ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


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N e w s f r o m  t h e  F i e l d  M a r y  E l l e n  D a v i s

Colorado State Univ. adds w irele ss 
netw ork
3Com Corporation donated $23,000 to Colo
rado State University (CSU) to add a wireless 
network to the library in an attempt to allevi
ate crowding in computer labs. Whether 
they’re in study carrels, at tables, or in the 
stacks in CSU’s five-story Morgan Library, stu
dents using their own or library-provided 
laptops now enjoy flexible access to all elec
tronic resources available on CSU’s campus 
network, including library resources, univer
sity services, student groups, etc. They also 
can connect to CSU’s Web site to use such 
resources as RAMweb— an online student 
services utility that lets students view and 
update their contact information, financial aid 
data, and academic records and transcripts. 
The new wireless network additionally of
fers fast, easy access to the library’s 400-plus 
browser-accessible databases, which contain 
abstracts and full-text journal articles on aca
demic subjects ranging from agriculture to 
veterinary science. Users are offered imme
diate full-text display, download, and e-mail 
delivery options for thousands of journal ar
ticles. Students are also using the wireless 
network at virtually any location within the 
Morgan Library to rapidly reserve books, ex
tend borrowing time, arrange interlibrary 
loans, and browse new acquisitions.

V alparaiso University launches $75 
m illion cam paign
Valparaiso University (VU) is launching 
“Three Goals, One Promise: The Campaign 
for Valparaiso University,” a $75 million cam
paign to construct a new library and infor
mation resources center on campus and to 
add to the university’s endowment in sup
port of academic programs and student schol
arships.

Comprising the campaign are $30 million 
for a 100,000 square-foot library and infor
mation resources center, $35 million for en
dowment, and $10 million to support day-
to-day operations of the university during the 
campaign, which is expected to end Decem
ber 31, 2001.

Richard Duesenberg, a member of the VU 
Board of Directors and chair of the campaign, 
with his wife, Phyllis, said that more than 
$57.8 million already had been pledged from 
individuals and corporations who were given 
an early description of the campaign.

The new four-story library and informa
tion resources center will be nearly double 
the size o f the 40-year-old Moellering Library 
and combine traditional library services and 
contemporary electronic information technol
ogy in one facility. The building will have 
space for the collection, study areas, class
rooms, conference rooms, and offices.

W estern Kentucky University 
u nveils new  Web service
Western Kentucky University (WKU) Librar
ies and Museum has developed a Web-based 
service to the WKU community called TIP 
(Topper InfoPortal), which they hope will 
streamline and make more productive their 
Web searches. TIP allows campus users and 
others to find the very best local, regional, 
national, and international Web sites in some 
38 categories as well as access to all of WKU’s 
electronic resources and Web catalog. TIP 
has three major functions: 1) “Search Func
tion” for WKU-funded databases and online 
catalog, KCVL databases and online catalogs, 
and Web search engines all in one place; 2) 
“Our Picks” with more than 450 selected Web 
sites, and 3) “Additional Library Resources.” 
TIP complements the WKU Libraries and Mu
seum Web site and does not duplicate local 
information, such as faculty/staff directories, 
library hours, services, etc. Visit TIP at 
http://www.wku.edu/Library/tip.

National University of Singapore w ill 
add digital identification technology
The National University of Singapore (NUS) 
Library and 3M Library Systems will intro
duce an integrated system of digital identifi
cation technology to the university’s librar
ies. The project involves two million books 
and materials across six libraries, making it 
the largest library site radio frequency identi
fication project in the world, according to 3M.

http://www.wku.edu/Library/tip


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T h e  N ational U n ive rsity o f S in g a p o re  L ib
implementing 3M's digital identification technolo

The 3M digital system tracks library materials 
by a “smart label tag” affixed to each item. 
Each tag includes a tiny antennae and micro
processor chip that contains information 
unique to the item it marks. The tags will be 
decoded via radio frequency waves so that 
items can be tracked as they enter, move 
about, and exit the library with patrons. The 
digital system will automate tracking lost items 
and taking inventory and minimize unautho
rized removal of library materials as it pro
vides for patron checkout that integrates 
magnetic security with detection systems lo
cated at the exits/entrances to the libraries.

Patrick Lye, head of circulation at NUS, 
said, “Students can return materials when and 
where it is most convenient for them and, 
because the book drops also integrate digital 
identification technology, they can accept and 
identify items, dispense a receipt to the bor
rower, and check items back into the library’s

automation system." The system is ex
pected to be fully operation at the 
NUS Central Library in June 2001.

ACRL candidates for 
president announced
The candidates for the 2001 ACRL 
vice-president/president-elect are 
Elaine Didier and Helen Spalding.

Didier is the dean o f Kresge Li
brary at Oakland University in 
Rochester, Michigan. Spalding is the 

ra ry  is 
gy. associate director of libraries at the 

University of Missouri in Kansas 
City. The election will take place in Spring 
200 1 .

