVENTS AND TRAINING: Residence Hall Libraries’ Student Events
September 7 at 4pm

The Residence Hall Libraries are holding their First Monthly Game Night of the semester! Board games from the Residence Hall Libraries’ collections will be available and the event will provide the opportunity for students to make new friends. This event will be held at both the Ikenberry Library (SDRP 2003) and the Illinois Street Residence Hall Library (50A/B).

Additional information and a list of all the events already planned for the semester can be found here:
https://housing.illinois.edu/Resources/residence-hall-libraries/events

EVENTS AND TRAINING: CARLI Professional Development Alliance Events

Building a Successful Budget
September 13 at 1 PM
This session will provide attendees with a high-level overview of budgeting in libraries. We will examine nuances of the word “budget” and what that implies about how we discuss budgets with various departments within the organization, share similarities and differences in the budget process across organizations, and discuss long-term strategies for weathering budget cuts. We will finish by demonstrating how human bias impacts budgetary decision-making.
Register for this event
Racial Equity in Libraries
September 19 at 1 PM
In this session, Kristyn Caragher and Tatiana Bryant will highlight select results of their national survey and provide implications for libraries to consider in their racial equity work regarding the hiring, retention, and promotion of BIPOC employees.
Register for this event
Leading Together: Academic Library Consortia and Advocacy
September 20 at 1 PM
There is strength in a consortium voice and through the agency of the consortium the opportunity to lead together under a unified plan. This presentation reviews the landscape of effective consortia advocacy work, while presenting an approach to developing an advocacy plan. Drawing from the recent book by the same title, participants will leave with a sense of options and opportunities to build a consistent message to influence and persuade throughout the consortium (or any group) for agreed-upon goals.
Register for this event

EVENTS AND TRAINING: The Viceroyalty of Peru and the Times of the Conde de Montemar
September 16 at 3pm

Please join us for the opening reception of RBML’s Fall Exhibit, The Viceroyalty of Peru and the Times of the Conde de Montemar. The exhibit is curated by Ana D. Rodríguez and Dr. Antonio Sotomayor, and will remain on view through May 12, 2023.

For nearly 300 years (1542-1824), the Viceroyalty of Perú was an integral part of the extensive Spanish Empire in the Americas. The Spaniards had taken over the Inca Empire that had ruled those lands for generations and had established a complex civilization. By taking the Inca Empire, its riches and lands, the descendants of these conquistadors developed a new society characterized by the diversity of communities where they lived, with the indigenous peoples placed at a disadvantage. As a stratified society, the white noble class was at the top of the social pyramid, including the family of the V Conde de Montemar, which had vast interests throughout the territory. The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign holds a unique and sizable collection of letters that belonged to this family; this exhibit will showcase a fraction of its content, alongside other equally rare and fascinating material from the University of Illinois collections.

EVENTS AND TRAINING: 32nd Annual Mortenson Distinguished Lecture
September 21

BROWN BAG SESSION: 12:15-1:15 pm CT (in person, 106 Main Library)
LECTURE: 3:30-5:00 pm CT (iSchool, Room 126, 501 E. Daniel Street, Champaign AND livestream)
REFRESHMENTS: 5:00-5:45 pm CT

A lecture to celebrate Libraries for Peace (L4P) Day as the world community observes International Day of Peace on September 21, 2022. The United Nations General Assembly has declared this as a day devoted to strengthening the ideals of peace, both within and among all nations and peoples. The theme for the International Day of Peace in 2022 is “End racism. Build peace.” Join the UN to #FightRacism.

For more information and to register for the lecture, visit library.illinois.edu/mortenson/lectures/.

EVENTS AND TRAINING: Small Press Fest and Human Library at PYGMALION
September 22-24

The University Library will host Small Press Fest (part of Made Fest from 5-10pm on September 23) and Human Library (from 11-3pm on September 24) at PYGMALION. More information is forthcoming via LIB-NEWS.

EVENTS AND TRAINING: Chicago Immigrant Orchestra – IAS Library Outreach Event
September 27

The Chicago Immigrant Orchestra (CIO), a world music ensemble, will be visiting UIUC campus, sponsored by the International and Area Studies (IAS) Library in collaboration with the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts (and other university co-sponsors). The CIO will give two performances, both free and open to the entire university community.

The CIO was originally established in 1999 by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events. Recently re-constituted by guitarist Fareed Haque and oud player Wanees Zarour, its performances typically involve 10-12 instrumentalists and singers representing musical traditions from all over the world, from East and South Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America. The group explores the relationships and differences among these traditions, creating a unique and cohesive tapestry of cultures.

A video of a virtual CIO concert from September 2020 can be found here.

The first performance, to be held in the IAS Library (321 Main Library) at 2:00 p.m., will feature a subset of the CIO at which listeners will be able to interact with the musicians and ask questions about the music and the instruments. Refreshments will be served.

At 7:30 p.m. the full ensemble will give a more formal performance in the Cowell Playhouse at the Krannert Center. Though admission is free to members of the university community and their guests, tickets should be reserved ahead of time at the Krannert Center website at this link.

For any questions, please contact:
Atoma Batoma (batoma@illinois.edu) or Bob Geraci (rpgeraci@illinois.edu)

EVENTS AND TRAINING: Hangout
September 28 at 10am

Please keep a lookout for an email (with a Zoom link) from Lucretia Williams via LIB-NEWS. Complete and submit the Library Hangout Suggestion and Volunteer Form if you have a topic to share.

Also, we’re always looking for volunteers who would be willing to host social time following the Hangouts. Please consider being on an “on-call” list. We need volunteers to keep the social times going! Use the form above if interested.
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EVENTS AND TRAINING: Recognition of William H. Mischo – Celebrating 40 Years of Library Leadership and Research
September 28 at 4pm

Please join us for a special celebration for William (Bill) Mischo, who served as Head of the Grainger Engineering Library Information Center, Information Systems Research & Development Librarian, and Professor from 1982-2022.

Professor Bill Mischo oversaw the planning and construction of the Grainger Engineering Library Information Center. His contributions were instrumental in establishing a leading engineering library at a world-class university. Professor Mischo is also known for his development of UIUC’s digital portal and the “Easy Search” gateway software, a cornerstone of the Library’s search and discovery strategy. In 2015, he was elected as an American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Fellow. Professor Mischo also held the Berthold Family Professorship in Information Access and Discovery from 2015-2022.

This celebration will be held Wednesday, September 28th from 4:00pm – 6:00pm at Grainger Engineering Library Information Center in the Grand Gallery, second floor.

Please RSVP to Alex Cabada by Wednesday, September 14.

If you would like to submit content for the October issue of Library Office Notes, please submit it to Heather Murphy or Tom Teper by September 23, 2022.

August Library Office Notes

Posted on August 1, 2022 by hmurphy@illinois.edu

ANNOUNCEMENTS

University Librarian Note
Library Building Project Update – 8/1/2022
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) Meeting Minutes
Collection Development Committee Notes
Content Access Policy & Technology Meeting Minutes
Recognizing Excellence

FACILITIES

Facilities Update

HR NEWS

Filled Positions
Departures
Vacancies

EVENTS AND TRAINING

Staff Events Calendar
Library Council Feedback Forums (August 2, 3, 11)
CARLI Professional Development Alliance Events (August 9, 11, 16, 17)
NISO Webinars (August 10 and 17)
GA Orientation (August 16-19)
Hangout (August 24)

ANNOUNCEMENTS: University Librarian Note
As many of you are aware, we received the external review report in mid-July. You can read the full report here.

This report is a critical step in the Academic Program Review, a process coordinated by the Provost’s office. This process is intended to help academic units examine their strengths, deficiencies, and strategic goals. The two main components of this review include a self-study and external peer review, and these are complemented by regular reporting and discussion with the Provost.

This is the first year the Library participated. Read more…
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ANNOUNCEMENTS: Library Building Project Update – 8/1/2022
Tom Teper, Associate University Librarian for Collections and Technical Services | Project Manager, Library Building Project

Project Meetings and Updates for July 2022

During the month of July, representatives from the University Library, University Administration, and Facilities and Services met on several occasions to discuss elements of the project:

July 7^th and 8^th – Design Development (DD) Review Meeting – Following the June 9^th submission of a final draft of the project’s design development, library and campus personnel compiled comments and suggested edits to the 600+ page submittal. These comments were reviewed during a two-day long meeting held on July 7^th and 8^th, 2022.
On July 19^th– FFE Review – the project team met with the firm’s interior design team to conduct a preliminary review of furniture, fixtures, and equipment (FFE).
On July 25^th – Demolition Planning – Library personnel and F&S met to discuss the planned beginning of demolition on the Undergraduate Library. Presently, plans are under development to have construction fencing installed in mid-August 2022 with interior demolition work to being in September.
July 26^th – Budget Review – A/E, F&S, Capital Projects, and Library personnel met with project estimator to review current status of library project budget and projections in advance of bidding period.

