ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries December 1 996/717 N ews fro m the Fie ld M ary Ellen Davis Cal State Fullerton com­ pletes addition California State University, Fullerton, o p e n e d its new addition—University Library- North— this fall. C onnected to the existing University Li­ b rary -S o u th , th e 188,000- square-foot building almost doubles the university’s to ­ tal library square footage. A striking four-story, multicol­ o re d cu rv ed w all o f glass com prising the entire north side o f the n ew building of­ fers a sw eeping view o f the distant San Gabriel M ountains and allows in natural lighting. Con­ necting both buildings is a dramatic three-story glass and blue-steel atrium w ith east and w est entries that allow access to both facilities. Seating space increased from 650 to more than 3,000 reader stations an d the n ew ones are eq u ip p ed w ith u pgraded electrical and ca­ bling systems that enable students to access pow er, voice, and databases from almost any location in the new library. Future plans in­ clude laptop docking capabilities. The new fa­ cility will ad d 275-375 com puter w orkstations during the next tw o years providing increased access to electronic catalogs, inhouse electronic information, th e Internet (w hich can be used to explore rem ote databases), an d governm ent docum ents. “T he en larg ed an d e n h an ced library will function as an information hu b . . . and facili­ tate rap id retrieval an d creative u se o f the w o rld ’s store o f re c o rd e d inform ation,” ex ­ plained Richard C. Pollard, university librarian. Lehigh Univ. Libraries, Computing, and Telecommunications merge Library, com puting, an d telecom m unications services at Lehigh University have m erged into a new organization k n ow n as Information Re­ sources, u n d e r th e direction of vice-provost Arnold Hirshon. The new unit features client- centered organizational structure w ith cross­ fu n c tio n a l te a m s to s u p p o r t e a c h o f th e university’s four colleges, several major adm in­ istrative areas, and the general student po p u la­ tion. Each team incorporates one or m ore con­ s u lta n ts in in fo rm a tio n re trie v a l, d e s k to p c o m p u t in g , in s t r u c t i o n a l d e s i g n , a n d enterprisew ide information. T eam le a d e rs a re d ra w n from all the service units and w ork w ith their team s to fos­ ter a holistic, integrative a p ­ proach to meeting cam pus information needs. In addi­ tion to Client Services, Infor­ mation Resources comprises A d m in istrativ e, P lan n in g , and A dvancem ent Services; In fo rm a tio n M a n a g e m e n t Services; a n d T ech n o lo g y M anagem ent Services. Col­ lection m anagem ent and ad­ vanced technology are areas given special em ­ phasis at the top level o f the new organization. Technical support for distance education an d a m edia center focused o n international educa­ tion, both previously outside the m erged units, w ere added to Information Resources. The new unit has a staff of 140 FTE, a library print col­ lection of more than one million volum es, and tw o major facilities, the Linderman Library and Cal State, Fullerton’s new library addition of­ fers seating for an additional 2,300 readers and nearly double the square footage. 718/C&RL News the E. W. Fairchild-Martindale Library and Com­ puting Center. Univ. of Wyoming Libraries benefit from class gift The graduating class o f 1946 raised $20,000 as a 50th year class reunion gift for the University o f W yoming Libraries (UW). Francois (Marga­ ret) Dickman, a 1946 alumna, orchestrated the fund drive, w ith its success ann o u n ced at a H omecoming reunion luncheon on O ctober 11, and again at the football gam e the next day. The gift will purchase “best boo k s” not already in the libraries’ collections. T he University Li­ braries sponsor the 50th year reunion luncheon each year at Homecoming. “This has becom e a special tradition at UW,” said Keith Cottam, director o f libraries. “Alums from the class o f ’47 have already stated their intent to double that am ount next year, and you can bet w e are encouraging the spirit of com petition.” Wyoming Consortium receives award The Wyoming Academic