New journal for librarians published 
by Johns Hopkins University Press
Portal: Libraries a n d  the A cad em y  is a new 
quarterly journal being published by Johns 
Hopkins University Press. P ortal will dissemi
nate  scholarship in all aspects of librarian
ship within higher education and explore how 
technology is affecting librarianship and 
scholarship, as well as the role of libraries in 
meeting institutional missions. Serving on 
Portal’s editorial board are many of the former 
members of the J o u r n a l o f  A ca d em ic Librari
an ship (JAL), who resigned in protest in 1998 
after it was purchased by a large European 
publisher.

Charles B. Lowry, dean of libraries at the 
University of Maryland in College Park, and 
Susan M artin, u n iv ersity  lib ra ria n  at 

Georgetown University, serve 
as executive editors. Gloriana 
St. Clair, university librarian at 
Carnegie Mellon University, 
serves as managing editor.

Annual subscriptions for 
individuals will cost $48.00. 
The institutional subscriptions 
will be $145.00. P ortal will 
also be available on the Web 
as part of the Project MUSE® 
collection of online journals. 
Visit muse.jhu.edu for more 
information.

RBML has new  name 
and focus
R a r e  B o o k s  & M a n u scrip ts 
L ibrarian ship has been given



C&RL News ■ Ju n e 2000 / 473

UCI L ib ra rie s  C e le b ra te  UCI

Each April, the University o f California, 
Irvine (UCI), throw s a hu g e o p e n  house—  
Celebrate UCI— for students, faculty, staff, 
p r o s p e c t i v e  s t u
dents and their par
ents, and the com
m u n ity . T h e UCI 
Libraries have been  
an integral part of 
th is e v e n t fo r al
m ost 20 years.

T h ro u g h  to u rs 
o f  t h e  li b r a r i e s , 
d em o nstrations o f 
c o m p u t e r i z e d  li
b ra r y  s y s te m s , a 
b o o k  sale, an d  an 
inform ation b o o th  
p ro m in e n tly  s itu
ated amongst those With a bright new b
rep resen tin g  a d i to their exhibit, libra

the next visitor.verse cross section 
o f stu d en t groups an d  university services, 
the UCI Libraries reaches o u t to  the com
m unity on cam pus and beyond.

In fact, a sim ple low -tech solution, a 
n e w  bright blue an d  gold b a n n e r (UCI’s 
colors) e n h a n c e d  o u r visibility a n d  d rew  
visitors to o u r booth. This year, in ad d i
tion to highlighting library publications and 
inform ation a b o u t collections, services, 
a n d  exhibits, library staff created a scav­

en g er h u n t designed to direct visitors to 
the Main an d  Science Libraries w here they 
could then take a to u r o f the facilities. Li

b ra ry  sta ff fro m  
every division and 
from across all job 
classifications d e
voted part o f their 
w e e k e n d  to  e n
sure that the library 
w a s w ell r e p r e
sented at this im
p o r ta n t c o m m u
n i t y - b u i l d i n g  
event.

As b o t h  th e  
cam pus an d  the li
b r a r ie s  d e d ic a te  
i n c r e a s e d  r e

er to attract attention s o u r c e s  to  o u t
taff are ready to greet reach efforts in lo

cal sch o o ls, p a r
ticipation in C elebrate UCI, alw ays an e n
joyable activity, has tak en  o n  a d d ed  sig
nificance.

We are also thrilled to  rep o rt that, co n
trary to  S outhern C alifornia’s rep u tatio n  
for having gray spring days (especially if 
th e re ’s an o u td o o r event p la n n e d ), th e 
sh in e sh o n e  brightly m o st o f th e day. 
— Ellen Broidy, University o f  C alifornia, 
M i n e , e-m ail: ejbroidy@ uci.edu

ann
ry s

a n ew  nam e, format, and editorial focus by 
its editors. The n ew  journal, called RBM: A 
J o u rn a l o f  Rare Books, Manuscripts, a n d  Cul
tu ra l Heritage, will feature a larger format and 
will ex p a n d  its focus to include stew ards of 
special collections outside th e library w orld.

Editors Lisa Brow ar an d  Marvin J. Taylor 
explained th e reasons b eh in d  th e changes: 
“As rare boo k  an d  m anuscripts libraries have 
previously m etam o rp h o sed  into special col
lections libraries, so to o  are special collec
tions libraries changing into cultural heritage 
repositories before o u r ey es.” RBM will re
flect these changes, appealing to an audience 
not only o f librarians, but also o f “ …  schol
ars, students, archivists, fine printers, p h o
tographers, m useum  professionals, video pro
ducers, film makers, an d  anyone interested

S to p  by th e  A C R L b o oth  and w in
Stop by ACRL’s b o o th  n u m b er 3344 at the 
ALA A nnual C onference in Chicago, July 
6-11. Find out m ore about ACRL’s National 
C onference in Denver, March 15-18, 2001, 
and e n ter a draw ing to w in prizes!