Project-Related Meetings Scheduled for August 2022 (as of 7/29/2022)

The following meetings include both scheduled project meetings (with project designation of U20118) as well as additional meetings that involve select representatives of the A/E, F&S, and University Library.

August 4^th: Lightning Protection – A/E and campus personnel to review lightning protection for facility.
August 15^th: Generator Location and Refueling – A/E and campus personnel to review generator location and refueling procedures for facility.
August 16^th: FFE Samples Discussion – Internal meeting with project team to discuss initial FFE samples.
August 17^th: Public Safety Review – A/E and Campus personnel to review public safety in building.
August 22^nd: Lighting Impact on Morrow Plots/Observatory – A/E meeting with Library personnel, F&S, Capital Programs, College of ACES, and Observatory representatives.

Other Activities

Personnel within the Library continue to meet on a bi-weekly basis to touch base on progress, and members of the Library’s Administration continue meeting with Capital Programs project team on a weekly basis to check on progress associated with this project.

Efforts to barcode and improve inventory management continue. The Special Collections Division is continuing work related to their opening exhibit.

Proposed Project Schedule

As the project progresses, the schedule becomes increasingly more detailed and accurate going forward. At present, the schedule below outlines dates going forward for the development of construction documents (CD), their review, the bidding and negotiation phase, construction, and post-construction. This schedule was updated and is accurate as of June 8^th, 2022.

Communications

Nothing to report.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS: Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) Task Force Meeting Minutes
Minutes from past DEIA Task Force meetings are online on the Task Force web page.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS: Recognizing Excellence

Lian Ruan Receives Outstanding Library Leadership Award from CALA

Please share your award, recognition, or grant! To initiate a request for publicity, employees (or their supervisors) should submit this Awards/Recognitions/Grants Publicity Request Form.
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FACILITIES: Facilities Update
Tim Newman, Assistant Dean of Libraries for Facilities

Library Facilities has been busy this summer and we look forward to the students return this month. We are in the process of finishing up the UGL to Main Library services move and the schedule continues to be updated. Please see link below. Once we’ve completed the moves, we will then be able to circle back with all other library unit needs. As Fall Semester starts, please remember to continue submitting tickets through the Team Dynamix system.

For a complete list of projects in planning and construction, please see https://wordpress.library.illinois.edu/staff/facilities/.
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HR NEWS: Filled Positions

Dirk Ton – Library Specialist – Grainger Engineering Library Information Center – 7/11/2022
Jennifer Gavel – Accountant II – Business and Human Resources Service Center – 7/18/2022

HR NEWS: Departures

Sarah Bial – History, Philosophy, and Newspaper Library – resigning 8/19/2022

HR NEWS: Vacancies

Library Specialist – Teaching, Learning, and Academic Support (evenings) – offer pending
Library Specialist – Funk ACES Library (nights) – in-person Interviews August 5-12
Office Support Associate – Dean’s Office – posting closed 7/19/2022
Library Specialist (Government Documents) – Acquisitions and Cataloging Services – Posting soon

EVENTS AND TRAINING: Staff Events Calendar
To see the most up-to-date staff events calendar, please visit https://uiuc.libcal.com/calendar/staff.
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EVENTS AND TRAINING: Library Council Proposal Feedback Forums
August 2, 3, 11

The Task Force will be hosting open feedback forums on the Library Council Proposal (here) in the coming weeks. This is your chance to come ask questions, provide feedback, and recommend constructive criticism to improve the proposal prior to it being finalized and voted on. These feedback sessions have been scheduled as Zoom events on different days and times of day to try to accommodate different work schedules. Below is the schedule along with the Zoom links.

One point of clarification–the session on Tuesday, August 2 has an in-person attendance option and in fact given how hybrid sessions tend to go might even be described as in-person preferred. The location is 106 Main Library.

If you are unable to attend or would prefer to provide your feedback directly, you are welcome to reach out to any of the task force members:

Erik Chapman (echapma4@illinois.edu)
Joanne Kaczmarek (jkaczmar@illinois.edu)
John Laskowski (jdlasko@illinois.edu)
Joe Lenkart (lenkart@illinois.edu)
Mara Thacker (mthacker@illinois.edu)
Kelli Trei (ktrei2@illinois.edu)
Dulcie Vermillion (vermilli@illinois.edu)
David Ward (dh-ward@illinois.edu)
Jen-Chien Yu (jyu@illinois.edu)

Feedback Sessions

Tuesday, August 2 – 11:00 am – 12:00 pm: Join Zoom Meeting (or attend in-person in 106 Main Library)
Wednesday, August 3 – 6:00 – 7:00 pm: Join Zoom Meeting
Thursday, August 11 – 11:00 am – 12:00 pm: Join Zoom Meeting

EVENTS AND TRAINING: CARLI Professional Development Alliance Events

Building the Innovation Lab: A Technology Playground
August 9 at 1 PM
Learn about the development of the Innovation Lab (iLab), an exciting and expanding community hub that demonstrates what is possible with emerging technologies. On a shoestring budget, the iLab has grown into a respected community asset with a large impact. Get lots of ideas and hear what the presenter has planned for the lab’s future!
Register for this event.
Through the Records: The Work of the Center for the Study of Slavery in Charleston (CSSC) at the College of Charleston
August 11 at 1 PM
Like so many other colleges and universities, the College of Charleston has worked to reexamine its role in American history and the role that diverse communities have played in that history. The creation of the Center for the Study of Slavery in Charleston (CSSC) is a part of this effort, which provides a way for faculty, staff, students, and the public to engage with issues of public history, history, education, and social justice. The presenters are archivists and will speak about how information and cultural heritage professionals can take part in challenging conversations about the nature of American history, engage in interpretation and exhibitions that forges emotional and intellectual connections, and how to use records to tell diverse stories.
Register for this event.
Cultivating Civility and Resilience in Libraries: Challenges and Solutions
August 16 at 1 PM
Would you like to be part of the solution to creating a functional library work environment with workplace communications that are complete and clear? During this webinar, the presenters will take you through the journey of their groundbreaking books Cultivating Civility and The Dysfunctional Library. Hear their insights, suggestions, and solutions to a problem that has plagued some libraries for decades.
Register for this event
Transforming Scholarly Research with Blockchain Technologies and AI: A New Era of Possibilities
August 17 at 1 PM
Darrell W. Gunter, an experienced digital publishing executive, has been at the forefront of significant information industry initiatives, i.e., Factiva, ScienceDirect, Scopus, BiomedExperts.com, ReviewerFinder, Underline, and Ripeta. Gunter Media Group, Inc. has advised many CEOs from startups to the very most prominent publishers in his consulting practice. He is a published author of Transforming Scholarly Research with Blockchain Technologies and AI.
Register for this event.

EVENTS AND TRAINING: NISO Webinars

Eliminating Outdated Workflows: Developing The New
August 10 at 10 AM
Could changing a workflow free up time for the information community — and the researchers we serve — to focus on other more valuable work? Hear from some of the professionals responsible for tweaking old workflows and processes and managing the resulting changes.
Please email training@library.illinois.edu for login credentials or recordings.
Building Support for Non-Traditional Scholarly Outputs
August 17 at 10 AM
Following on from the previous webinar, this event will expand the discussion into the realm of non-traditional outputs. Video, audio, and data visualization are already increasingly common output formats, and those working in the arts and practice-based research require support for a host of other outputs, including images, performances, and more. What does this all mean for our research infrastructure? For editorial or content management systems? For discovery tools? For content platforms? We’re assembling a group of expert speakers (details to follow) for a round table discussion on this important and challenging topic.
Please email training@library.illinois.edu for login credentials or recordings.

EVENTS AND TRAINING: GA Orientation
August 16-19

On behalf of the Reference Management Team and Organizational Development & Training, I’m happy to announce that the schedule for Library-wide GA Orientation is now complete and available here. Each session is available for registration through the Library staff calendar: https://uiuc.libcal.com/calendar/staff

Day one includes sessions that will apply to all GAs working in the Library. The sessions on the other days may or may not be relevant. Please work with your GAs to guide them to the sessions that are appropriate for the work they will be doing (e.g., if they will not be answering questions via LibChat, let them know they should not register for the chat reference session). Supervisors can sign the GAs up individually or ask GAs to sign up themselves. As with prior years, all of these sessions are also open to anyone whose work relates to these areas and who would like to develop/refresh their skills.