Libraries Consortium (WALC) re c e iv e d th e W y o m in g L ib rary Association’s 1996 Georgia Shovlain Award for the state’s best library project. WALC’s Wyoming Academic Libraries Resource Project upgraded telecommunications lines and im plem ented an Ariel netw ork linking Wyoming’s academic li­ braries and the state library. The netw ork is now expanding to include public libraries. “The project is helping to overcom e som e of the geographical and technological rem ote­ ness and information isolation in W yoming,” 3 8 th R B M S preconference e x a m in e s h isto ry of the b o o k ACRL’s Rare Books and Manuscripts Sec­ tion (RBMS) will hold its 38th annual precon­ ference at the Claremont Colleges in south­ ern California, Ju n e 24-27, 1997. Entitled “Rereading the Past: New M ethodologies and A pproaches to the History of the B ook,” the preconference will look at how research in the history o f the boo k has developed since RBMS first looked at the subject in 1980. No longer the sole purview of the bibliographer and the scholar-librarian, the field has ex­ panded in ways that many rare b o o k librar­ ians may not yet realize. Scholars from many disciplines have entered the field and have given new meaning and p u rpose to the sub­ ject o f the history of the book, changing the way w e will view the “Book Age.” How does this new scholarship affect rare b ook and m anuscript librarians and curators? And how will it influence collection devel­ opm ent, programming, cataloging, teaching, and scholarly research? The RBMS 1997 pre­ conference program will look at the new his­ tory o f the book, hear som e of its m ost inno­ vative sch o lars, e x a m in e w ays in w h ic h librarians can take advantage of this burgeon­ ing field for their ow n use and developm ent, and discuss ways o f servicing this interest. Scheduled speakers will include Robert Gross (College o f William and Mary), Jeffrey G roves (H arvey M udd C ollege), R osalind Remer (M oravian College), Steve Ferguson (P rin c e to n U niversity), an d Ellen D u n lap (American A ntiquarian Society). In addition, there will be a series o f short paper presenta­ tions on research in the history of the book primarily by m em bers o f RBMS. The precon­ ference will also include a variety of seminars o rganized by the Sem inars C om m ittee of RBMS. W orkshops on cataloging and preser­ vation are planned. O ne day will be spent at the H untington Library, w hich will include tours of the grounds and galleries. Registration is $175 for RBMS m em bers, $210 for nonm em bers. Late registration, after May 15, will be $225 for m em bers and $265 for n o n m e m b e rs. A dditional fees w ill b e charged for w orkshops. H ousing and some meals are not included in the registration fee. Housing will be available in residence halls o n the Claremont Colleges cam puses as well as local motels and hotels. Claremont is lo­ cated east o f Los Angeles, and is a 20-minute drive from the Ontario, California, airport. Registration material will be available after March 1, 1997. For more information please contact ACRL, 50 East H uron St., Chicago, IL 60611-2795; (800) 545-2433, ext. 2511 or see th e RBMS W eb site at URL: h ttp ://w w w . princeton.edu/~ferguson/rbm s.htm l. http://www December 1996/ 719 "C o p y r ig h t in the D ig ita l A g e " : A C R L /A R L N a sh v ille preconference ACRL has ad d ed “Copyright in the Digital Age: A Leadership W orkshop for Librarians” to the preconferences being offered at the CRL 8th National Conference in Nashville (see C&RL News, November 1996). Sponsored by the Association o f Research Libraries (ARL), the revised, tw o-day w orkshop, led by copyright and licensing ex­ perts, will provide a foundation for understanding the U.S. copy­ right law, related guidelines, and ey legal decisions. It will fo­ cus on the impact of national and international legislative proposals on li­ brary services and activities in the digital en ­ ironm ent and will highlight th e potential impact of licensing agreem ents on fair use and library exem ptions. The preconference w orkshop is scheduled or April 10, 1997 (1:00-8:00 p.m .) and April 11, 1997 (9:00 a.m .