Sessions will take place in three different Library buildings (Main, Funk/ACES, Grainger) and we’ve incorporated a tour of each building into the schedule. If you work in one of these locations, please consider being on hand to welcome the new GAs as they come through on the tour.
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EVENTS AND TRAINING: Hangout
August 24 at 10am

Please keep a lookout for an email (with a Zoom link) from Lucretia Williams via LIB-NEWS. Complete and submit the Library Hangout Suggestion and Volunteer Form if you have a topic to share.

If you would like to submit content for the September issue of Library Office Notes, please submit it to Heather Murphy or Tom Teper by August 19, 2022.

July Library Office Notes

Posted on July 1, 2022 by hmurphy@illinois.edu

ANNOUNCEMENTS

University Librarian Note
Library Building Project Update – 7/1/2022
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) Meeting Minutes
Collection Development Committee Notes
Content Access Policy & Technology Meeting Minutes
Recognizing Excellence

FACILITIES

Facilities Update

HR NEWS

Filled Positions
Departures
Vacancies

EVENTS AND TRAINING

Staff Events Calendar
Hangout (August 24)

ANNOUNCEMENTS: University Librarian Note
While I’ve shared most of this information in library-wide discussions such as the “hangouts,” I wanted to put the information in writing to bring the various pieces of the 2022 budget and salary program together in one place. Read more…
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ANNOUNCEMENTS: Library Building Project Update – 7/1/2022
Tom Teper, Associate University Librarian for Collections and Technical Services | Project Manager, Library Building Project

Project Meetings and Updates for June 2022

During the month of May, representatives from the University Library, University Administration, and Facilities and Services met on several occasions to discuss elements of the project.

The A/E submitted the final draft of the project’s design development (DD) on June 9^th, 2022. The 600+ page project books were made available to members of the project leadership team and their staff to review. Comments were compiled and submitted to F&S for transmittal to the A/E in late June in anticipation of a two-day long review meeting in early July 2022.

Project-Related Meetings Scheduled for July 2022 (as of 6/30/2022)

July 7: Undergraduate Library Redevelopment Design Review Day 1
July 8: Undergraduate Library Redevelopment Design Review Day 2

Other Activities

Efforts to barcode and improve inventory management continued over the last month. The RBML recently announced that they were 75% of the way through both their book and manuscript collections. The Special Collections Division is continuing work related to their opening exhibit.

Proposed Project Schedule

The kick-off meeting included a review of the proposed project schedule from the point that “conceptualization” began on July 21, 2021 through what is called “substantial completion” of construction work. Those dates in the future become increasingly speculative. At present, the schedule is as follows:

a. Conceptualization

07/21/2021 work session
08/12/2021 submission date
08/26/2021 est. Concept review meeting

b. Schematic Design

11/09/2021 submission date
11/23/2021 est. SD review meeting

c. Design Development

01/22/2022 submission date
02/04/2022 est. DD review meeting-BOT Preparation

d. Construction Documents 50%

03/31/2022 submission date
4/14/2022 est. 50% CD review meeting

e. Construction Documents 95%

07/04/2022 submission date
07/18/ 2022 est. 95% CD review meeting
08/18/2022 100% CD completion

f. Bidding/Award

08/18/2022 Advertise for Bids
08/25/2022 Pre-bid /Pre-pricing meeting
09/30/2022 Bid Opening – To be confirmed
01/04/2023 Notice Proceed

g. Board of Trustees approval (required on if individual contract is over $2,500,000.)

h. Construction – Start/End *

01/05/2023 – 05/29/2024

Communications

Nothing to report.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS: Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) Task Force Meeting Minutes
Minutes from past DEIA Task Force meetings are online on the Task Force web page.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS: Recognizing Excellence

Elisandro Cabada is Named as the Library Journal 2022 Mover and Shaker for Innovation

Please share your award, recognition, or grant! To initiate a request for publicity, employees (or their supervisors) should submit this Awards/Recognitions/Grants Publicity Request Form.
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FACILITIES: Facilities Update
Tim Newman, Assistant Dean of Libraries for Facilities

Thank you everyone for your continued patience as we work in moving services from UGL across all our libraries. Library Facilities continues to contact units, at least one week in advance, regarding status of moves. The UGL Move Schedule is also updated weekly. Please continue to submit tickets through Team Dynamix, as we look to prioritize needs to get everything ready for Fall 2022.

For a complete list of projects in planning and construction, please see https://wordpress.library.illinois.edu/staff/facilities/.
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HR NEWS: Filled Positions

Leonel Ramirez – Application Integration Developer – Library IT – 7/5/2022

HR NEWS: Departures

Paul Hollman – Interlibrary Loan – resigning 7/1/2022
Brenda Brown – Business and Human Resources Service Center – resigning 7/9/2022
Sarah Bial – History, Philosophy, and Newspaper Library – resigning 8/19/2022

HR NEWS: Vacancies

Accountant II – Business and Human Resources Service Center – final decision soon
Library Specialist – Grainger (evenings) – in-Person Interviews June 20-30
Library Specialist – Teaching, Learning, and Academic Support (evenings) – in-Person Interviews June 23-29
Library Specialist – Funk ACES (nights) – in-Person Interviews June 24-29
Office Support Associate – Dean’s Office – posting soon

EVENTS AND TRAINING: Staff Events Calendar
To see the most up-to-date staff events calendar, please visit https://uiuc.libcal.com/calendar/staff.
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EVENTS AND TRAINING: Hangout
August 24 at 10am (no July Hangout)

Complete and submit the Library Hangout Suggestion and Volunteer Form if you have a topic to share.

Also, we’re always looking for volunteers who would be willing to host social time following the Hangouts. Please consider being on an “on-call” list. Use the form above if interested!
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If you would like to submit content for the August issue of Library Office Notes, please submit it to Heather Murphy or Tom Teper by July 22, 2022.

June Library Office Notes

Posted on June 1, 2022 by hmurphy@illinois.edu

ANNOUNCEMENTS

University Librarian Note
Library Building Project Update – 6/1/2022
Residence Hall Libraries’ Summer Reading Challenge
Wellness Committee Reminder
IOPN Publications
Continued Growth in the Illinois Digital Heritage Hub
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) Meeting Minutes
Collection Development Committee Notes
Content Access Policy & Technology Meeting Minutes
Recognizing Excellence

FACILITIES

Facilities Update

HR NEWS

Filled Positions
Departures
Vacancies
Searches in Progress
In Memoriam

EVENTS AND TRAINING

Staff Events Calendar
Library Council Proposal Feedback Sessions (June 8, 16, 29)
The Power of Presentation: Enhancing Slides for Engagement (June 21)
Hangout (June 22)

ANNOUNCEMENTS: University Librarian Note
Check back next month for a new Note from Dean Wilkin.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS: Library Building Project Update – 6/1/2022
Tom Teper, Associate University Librarian for Collections and Technical Services | Project Manager, Library Building Project

Project Meetings for May 2022

During the month of May, representatives from the University Library, University Administration, and Facilities and Services met with members of our Architecture/Engineering (A/E) Team on May 11^th to discuss variances. Additionally, members of the Library Administration met with individuals from Facilities and Services, and Capital Programs to discuss requirements associated with bidding for shelving in the building.

Project-Related Meetings Scheduled for June and July 2022 (as of 5/31/2022)

June 9, 2022: Design Development Submittal.
July 7: Undergraduate Library Redevelopment Design Review Day 1
July 8: Undergraduate Library Redevelopment Design Review Day 2

Other Activities

Proposed Project Schedule

Conceptualization
- 07/21/2021 work session
- 08/12/2021 submission date
- 08/26/2021 est. Concept review meeting
Schematic Design
- 11/09/2021 submission date
- 11/23/2021 est. SD review meeting
Design Development
- 01/22/2022 submission date
- 02/04/2022 est. DD review meeting-BOT Preparation
Construction Documents 50%
- 03/31/2022 submission date
- 4/14/2022 est. 50% CD review meeting
Construction Documents 95%
- 07/04/2022 submission date
- 07/18/ 2022 est. 95% CD review meeting
- 08/18/2022 100% CD completion
Bidding/Award
- 08/18/2022 Advertise for Bids
- 08/25/2022 Pre-bid /Pre-pricing meeting
- 09/30/2022 Bid Opening – To be confirmed
- 01/04/2023 Notice Proceed
Board of Trustees approval (required on if individual contract is over $2,500,000.)
Construction – Start/End *
- 01/05/2023 – 05/29/2024

Communications

The Library’s Friendscript is scheduled to mail to library supporters on June 1, 2022.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS: Residence Hall Libraries’ Summer Reading Challenge
Laura Poulosky, Residence Hall Librarian

U of I students, staff, and faculty are invited to visit Ikenberry Library to pick up a Summer Reading Challenge card.

Complete three challenges to receive a treat and to be entered in a raffle for a surprise incentive!

Starting June 6th, Ikenberry Library is open M-F Noon to 4 pm for the summer.
ISR Library is closed for the summer.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS: Wellness Committee Reminder
Sara Holder, Head, Teaching, Learning, and Academic Support

Among the variety of LibGuides, there are two that contain resources for mental and physical health in our community and online: Wellness and Personal Wellbeing and Local Health and Wellness Resources.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS: IOPN Publications
Dan Tracy, Head, Scholarly Communication and Publishing

The Illinois Open Publishing Network (IOPN), based in Scholarly Communication and Publishing, is pleased to announce two new publications. Drug Use and Misuse: A Community Health Perspective is published as part of the OPN Textbooks series under the Windsor & Downs Press imprint. It is published in coordination with the College of Applied Health Sciences, and is the textbook for an undergraduate survey course at Illinois. Et Al.: New Voices in Arts Management, appearing under the Publishing Without Walls imprint, is an edited collections of multimodal essays that provide models for justice-centered arts management praxis.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS: Continued Growth in the Illinois Digital Heritage Hub
Megan Pearson, Visiting Metadata Services Specialist for the Illinois Digital Heritage Hub

The Illinois Digital Heritage Hub (IDHH) saw further growth this year as it surpassed half a million total items! As a statewide initiative bringing together unique digital assets about Illinois or created by Illinoisans, the IDHH hosts 510,614 digital resources from 150 cultural heritage institutions in Illinois as of May 2022, which include photographs, manuscripts, books, audio recordings, and videos.

On the IDHH home site, users can explore the collections with keyword searches or browse by categories such as topics, notable Illinoisans, format, and Partner Institutions. On our blog Illinois Highlights, we promote new collections, highlight older ones, and feature topics with materials relevant to Illinois and national history. On our Digital Exhibits site, we curate digital exhibits to highlight and contextualize the unique collections in the IDHH and provide insight into topics relevant to Illinois and national history; recent exhibit topics include The World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893 and Chicago Mayor Harold Washington. Ongoing projects include developing primary source sets from the items available through the IDHH.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS: Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) Task Force Meeting Minutes
Minutes from past DEIA Task Force meetings are online on the Task Force web page.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS: Recognizing Excellence
Please share your award, recognition, or grant! To initiate a request for publicity, employees (or their supervisors) should submit this Awards/Recognitions/Grants Publicity Request Form.
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FACILITIES: Facilities Update
Tim Newman, Assistant Dean of Library for Facilities

With the end of the Spring Semester, “construction season” is upon us and the Library will be no different. As UGL has now closed, Library Facilities is working feverishly to ensure all services are relocated and spaces open for Fall 2022. To keep everyone informed on space status, I’ve created a schedule that will continue to be updated. Additionally, a week before your unit is scheduled to move or have changes made, I will contact you to let you know what will be occurring and when. Please see the UGL Move Schedule, note the items in green are indicating complete and items in yellow are in-progress and/or forecasted.

Lastly, the project information document has been updated and will continue to be updated with progress going forward. As a reminder, if you are in need of any space renovations, maintenance, or services, please submit a ticket through Team Dynamix. This will help keep all projects straight as we work through the summer and into next fall.

For a complete list of projects in planning and construction, please see https://wordpress.library.illinois.edu/staff/facilities/.
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HR NEWS: Filled Positions

Jacob Culbertson – Facility Operations Coordinator – Facilities – 5/2/2022
Tiffany Brenneman – Library Specialist – Communications Library – 5/16/2022
Stuart Turner – Coordinator, Grainger Engineering IDEA Laboratory (ITTA) – Grainger Engineering Library Information Center – 5/23/2022
Neil Feuerhelm – SR Audio, Video, and Emerging Technology Specialist (ITTA) – Library IT – 5/29/2022

HR NEWS: Departures

Mitchell Loyd – Grainger Engineering Library Information Center – resigning 6/1/2022

HR NEWS: Vacancies

Multi-level Application Integration Developer – Library IT – reference checks
Accountant II – Business and Human Resources Service Center – closed May 13
Library Specialist – Funk ACES (nights) – posting soon
Library Specialist – Teaching, Learning, and Academic Support (evenings) – posting soon

HR NEWS: Searches in Progress

Assistant/Associate Director of Advancement Position, AP – Library Advancement – Javonda Pelman, Chair

Live on the job board with a closing date of May 20, 2022.

International Library Initiatives Specialist – Mortenson Center for International Library Programs, AP – Will Schlaack, Chair

Live on the job board with a closing date of June 17, 2022.

HR NEWS: In Memoriam

Ruth (McBride) Van Kirk

EVENTS AND TRAINING: Staff Events Calendar
To see the most up-to-date staff events calendar, please visit https://uiuc.libcal.com/calendar/staff.
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EVENTS AND TRAINING: Library Council Proposal Feedback Sessions
June 8, 16, 29

Please save the date and register for one of three open feedback sessions this summer regarding a forthcoming Library Council proposal from the Library Council Implementation Team. The proposal will be distributed via LibNews the week of June 6^th but we realize that some of you need plenty of advance warning so you can make arrangements with your supervisors.

These sessions will be open to all library employees to ask questions and provide feedback on the proposal so that the final product which will be subject to an advisory vote is as inclusive as possible. There will be other opportunities to provide feedback (the June 22^nd Library Hangout, the June 29^th Faculty meeting, and via your Division Coordinators) but these open sessions are particularly important for focused conversation across classifications. The dates/times are registration links are as follows:

Wednesday, June 8^th at 6:00pm
Thursday, June 16^th at 3:00pm
Wednesday, June 29^th at 10:00am

Zoom information was shared via LibNews email from Mara Thacker on April 14.

If none of the proposed time/dates work for you or you don’t have a suitable space to participate in an online meeting, please don’t hesitate to send feedback via email (mthacker@illinois.edu or jdlasko@illinois.edu) or let us know if there is another manner in which you’d like to provide feedback.
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EVENTS AND TRAINING: The Power of Presentation: Enhancing Slides for Engagement
June 21 at 2 PM

Throughout your life you will, almost certainly, give presentations. We’ve all sat through presentations that were boring, confusing, and drab. How do you communicate your message most succinctly? What visuals will captivate and inform your audience the best? Is it only about your slide design or are there other techniques that leave a lasting impression? In this session, Jamie Nelson will distill the magic that just might take your next presentation from bland to grand.
Register for this event.

EVENTS AND TRAINING: Hangout
June 22 at 9am

Please see the email (with a Zoom link) from Lucretia Williams via LIB-NEWS. Complete and submit the Library Hangout Suggestion and Volunteer Form if you have a topic to share.
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If you would like to submit content for the July issue of Library Office Notes, please submit it to Heather Murphy or Tom Teper by June 24, 2022.

May Library Office Notes

Posted on May 1, 2022 by hmurphy@illinois.edu

ANNOUNCEMENTS

University Librarian Note
Library Building Project Update – 5/1/2022
AP Promotion Program Coming Soon!
9th Annual Image of Research – UR Edition Competition
Did You Know? A Monthly Factoid from Library Assessment
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) Meeting Minutes
Collection Development Committee Notes
Content Access Policy & Technology Meeting Minutes
Recognizing Excellence

HR NEWS

Filled Positions
Departures
Vacancies
Searches in Progress

EVENTS AND TRAINING

Staff Events Calendar
Engineering Change in Libraries: A Pathway for Meaningful Action
Incomprehension Workshop with Ann Morgan (May 3)
Hangout (May 24)

ANNOUNCEMENTS: University Librarian Note
I am writing to update the Library on a number of administrative changes. Prior to the appointment of a new dean, I must carefully balance decisions that support organizational effectiveness with decisions that retain the flexibility my successor will need. In general, the act of balancing these two priorities will postpone permanent or long-term commitments (again, out of deference to the next dean) while making shorter commitments to ensure we continue to function well. Read more…
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ANNOUNCEMENTS: Library Building Project Update – 5/1/2022
Tom Teper, Associate Dean for Collections and Technical Services

This update marks four years since the first Library Building Project Update was posted on May 1, 2018.