-5:00 p.m.). The w orkshop s limited to librarians interested in increasing A k v f i said Keith Cottam, UW libraries director and project director. A $134,000 grant from the U.S. D epartm ent o f Education provided significant support for the project. Members o f the Consortium are: University o f Wyoming, Casper College, Central Wyoming College, Eastern W yom ing College, Laramie County Community College, Northern Wyoming Community College District/Sheridan College and the Gillette Campus, Western Wyoming Com­ munity College, and the Wyoming State Library. Save money with ACRL early bird registration— January 8 deadline Save nearly 30% over onsite registration rates by registering now for the ACRL 8th National C onference in Nashville, April 11-14, 1997. The conference offers more than 175 sessions on the general theme, “Choosing O ur Futures,” and prom ises to give participants an action plan to take hom e and im plem ent to achieve the p re ­ ferred future for their libraries. Cornel West, o n e o f A merica’s m ost cel­ ebrated academ ics and a professor o f philoso- their know ledge o f copyright in an educa­ tional setting. A ttendance is limited to 75 par­ ticipants. The registration fee includes resource m aterials, m eals, a n d breaks. Registration fees are: $350 for librarians from ARL institutions, ACRL members, and ALA m em ­ bers; $425 for n o n m em ber li­ b ra ria n s. To re g is te r s e n d a check payable to ARL to Mary Jackson, ARL, 21 D upont Circle, W ashington, DC 20036; (202) 296-2296; fax: (202) 872-0884; e- mail: mary@cni.org. For additional inform ation, including confirmed speakers and registration information, visit ARL's hom epage at h ttp :// arl.cni.org/index.htm l. Registration informa­ tion for this preconference, all o ther ACRL preconferences, and the 8th National Confer­ ence in Nashville may be found at h ttp :// w w w .ala.o rg /acrl.h tm l o r contact D arlena Davis at (800) 545-2433 ext. 2519; e-mail: ddavis@ala.org. phy o f religion and Afro-American studies at Harvard University, will give the keynote ad­ dress. Alan Guskin, chancellor at Antioch Uni­ versity, and Eli Noam, professor at Columbia University and an expert on telecom m unica­ tions, will exam ine the future o f higher educa­ tion. Roundtable discussions and poster ses­ sions will provide o pportunities for sharing information, networking, solving comm on prob­ lems, and exploring innovative solutions. More than 250 exhibitors will share the latest in prod­ ucts an d services Registration materials have been m ailed and are available o n ACRL’s hom epage at h ttp :// w w w .ala/acrl.htm l. Early bird registration fees are $225 for ACRL m em bers; $275 for ALA m em bers, and $350 for nonm em bers. To re­ q u e s t m a te ria ls c o n ta c t D a rle n a D avis at ddavis@ala.org or (800) 545-2433 ext. 2519. Lindα Hall Library celebrates 50th anniversary with visit from Sally Ride The Linda Hall Library in Kansas City, Missouri, hosted a talk by Sally K. Ride, form er NASA mailto:mary@cni.org http://www.ala.org/acrl.html mailto:ddavis@ala.org http://www.ala/acrl.html mailto:ddavis@ala.org 720 / C&RL News astronaut, as part o f its 50th anniversary c e l­ ebration. Ride talked abo ut the U.S. sp a c e p ro­ g r a m a n d s h a r e d a “h o m e m o v ie’’ o f her e x ­ p e r ie n c e in sp a c e with o th er astronauts aboard th e sh u ttle C h allen g er, e x p la in in g th at “a s tro ­ nauts are like tourists . . . t h e first p la c e w e g o w h en w e get b ack is the p h oto la b .” T he Linda Hall Library is a p r iv a te ly fu n d e d Sally Ride p ublic library o f scien ce, engineering, and techn o lo g y in the U.S. that began in 1946 in the hom e o f H erbert and Linda Hall. It no w has a co lle ctio n o f m ore than o n e m illion volum es. O th er anniversary events at the library included a b la ck tie dinner, the issu­ a n c e o f c o m m e m o r a t i v e p o s t c a r d s a n d notecard s depicting the library and its c o lle c ­ tions, and sp e cial exh ibitio ns. For m ore infor­ m ation ab o u t the library visit its h o m ep ag e at h ttp :/,'w w w .lh l.lib.m o .u s. Attend N ew Learning Communities Discussion Group at Midwinter ACRL President W illiam Miller will en gag e a ca ­ dem ic librarians in a discussion abo ut the “new learning