Project Meetings for April 2022

During the month of April, representatives from the University Library, University Administration, and Facilities and Services met with members of our Architecture/Engineering (A/E) Team on April 6^th and 28^th. These meetings included: reviews of progress on Wiss, Jenney, Elsesnor’s (WJE) evaluative work associated with drainage and water penetration in the building, a meeting in order to discuss and evaluate variances to the campus building standards, and a discussion of campus communications standards related to building projects.

Project-Related Meetings Scheduled for May 2022 (as of 4/28/2022)

At present, there are no meetings scheduled for May 2022.

Other Activities

As noted, the University Library, F&S, and other campus partners have been working with (WJE) on the site analysis. The preliminary draft report was submitted to F&S on April 22, 2022. We will share more details about the findings in the coming weeks, but preliminary reports indicate that there are few concerns identified. Indeed, the water protection systems and “design of the below-grade waterproofing system at the base and walls was advanced for this period of design. It consists of two general strategies for managing water:”. More information about WJE’s work is located here: https://www.library.illinois.edu/specialcollectionsbuilding/news/.

Personnel within the Library held preliminary discussions centered on pursuing a grant opportunity that would off-set some project costs. Further information will be forthcoming if this develops. The anticipated submission date is in early Fall 2022.

Efforts to barcode and improve inventory management continued over the last month. The Special Collections Division is continuing work related to their opening exhibit.

Proposed Project Schedule

a. Conceptualization

07/21/2021 work session
08/12/2021 submission date
08/26/2021 est. Concept review meeting

b. Schematic Design

11/09/2021 submission date
11/23/2021 est. SD review meeting

c. Design Development

01/22/2022 submission date
02/04/2022 est. DD review meeting-BOT Preparation

d. Construction Documents 50%

03/31/2022 submission date
4/14/2022 est. 50% CD review meeting

e. Construction Documents 95%

07/04/2022 submission date
07/18/ 2022 est. 95% CD review meeting
08/18/2022 100% CD completion

f. Bidding/Award

08/18/2022 Advertise for Bids
08/25/2022 Pre-bid /Pre-pricing meeting
09/30/2022 Bid Opening – To be confirmed
01/04/2023 Notice Proceed

g. Board of Trustees approval (required on if individual contract is over $2,500,000.)

h. Construction – Start/End *

01/05/2023 – 05/29/2024

Communications

The Senate Committee on the Library and the University Library co-hosted another open town hall-style discussion on April 28^th, 2022. Tom Teper provided an update on the building project’s status. David Ward and Sara Holder presented on efforts associated with integrating services from the Undergraduate Library into other units throughout the library. Over 160 individuals registered for the townhall; approximately sixty individuals attended. There is also a reddit Ask Me Anything (AMA) scheduled for May 2 from 1-3pm in this sub: https://www.reddit.com/user/UIllinoisLibrary/comments/uewx2m/the_university_library_will_host_an_ama_on_may/.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS: AP Promotion Program Coming Soon!
The 4th year of the Library’s Academic Professional (AP) Promotion Program will launch this month, with the call for AP self-nominations planned for May 16, 2022. APs are strongly encouraged to discuss their interest in promotion with their supervisors. A letter of support from one’s supervisor is not required but helps strengthen the case for promotion. More information about the program is available on the AP Promotion Process Page. In addition, virtual office hours will be held on the following dates for APs and supervisors to answer questions about the program, eligibility, and developing statements and letters:

Tue, May 24, 11AM-12PM
Mon, June 6, 2PM-3PM
Wed, June 22, 2PM-3PM

Reminders about these office hours will be announced on LibNews with Zoom links as we get closer to the dates.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS: 9th Annual Image of Research – UR Edition Competition
Congratulations to this year’s award winners:

1st place ($300): Mit Kotak, “3D Visualization of Binary Black Hole Merger”
2nd place ($200): Jaylon Muchison, “Too Cool to Cry”
Honorable mentions ($50 each): Bhavya Pardasani, “Evolution of a Milky Way-like Galaxy and its Satellite Galaxies” and Neha Arun, “Pink, Green, and the Cure to HIV”

The winners were chosen by an interdisciplinary panel who judged entries on 1) connection between image, text and research, 2) originality, and 3) visual impact.

Many congratulations to Mit, Jaylon, Bhavya, and Neha!

You can view all of this year’s submissions online and all of the submissions will be on display Thursday, 4/28 at the Undergraduate Research Symposium in the Illini Union Ballroom from 9am-4:30pm. We hope you will stop by to see all of the submissions and to celebrate the amazing undergraduate research that is happening by our undergraduates at Illinois.

Also, entries will be on display on the digital signage in the Main and Undergraduate Libraries and our primary social media accounts – so be on the lookout! [Library Instagram: imageofresearch_ugr and the Office of Undergraduate Research Instagram: ugresearch_ui.] Second, all images will be archived in the institutional repository, IDEALS. You can view all of the past winners: https://www.ideals.illinois.edu/handle/2142/49052

With many thanks to this year’s judges: Sanga Sung, Janis Shearer, Eric Kurt, Merinda Hensley, and Natasha Mamaril (Program Director, Illinois Scholars Undergraduate Research (ISUR) Program, The Grainger College of Engineering). The Image of Research at Illinois was inspired by the Image of Research competition at the University of Illinois at Chicago. The 2022 competitions are supported by a gift to the Scholarly Commons from Mrs. Mardell J. O’Brien.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS: Did You Know? A Monthly Factoid from Library Assessment
The University Library couldn’t serve the campus and the diverse user population without our graduate student assistants and graduate hourly employees. Many of them are graduating in May, including the Library Assessment Graduate Assistant Lindsay Taylor who is the creator of many of the “Do you know?” Library Assessment Factoids during the past two years. As a farewell, we invited Lindsay to create a factoid of her choice. Happy Graduation Lindsay!

As the last factoid before graduating and ending my time as the Library Assessment GA, I created a circle packing visualization of my work over the past two years from my work log. It can be difficult to describe what one does, but this graph shows my experience of library assessment in overlapping rings of the tools, data, and projects where I spent the most time. My supervisor Jen-chien Yu told me when I applied to be the Library Assessment GA that loving spreadsheets is key to enjoying this role and that’s true: I spent almost 200 hours in Excel alone! My favorite part of this assistantship was creating factoids – like this one! Factoids usually start in Excel, sometimes moving over to Tableau for ideas. I analyze and graph the data we have collected to find the underlying story. That story becomes the core of the factoid. Then comes the fun part of adding colors, shapes, and more! Though I’ve always been a creative person, making these factoids has been a rewarding challenge for me to work with a variety of data (qualitative and quantitative), to pull a clear message from the data, and to communicate visually.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS: Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) Task Force Meeting Minutes
Minutes from past DEIA Task Force meetings are online on the Task Force web page.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS: Recognizing Excellence

Please share your award, recognition, or grant! To initiate a request for publicity, employees (or their supervisors) should submit this Awards/Recognitions/Grants Publicity Request Form.
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HR NEWS: Filled Positions

Alex McHattie – Library Specialist – Music and Performing Arts Library – 5/16/2022
Chad Lewis – Grants and Contracts Coordinator – Business and Human Resources Service Center – 5/16/2022

HR NEWS: Departures

Elonda Towns – Acquisitions & Cataloging Services – retiring 5/31/2022

HR NEWS: Vacancies

SR Audio, Video, and Emerging Technology Specialist (ITTA) – Library IT – final interviews
Facility Operations Coordinator – Facilities – final interviews
Coordinator, Grainger Engineering IDEA Laboratory (ITTA) – Grainger Engineering Library Information Center – final interviews
Multi-level Application Integration Developer – Library IT – interviews in progress
Library Specialist – Communications Library – interviews in progress
Accountant II – BHRSC – posting soon

HR NEWS: Searches in Progress

Visiting Archives and Literary Manuscript Specialist – Rarebook & Manuscript Library, AP – Caroline Szylowicz, Chair
Kick-off held January 27, 2022. Live on the job board with a closing date of May 1, 2022.
Visiting Residency Librarian (Three positions), FAC – Carissa Phillips, Chair
Kick-off held March 23, 2022. Live on the job board with a closing date of May 13, 2022.
Assistant/Associate Director of Advancement Position, AP – Javonda Pelman, Chair
Kick-off held March 28, 2022. Live on the job board with a closing date of May 20, 2022.

EVENTS AND TRAINING: Staff Events Calendar
To see the most up-to-date staff events calendar, please visit https://uiuc.libcal.com/calendar/staff.
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EVENTS AND TRAINING: Engineering Change in Libraries: A Pathway for Meaningful Action
The aim of Engineering Change in Libraries is to understand the Other and mobilize our libraries to provide more effective and equitable services and programs to underserved communities. Inspired by Dr. Agnes Kaposi, a catalyst for change and 31st Annual Mortenson Distinguished Lecture, Engineering Change is organized into two components: (1) the lecture (setting the context) and (2) a two-session workshop for library staff and stakeholders to engineer change in libraries in a process of understanding the Other and planning globally to create change locally.

THE LECTURE

An engineer of change, Dr. Agnes Kaposi (Engineer, Educator, Holocaust survivor, Author of “Yellow Star-Red Star”, recipient of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire), and 31st Annual Mortenson Distinguished Lecturer), brings nearly a century of perspective as she tells her life story and the role of information as a source of power/control resulting in otherness, exclusion, propaganda, dislocation, as well as transformation in engineering change. A conversation, moderated by Dr. Valerie J. Matsumoto (George and Sakaye Aratani Endowed Chair on the Japanese American Incarceration, Redress, and Community, UCLA), connects Dr. Kaposi’s experiences with those of other marginalized and dislocated groups worldwide, such as Japanese Americans, to identify similarities and differences across time and locations, in order to understand the Other and rethink some of the most pressing issues that libraries face in promoting equitable communities in our information-intensive and networked society. The 31st Annual Mortenson Distinguished Lecture took place on November 8, 2021. Watch recording at https://mediaspace.illinois.edu/media/t/1_ms3b4hao.

THE WORKSHOP

Engineer change in libraries in an international workshop to learn and plan globally to create change locally. Library staff and stakeholders are invited to attend a two-session workshop to understand the Other by learning from each other’s experiences and challenges, connect as a community of practice, engineer meaningful action, and implement the solution while supporting each other in their journeys to engineer real change in their libraries and communities.

Each interactive workshop, a pathway/process to engineer change in libraries, focuses on a specific area of action. It is presented in two 1.5-hour sessions, with the second session occurring two months following the first one, and virtual open consultation hours midway. The first session begins with a speaker introducing the topic; followed by group discussion of local experiences, brainstorming, and prioritizing an issue to be addressed; then collectively, participants develop an action plan that they will apply at their library. During a two-month period participants implement their action plan locally and have an opportunity to ask questions and obtain input midway through the process. After two months, the participants reconvene in the second session as a community of practice to reflect and improve on their action plan, as needed.

To understand the need to engineer change from one story of the Other/persecuted, participants are encouraged to listen to the recording of the Lecture.

WHO should attend?

Library personnel, particularly those with responsibilities for public libraries, community libraries, school or academic libraries
Educators, researchers and students in university departments of librarianship and cognate disciplines
Library trustees, friends and volunteers
Government officials, policy makers, and others responsible for libraries
Library stakeholders

HOW LONG are the workshops?

1.5 hours per virtual workshop session
Each workshop is made up of 2 sessions, two months apart, with optional virtual open consultation midway

WHEN are the workshops, and WHAT is the focus of action?

Inaugural Workshop on Dislocation
Feb 15, 8:00-9:30 am CT session 1
March 15, 8:00-9:30 am CT open consultation
April 19, 8:00-9:30 am CT session 2
FREE registration <click here> for Inaugural Workshop on Dislocation.
Workshop on Propaganda
March 1, 4:00-5:30 pm CT session 1
April 5, 4:00-5:30 pm CT open consultation
May 3, 4:00-5:30 pm CT session 2
FREE registration <click here> for Workshop on Propaganda.

EVENTS AND TRAINING: Incomprehension Workshop with Ann Morgan
May 3 at 10 AM

Register for FREE at: https://go.illinois.edu/MC-event-regn

Event Description:
An interactive online session exploring how embracing not knowing and focusing on the things we don’t understand in a text can enrich and broaden our relationship with reading, culture and ourselves. It draws on an approach to reading developed during Ann Morgan’s 2012 quest to read a book from every country (https://ayearofreadingtheworld.com/).

Biography: Ann Morgan is an author and editor based in Folkestone, UK. In 2012, she set herself the challenge of reading a book from every country in a year, recording her quest on the blog ayearofreadingtheworld.com. The project caught the imagination of readers around the globe, many of whom continue to correspond with her about books. In addition to widespread international media coverage, the quest led to a TED talk with more than 1.8 million views and the non-fiction book Reading the World. Nearly ten years after her original quest, Ann continues to blog, write and speak about international literature, as well as building a career as a novelist. Her debut novel, Beside Myself, has been translated into eight languages and optioned for TV. Her next novel, Crossing Over, was published as an Audible Exclusive in 2019. She is Literary Explorer in Residence of the Cheltenham Literature Festival for 2022 and 2023.

Ann Morgan was the 26th Annual Mortenson Distinguished Lecturer (2016), UK-based author, TED speaker, Royal Literary Fund fellow and editor.

For more information, please visit:
-Author’s Website: https://annmorgan.me/
-Author’s Blog inspired by her year-long journey through a book from every country in the world: https://ayearofreadingtheworld.com/
-Featured TED Speaker (September 2015) ‘My year reading a book from every country in the world’: https://www.ted.com/talks/ann_morgan_my_year_reading_a_book_from_every_country_in_the_world
(Transcript also available online)

Event posted online at: https://www.library.illinois.edu/mortenson/other-events/
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EVENTS AND TRAINING: Hangout
May 24 at 9am

Please see the email (with a Zoom link) from Lucretia Williams via LIB-NEWS. Complete and submit the Library Hangout Suggestion and Volunteer Form if you have a topic to share.
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If you would like to submit content for the June issue of Library Office Notes, please submit it to Heather Murphy or Tom Teper by May 20, 2022.

April Library Office Notes

Posted on April 1, 2022 by hmurphy@illinois.edu

ANNOUNCEMENTS

University Librarian Note
Library Building Project Update – 4/1/2022
Image of Research Competition
“Campaign to Transform the University Library: the Next Page of the Campus Story” Video
Annual Library Walking Challenge Starts April 4
Did You Know? A Monthly Factoid from Library Assessment
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) Meeting Minutes
Collection Development Committee Notes
Content Access Policy & Technology Meeting Minutes
Recognizing Excellence

HR NEWS

Filled Positions
Departures
Vacancies
Searches in Progress
In Memoriam

EVENTS AND TRAINING

Staff Events Calendar
Hub Training
Engineering Change in Libraries: A Pathway for Meaningful Action
Accessibility & Teaching Workshop (April 4)
CARLI Professional Development Alliance Events (April 5 and April 11)
AI Infodemic Reading Group (April 7, 14, and 21)
Funk ACES Library Panel Presentation – Food Insecurity (April 13)
Hangout (April 26)

ANNOUNCEMENTS: University Librarian Note
I was pleased to receive the recommendations from the Inclusion in Governance Task Force, and pleased that LCP, LSSC, and EC have embraced the recommendations, including a process for shaping a new governance mechanism. As you’ll see here, I am enthusiastic about this new direction for our library. Read more…
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ANNOUNCEMENTS: Library Building Project Update – 4/1/2022
Tom Teper, Associate Dean for Collections and Technical Services

Project Meetings for March 2022

During the month of March, representatives from the University Library, University Administration, and Facilities and Services met with members of our Architecture/Engineering (A/E) Team on March 2^nd, 7^th, and 31^st. These meetings included: reviews of progress on the design development; meetings to discuss directions on interior design, security needs, division of responsibilities (e.g., which entities are responsible for maintenance costs for various things within the building), and construction management.

Project-Related Meetings Scheduled for April 2022 (as of 3/31/2022)

4/6/2022 – U20118 UGL Redevelopment – WJE/Ratio Meeting

Other Activities

As noted, the University Library, F&S, and other campus partners have been working with Wiss, Jenney, Elsesnor (WJE) on the site analysis. We anticipate receiving their preliminary report in early April and sharing the outcomes more broadly in the coming weeks. More information about WJE’s work is located here: https://www.library.illinois.edu/specialcollectionsbuilding/news/.

Personnel within the Library held some preliminary discussions centered on pursuing a grant opportunity that would off-set some project costs. Further information will be forthcoming if this develops. The anticipated submission date is in early Fall 2022.

Efforts to barcode and improve inventory management continued over the last month. The Special Collections Division is continuing work related to their opening exhibit.