com m unities” developing on their cam ­ puses. T h e discussion w ill focu s o n the nature o f the learning com m unities and ex p lo re librar­ ia n s’ ro le s and inv o lv em en t and h o w th ese sh ould ev o lv e as w e ap p roach the 21st c e n ­ tury. T o facilitate the d iscussion, rep resen ta­ tives from higher ed u cation organizations and u n iv ersities w ith learn in g co m m u n ities p ro ­ grams on cam p uses have b e e n invited to par­ ticipate. D iscussion leaders for the sessio n are: Steve G ilbert (AAHE/TLTRT), Carolyn Ja rm o n (ED U C O M /N LII), Susan Perry (C M ), and T od d K elley (Jo hn s H opkins University). T h e discus­ sion session is sch ed u led to m eet o n M onday, February 17, 1997, 9 :3 0 - 1 1 :3 0 a.m . RBMS launches new listserv ACRL’s R are B o o k s & M a n u scrip ts S e c tio n (RBM S) has laun ched its ow n listserv to facili­ tate co m m un ication am ong sec tio n m em bers and others interested in the sectio n 's w ork. T he RBMS list is u n m oderated and m em bership in it is o p e n to anyo ne w h o w ishes to join. O n e ne ed not b e a m em b er o f RBMS, ACRL, or ALA to b e lo n g or to send m essages to the list. B e c a u se it is a list devoted to RBMS, it a c­ cep ts postings relating to that topic only. T o p ­ ics ap p ro p ria te fo r p o stin g in clu d e: o ffic ia l RBMS, ACRL, or ALA a nn ou n cem en ts; agendas or m eeting m inutes for RBMS, ACRL, or ALA m eetings; discussion o f item s directly related to the bu siness, op eratio ns, p olicies, or ph i­ losop h y o f RBMS, or ACRL and ALA as they affect RBMS; opinions about the operations, phi­ losop h y, and p olicies o f RBMS; and a n n o u n ce ­ m ents about items or docum ents being m ounted o n the RBMS hom epage. T o join the list, send the m essage SUBSCRIBE R B M S Y O U R NAME to : lis t p r o c @ l i b r a r y . berk eley.ed u . B e sure to leave the su bject line blank. O p eration o f the RBMS list is m ade p o ssible by the generosity o f the University o f Califor­ nia at B erk eley Library System s O ffice and Digi­ tal Library O ffice, w h ich m aintain the host m a­ ch in e. T h e list liaison is Everett C. W ilkie Jr. o f the C onnecticu t Historical Society. List p olicies are set by the RBMS Pu blications Com m ittee, w hich is charged by the RBMS E xecutive Com ­ m ittee with oversight o f the list. International ILL agreement signed New M exico State University (NMSU) and the Universidad Autonoma de la Ciudad Ju arez have en tered into recip rocal borrow in g and interli­ brary loan agreem ents that allow faculty, staff, and students o f the tw o universities to borrow pu blications from eith er library. B e liev ed to b e the first o f its kind b e tw een American and M exi­ ca n acad em ic libraries, the agreem ent allow s individuals to borrow pu blication s directly or to req u est them via ILL w ithout having to cross the border. “T h e co llection o f rare b o o k s, docum ents, and m aps o f northern M ex ico will b e an added resou rce to NMSU as it exten d s its effort into M ex ic o ,’’ said Charles Tow niey, dean o f NMSU's library. T h e new agreem ent strengthens an im por­ tant lin k with the T ra n s-B o rd e r In form ation T ech n o lo g y C ollaborative (T B IT C ), w h ich pro­ vides electron ic inform ation for the El Paso, Las Cruces, and Ju arez com m unities. O n ce e le c ­ tronic catalogs o f the tw o libraries are avail­ a b le o n the TBITC W eb p age, faculty, staff, and students at NMSU, the Universidad Autonom a, the University o f T ex a s at El Paso, the D o na Ana B ranch Community College, and El Paso Com m unity C ollege w ill b e a b le to identify re­ so u rc e s in all regional acad em ic libraries. http://www.lhl.lib.mo.us December 1996/ 721 WRLC Web now includes local image collections T he W ashington Research Library C onsortium (WRLC) recently unveiled a new look for its shared electronic library system, ALADIN (Ac­ cess to Library an d D atabase Information N et­ w ork). ALADIN provides access to th e librar­ ies’ shared online catalog, plus locally m o u n ted article citation databases and full article images. T he W eb interface n o w allows the system to display locally created im age collections. T