Proposed Project Schedule

Conceptualization
07/21/2021 work session
08/12/2021 submission date
08/26/2021 est. Concept review meeting
Schematic Design
11/09/2021 submission date
11/23/2021 est. SD review meeting
Design Development
01/22/2022 submission date
02/04/2022 est. DD review meeting-BOT Preparation
Construction Documents 50%
03/31/2022 submission date
4/14/2022 est. 50% CD review meeting
Construction Documents 95%
07/04/2022 submission date
07/18/ 2022 est. 95% CD review meeting
08/18/2022 100% CD completion
Bidding/Award
08/18/2022 Advertise for Bids
08/25/2022 Pre-bid /Pre-pricing meeting
09/30/2022 Bid Opening – To be confirmed
01/04/2023 Notice Proceed
Board of Trustees approval (required on if individual contract is over $2,500,000.)
Construction –Start/End *
01/05/2023 – 05/29/2024

Communications

The Senate Committee on the Library and the University Library will co-host another open town hall-style discussion on April 27^th, 2022. Tom Teper will provide an update on the building project’s current status. David Ward and Sara Holder will present on efforts associated with integrating services from the Undergraduate Library into other units throughout the library.

As announced earlier this week, the project video produced by the Advancement and Communications was posted on the Campaign to Transform the University Library website and here: https://go.library.illinois.edu/NextPageVideo.
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EVENTS AND TRAINING: Image of Research Competition

Image of Research is an annual multidisciplinary competition celebrating the diversity and breadth of graduate student research at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. It is organized by the Scholarly Commons and the Graduate College. The 2022 competition is supported by a gift to the Scholarly Commons from Mrs. Mardell J. O’Brien. Thirty semifinalists were chosen by an interdisciplinary panel who judged entries on 1) connection between image, text and research, 2) originality, and 3) visual impact.

You can see this year’s semifinalists at the online exhibition now, and in person in Room 220 (Scholarly Commons) in the Main Library. Please vote for your favorites by April 12 to determine the People’s Choice winner. On Wednesday, April 13, we will announce awards for First Prize ($500), Second Prize ($300), Third Prize ($200), Honorable Mention ($100), and the People’s Choice Award ($100).
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ANNOUNCEMENTS: “Campaign to Transform the University Library: the Next Page of the Campus Story” Video
The Office of Advancement invites you to view its new video:
https://go.library.illinois.edu/NextPageVideo

This video has been added to the Campaign to Transform the University Library website and will be shared out widely in the coming weeks (including the Library’s social media channels).

A big thank you to everyone involved in making this video possible, including all of the actors and essential behind-the-scenes contributors.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS: Annual Library Walking Challenge Starts April 4
Do you need an excuse to get moving after a long winter and pandemic? Are you eager for a little friendly competition?

The Library Wellness Committee is pleased to bring you the 2022 Library Walking Challenge!

Starting Monday, April 4th through Sunday, May 1st you can participate in the Annual Library Walking Challenge!

The Library will once again be working together to walk to different places. This year we will be walking four national scenic trails. Participants, who have turned in their weekly steps on time for all four weeks, will receive a fabulous prize.

Rules and Procedures:

Register as an individual or select a team of members from the Library. Students that work in your unit are welcome to join. Think of a team name and decide on a Team Captain. The Captain or the individual will E-MAIL Walk@Library.illinois.edu the team name and the names of all team members by 5pm on April 4th. If you would like to be assigned a team please note that on your registration.
Wear a tracker every day from April 4th to May 1st, and record your steps on your calendar, through online tools, or calculate your steps using an app for your phone. Here are some walking route planner and app examples.
On Monday morning each week, enter your steps in the online form that will be emailed to you. Please try to stay with these deadlines so that we can send out results in a timely manner.
Once we receive all of the numbers for the week, we will send out a list of all of the individual and team averages and total steps. Try to increase your average each week!

If you have a tracking device such as a Fitbit or an app on your phone please use that to track your steps. If you do not have a activity tracker, the Library (courtesy of John Wilkin) will provide participants with a pedometer but supplies are limited. Participants, who have registered for the walking challenge and need a pedometer should email Walk@library.illinois.edu beginning, Monday, March 28.

AT THE END…

For Teams and Individuals:

At the end of the four weeks, we’ll calculate the total average steps of each team over the course of the 4 weeks. Certificates will be awarded to the top team. Top individuals not on a winning team will also receive a certificate. Teams and individuals who did not place in the top will be reviewed for the highest change in steps over the 4 weeks. The team and individual that improve the most will also receive certificates. The team and the individual with the highest average, of course, will have bragging rights for the next year!

Everyone who turns in their steps on time for all four weeks will be eligible for a prize (courtesy of Dean Wilkin) if we meet our Library goal of walking the distance of all four trails. We will have a time set aside in May to hand out our prize. If we all start walking we can meet our challenge!

If you have any questions or concerns, please E-MAIL Walk@library.illinois.edu or contact a committee member.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS: Did You Know? A Monthly Factoid from Library Assessment
As a follow-up from our Return of the WiFi factoid of November 2021, Wi-Fi usage is on the rise from where it was in Spring 2021. Usage statistics like Wi-Fi tend to be lower in spring semesters than fall semesters generally. However, even though there were less Wi-Fi sessions this past Spring, more time in total was spent on the Wi-Fi, transferring more bytes than in Fall semester! All data represents use during Sweeps Weeks (as opposed to the whole semester).

Image and text created by Lindsay Taylor (Library Assessment Graduate Assistant). The data analysis and visualization of Wi-Fi usage would not be possible without assistance provided by Library IT and Chuck Hayes and Uros Marjanovic at Technology Services.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS: Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) Task Force Meeting Minutes
Minutes from past DEIA Task Force meetings are online on the Task Force web page.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS: Recognizing Excellence

Scott Schwartz Receives Edwin Franko Goldman Memorial Citation

Please share your award, recognition, or grant! To initiate a request for publicity, employees (or their supervisors) should submit this Awards/Recognitions/Grants Publicity Request Form.
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HR NEWS: Filled Positions

Andrew Hunt – Library IT Specialist – Library IT – 3/28/2022

HR NEWS: Departures

Hannah Brauer – Library Advancement – 2/27/2022
Wendy Mintz – Library Administration – 3/11/2022
Spencer Keralis – Scholarly Communication & Publishing – 3/15/2022
Karen Hogenboom – Scholarly Commons – 3/31/2022
Diane Griswell – Communications Library – 4/8/2022
Elonda Towns – Acquisitions & Cataloging Services – 5/31/2022

HR NEWS: Vacancies

Library Specialist – Music and Performing Arts Library – Interviews concluded 3/30/2022
SR Audio, Video, and Emerging Technology Specialist (ITTA) – Library IT – Interviewing soon
Facility Operations Coordinator – Facilities – Interviewing soon
Grants & Contracts Coordinator – BHRSC – Interviewing soon
Multi-level Application Integration Developer – Library IT – Email screenings
Coordinator, Grainger Engineering IDEA Laboratory (ITTA) – Grainger Engineering Library Information Center – Email screenings
Accountant II – BHRSC – Posting soon

HR NEWS: Searches in Progress

Classics Librarian – Literature and Languages Library, FAC – Marek Sroka, Chair
Kick-off held October 5, 2021. EC approved JD. Job live on the job board. Job closed January 3, 2022. Phone screenings scheduled for Feb 10, Feb 14, and Feb 15. Final interviews are scheduled for March 30, April 5, 6, 7, and 19.

Head, Grainger Engineering Librarian – Grainger Engineering Library Information Center, FAC – Chris Wiley, Chair
Kick-off held November 15, 2021. EC approved PD. Job live on the job board with an extended closing date of February 17, 2022. Phone screenings March 22, 23, and 30.

Visiting Archives and Literary Manuscript Specialist – Rarebook & Manuscript Library, AP – Caroline Szylowicz, Chair
Kick-off held January 27, 2022. Awaiting EC approved PD. PD with IHR for approval.

Program Director – Mortenson Center for International Library Programs, AP
Kick-off held February 22, 2022 Awaiting EC approved PD. PD with IHR for approval.

Assistant/Associate Director of Advancement – Library Advancement, AP
Kick-off schedule for March 28, 2022.

Visiting Residency Librarian (Three positions), FAC – Carissa Phillips, Chair
Kick-off scheduled for March 23, 2022

HR NEWS: In Memoriam

Lesli Lundquist

EVENTS AND TRAINING: Staff Events Calendar
To see the most up-to-date staff events calendar, please visit https://uiuc.libcal.com/calendar/staff.
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EVENTS AND TRAINING: Hub Training
Link for all sessions: https://illinois.zoom.us/j/84378677162?pwd=ZlM0anY4ZUI4STdBZ1J4K1hxdlI3dz09

Please contact Sara Holder at sholder@illinois.edu if you have any questions.