hree im age databases d ev elo p ed by G eorge Mason University are currently available: selected im­ ag e s fro m th e V irginia Civil W ar A rchive, Planned C om m unity Archives, and the Ameri­ can N ational T heater Academy archive. Ameri­ can an d G eorge W ashington Universities have dev elo p ed prototype electronic reserve collec­ tions containing images of lecture notes, sam ple exams, an d articles w hich may be view ed an d printed by students o f those universities. T he libraries’ shared catalog and local im­ age collections are available to all W eb search­ ers at http://w w w .aladin.w rlc.org, but access to locally m o u n ted citation databases an d full article im ages is restricted to students an d fac­ ulty o f WRLC universities to comply w ith li­ censing requirem ents. M embers of the WRLC are: American Uni­ v e r s ity , C a th o lic U n iv e rs ity o f A m e ric a , Gallaudet University, G eorge Mason University, G eo rg e W ashington University, M arym ount University, an d the University o f the District of C olum bia. T h e ALADIN W eb u ses OCLC’s SiteSearch (WebZ) an d Ameritech Library Ser­ vices’ PacLink Z39.50 server software to p ro ­ vide a single interface to five major softw are systems o p erated by WRLC: Ameritech’s LMS, MDAS, and InfoShare software, supporting the libraries’ online catalog an d the locally m ounted article citation databases; UMI’s PowerPages sys­ tem w hich provides the full articles images; and OCLC’s SiteSearch Im age S u pport P ack ag e w hich m aintains the locally created im age d a ­ tabases. OCLC PromptCαt to offer shelf-reαdy materials OCLC, A cadem ic B ook C enter, and Y ankee Book P eddler are w orking w ith selected librar­ ies to fine-tune a process that will provide shelf- ready materials to libraries. T hrough the OCLC Prom ptCat service, w hich provides autom ated co p y cataloging for m aterials on o rd er w ith vendors, the shelf-ready option (available May 1997) will provide electronic files of labels for th e physical processing o f books. T he system will w ork like this: the vendor sends OCLC a list o f materials being sent to the library; th en OCLC locates the m atching records an d extracts a n LC classification call num ber from th e bibliographic record. To ensure that th e call n u m b er in the record m atches th e call n u m b er o n the item, electronic label files will b e generated for the ven d o r at the sam e time th e OCLC-MARC records are created for the user. W ithin a tu rnaround time o f a few hours, the v en d o r will pick u p th e file o f labels for physically processing the materials. Brown Univ. selects EBSCOhost B row n University has selected the W orld Wide W eb interface EBSCOhost to access the A c a ­ dem ic Search Fu llTEXT 1,000 and MasterFILE FullTEXT 1,000 d atabases. A c a d e m ic Search FullTEXT 1,000 includes full text for m ore than 1,000 journals and abstracts, indexing for m o than 3,100 scholarly journals, and coverage of th e Wall Street Journal, the N ew York Times, a n d th e Christian Science Monitor. Raynna Bowlby, library system ’s/planning a n a ly st at B ro w n , c o m m e n te d , “A c a d e m ic Search FullTEXT 1,000 is the product that the B row n University Library has b e e n w aiting for. T he com bination of academ ically oriented full- text journal articles w ith access via th e now ubiquitous W eb brow ser brings m ore o f the inform ation that faculty an d staff n e e d right to their desktops . . . quickly, easily, seam lessly.” T he MasterFILE FullTEXT 1,000 d atab a se includes inform ation o n a b ro ad range o f gen ­ eral topics w ith full text for 1,000 journals and a b stracts a n d in d e x in g fo r m o re th a n 3,100 jo u rn als. ■ Share your opinion with C&RL N e w s readers C&RL News is looking for well-reasoned comm entaries on issues o f interest to aca­ demic and research librarians for its column “The Way I See It.” It’s an opportunity to share your thoughts w ith a national audience. Es­ says should be betw een 500-750 w ords and should be sent to “The Way I See It,” C&RL News, ACRL. 50 E. H uron St., Chicago, IL 60611-2795; fax: (312) 280-2520; e-m ail: medavis@ala.org. re http://www.aladin.wrlc.org mailto:medavis@ala.org 722/C&RL News