Government Information in Reference
March 29 at 2 PM and April 1 at 3 PM

Description: The federal, state, local, and international government entities produce a massive amount of information on a wide range of subjects that can be used for research in various academic disciplines as well as non-academic activities. This workshop will give an overview of major government resources particularly needed for library reference work and introduce best strategies for navigating them.
Learning outcomes: Participants will understand which online and print government resources are available and how they can be used to address library reference questions.
Who should attend: New session – strongly encouraged for everyone
Instructor(s): Sanga Sung

Versions of the Version of Record: Preprint Servers, Author Manuscripts, and More!
April 12 at 2 PM and April 15 at 3 PM

Description: Increasingly, almost every journal article that is published (Version of Record) has another version — or multiple — that is freely available. Preprint servers, institutional repositories, ResearchGate, unpaywall, etc. are all important resources for helping users find copies that serve temporarily or completely instead of the publisher version when the library is not a subscriber.
Learning outcomes: Participants will be able to… describe the different journal article versions and their relationships to the version of record; develop a search strategy to locate alternatives to the version or record; articulate the benefits and caveats of using alternative versions.
Who should attend: New session – strongly encouraged for everyone
Instructor(s): Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe

Names and dates and places—oh my!: helping patrons with genealogical research questions
April 19 at 2 PM and April 22 at 3 PM

Description: This session will provide an introduction to public-facing genealogical research resources, including Heritage Quest Online and HPNL’s Genealogy Resources LibGuide, as well as internal staff resources, such as the Reflib How-to entry in the Main/UGL Reference Hub wiki. It would also equip staff with some straightforward steps to help demystify and respond to family history related questions.
Learning outcomes: Participants will be able to: 1. Analyze genealogy related reference questions, as a first step in searching for appropriate resources to consult or refer to. 2. Locate resource(s) in the Library, and/or outside of Library, that may be helpful when responding to genealogical research requests.
Who should attend: New session – strongly encouraged for everyone
Instructor(s): Wendy Gregory
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THE LECTURE

THE WORKSHOP

To understand the need to engineer change from one story of the Other/persecuted, participants are encouraged to listen to the recording of the Lecture.

WHO should attend?

Library personnel, particularly those with responsibilities for public libraries, community libraries, school or academic libraries
Educators, researchers and students in university departments of librarianship and cognate disciplines
Library trustees, friends and volunteers
Government officials, policy makers, and others responsible for libraries
Library stakeholders

HOW LONG are the workshops?

1.5 hours per virtual workshop session
Each workshop is made up of 2 sessions, two months apart, with optional virtual open consultation midway

WHEN are the workshops, and WHAT is the focus of action?

Inaugural Workshop on Dislocation
Feb 15, 8:00-9:30 am CT session 1
March 15, 8:00-9:30 am CT open consultation
April 19, 8:00-9:30 am CT session 2
FREE registration <click here> for Inaugural Workshop on Dislocation.
Workshop on Propaganda
March 1, 4:00-5:30 pm CT session 1
April 5, 4:00-5:30 pm CT open consultation
May 3, 4:00-5:30 pm CT session 2
FREE registration <click here> for Workshop on Propaganda.

EVENTS AND TRAINING: Accessibility & Teaching Workshop
April 4 at 10AM

Come learn about incorporating accessibility best practices into your instruction! This session will provide both an overview of accessibility best practices and practical ways to approach accessibility in different teaching contexts. Attendees will leave with an understanding of the basics of accessibility and their importance in instruction from JJ Pionke and ways to incorporate accessibility best practices for both in-person and online instruction from Evie Cordell and Alex Deeke. Everyone interested in instruction and accessibility is welcome to this session, including GAs!

If you have any questions about the workshop, please email Evie Cordell or Alex Deeke.

Recommended reading and Zoom information was shared via LibNews email from Alexander Deeke on March 7.
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EVENTS AND TRAINING: CARLI Professional Development Alliance Events

The Evolving Library School Curriculum
April 5 at 1 PM
In the last few years, library schools have reevaluated their offerings to ensure that a graduate level education aligns with the skills needed for the field. It requires striking a balance between the theories that underpin our profession and what it all looks like in practice. These changes may involve opening up more choices, allowing students to pick specialized tracks. In some cases, it may involve getting rid of some required courses altogether. Panelists from four library schools across the country will share what they have done to adapt their curriculum and what it means for the future of the profession.
Please register for this event.

Learnabout: Google Forms
April 11 at 4 PM
Need to create a survey? Registration form? Attendance? Want to create a feedback form? Google forms is an easy-to-use and versatile tool for creating web forms. This webinar will give the basics and some of the more useful features of this tool.
Register for this event.

EVENTS AND TRAINING: AI Infodemic Reading Group
This semester, we will explore the evolving relationship between library work and technology in a broader culture of surveillance. Participants will engage with ongoing debates from across the field of librarianship on patron privacy, library analytics, and professional legitimization in the face of pressure to collect increasingly more data on library use and users.

Location for all meetings: Main Library 428

April 7 at 4 PM
Theme: Library Analytics & Evaluation
- Jones, Kyle M.L., et al. “A Comprehensive Primer to Library Learning Analytics Practices, Initiatives, and Privacy Issues.” College & Research Libraries 81, no. 3 (2020), pp. 570-593.
- Nicholson, Karen P., et al. “Just-in-Time or Just-in-Case? Time, Learning Analytics, and the Academic Library.” Library Trends 66, no. 1 (2019), pp. 54-75.

April 14 at 4 PM
Theme: Technological Determinism
- Benjamin, Ruha. “Beyond Techno-Determinism.” In Race After Technology: Abolitionist Tools for the New Jim Code. Polity (2019), pp. 41-47.
- Popowich, Sam. “‘Ruthless Criticism of All that Exists’: Marxism, Technology, and Library Work.” Education & Research Archive (2017), pp. 39-66.
- Greene, Daniel. “Introduction.” In The Promise of Access: Technology, Inequality, and the Political Economy of Hope. Cambridge: The MIT Press (2021), pp. 1-28.

April 21 at 4 PM
Theme: Library Value and Privacy
- Fife, Dustin and Mary Naylor. “Work for the Decision Makers: Literature Reviews as a High-Impact Service.” Reference & User Services Quarterly 56, no. 1, pp. 14-16.
- Irwin, Bill and Kimberly Silk. “Changing Stakeholder Expectations of Library Value.” Public Library Quarterly 38, no. 3 (2019), pp. 320-330.
- Zvyagintseva, Lydia. “Articulating Our Very Unfreedom: The Impossibility of Refusal in the Contemporary Academy.” Canadian Journal of Academic Librarianship 7, no. 1 (2021), pp. 1-24.

EVENTS AND TRAINING: Funk ACES Library Panel Presentation – Food Insecurity
April 13 at 3 PM

We are pleased to announce that Funk ACES Library will host our fourth Solving the World’s Challenges panel on Wednesday, April 13^th.

Solving the World’s Challenges: Food Insecurity

Three experts from across campus (Caitlin Kownacki, Illinois Extension; Esther Ngumbi, Entomology and African American Studies; Merin Oleschuk, Human Development & Family Studies) will each discuss their work related to food insecurity and respond to questions from attendees. Their work includes development of the Find Food IL community food map, research on how social inequalities shape the food labor and consumption of vulnerable individuals and families, and efforts to address food insecurity on university campuses and internationally. Dr. Roberta Johnson Killeen, First Lady at the University of Illinois, will serve as guest moderator.

This panel presentation will be an opportunity for people to come together with the Funk ACES Library to learn about and discuss food insecurity initiatives and research lead by members of our campus community.

Panelists

Caitlin Kownacki, Extension Specialist of Evaluation, Illinois Extension
Esther Ngumbi, Assistant Professor, Entomology and African American Studies
Merin Oleschuk, Assistant Professor, Human Development & Family Studies

Guest Moderator

Roberta Johnson Killeen, First Lady, University of Illinois

This virtual event is free and open to the public. Live-transcription will be available and the event will be recorded.

For more details, visit our Solving the World’s Challenges Panel Presentation Exhibit or learn about our past panel events.

EVENTS AND TRAINING: Hangout
April 26 at 11AM

Please see the email (with a Zoom link) from Lucretia Williams via LIB-NEWS. Complete and submit the Library Hangout Suggestion and Volunteer Form if you have a topic to share.
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