R epresentatives from the D enver Metro 
C onvention & Visitors B ureau will be on 
h an d  to answ er your questions about D en
ver an d  its attractions. T he b u reau  has d o
nated a n u m b er o f items that ACRL will be 
raffling off, such as d esk to p  clocks, mugs, 
D enver w ildflow er books, toiletry bags, 
and a D enver organizer.

So visit ACRL this sum m er, learn  m ore 
a b o u t its activities a n d  conferences, an d  
o n e  of these prizes could b e  yours!

mailto:ejbroidy@uci.edu


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On April 24, St. Mary's College of Maryland sponsored a public talk by Henriette Avram, 
the architect of the MARC record and its subsequent development as a national and 
international standard. Avram reviewed her experiences at the Library of Congress 
and her work promoting the use of MARC. Pictured here left to right are librarians 
Susan Sloan, Kerie Nickel, Terry Leonard, Todd Kelley (associate provost and librarian 
of the college), Henriette Avram, Rob Sloan, Celia Rabinowitz, and Joe Storey.

in and working to preserve cultural 
heritage. …  The goal of the newly configured 
journal is to foster a conversation that transcends 
traditional professional boundaries.” Future topics 
include: coping with emerging technologies, 
new economic models for collecting, strategic part
nerships, library-museum relations, moving im
ages and recorded sound, and legal issues.

RBM is published twice a year. Rates for a 
one year subscription are $35 for U.S.; $40 
for Canada, Mexico, or other PUAS Countries; 
and $50 for other foreign countries.

The University of Minnesota's new Andersen L
square foot facility that features two storage c
sandstone in the bluffs of the Mississippi River.

University of M innesota opens new 
library
The University of Minnesota opened to the 
public the Elmer L. Andersen Library, named 
for the governor. A unique feature of the
185,000 square-foot facility situated on the 
bluffs of the Mississippi River, is its two stor
age caverns, mined from the sandstone in the 
bluffs. Each cavern measures 600 feet long, 
65 feet wide, and 23 feet high. The caverns, 
in which archives are kept in optimal condi
tions (62 degrees F. and 50 percent relative 

humidity), can store up 
to 1.9 million volumes 
on 26,000 shelves. The 
caverns required min
ing and blasting out 
more than 2.5 million 
cubit feet of sandstone 
and limestone.

T he Andersen Li
braries houses the ma
jority of the university li
braries archives and 
special collections, the 
Central office o f the 
MINITEX Library Infor
mation Network, and 

ibrary is a 185,000 the Minnesota Library 
averns, mined from Access Center (which 

stores important but in-



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frequently used, collections from other Min
nesota libraries in clim ate-controlled condi
tions.

“To preserve one-of-a-kind and rare hooks 
and m anuscripts, the A ndersen Library in
cludes state o f the art storage areas that will 
serve Minnesota book-lovers and researchers 
for generations to c o m e ,” said University Li
brarian Tom Shaughnessy. “Andersen Library’s 
high capacity will ensure that libraries state
wide can use m ore o f their limited resources 
for new books and enhanced  library services, 
rather than for storage. The facility is truly an 
asset for our entire com m unity.”

The total cost o f the building was $46.5 
million, including an appropriation from the 
Minnesota Legislature and $8 million in uni
versity funds. The building w on the Harry H. 
Edwards Award for precast con crete building 
design from the Precast/Prestressed Concrete 
Institute. T he building features a state-of-the-
art pumping and w aterproofing system that is 
guaranteed to keep  the building dry even in 
the event o f a 500-year flood.

ACRL offers books on faculty/librarian 
collaboration and English literature
T he C o lla b o r a tiv e  Im p era tiv e: L ib r a r ia n s  a n d  
F a c u lty  W orkin g  T o g e th er in  th e  I n fo r m a t io n  
Universe, edited by D ick Raspa and D ane 
Ward, is a b o o k  about librarian and faculty 
collaboration— as it exists now and as it could 
exist.

The authors assert that collaboration will 
be the next great transition in higher educa

tion and in a se
ries o f essays, the 
possibilities o f li
brarians w orking 
across disciplines 
a n d  tr a d it i o n a l  
university bound
aries are explored, 
startin g with the 
in terp erso n al a s
pects o f collabora
tion. T he focus is 
on  developm ents 

within and beyond the instructional arena. A 
key idea is that collaboration is as much an 
issue o f relationship building as it is on e of 
specific initiative.

Included in this book are a review o f the 
literature, case studies o f exem plary programs

at the institutional level, reports o f  surveys o f 
inform al colla b o ra tio n s, a d irectory o f re
sources, as well as theoretical m odels o f the 
collaborative enterprise.

T he C o lla b o r a tiv e  Im p e r a tiv e (ISBN 0-8389–
8085-6) is available for $24 from ALA Order 
Fulfillment.

L ite r a tu r e  in  E n glish: A G u id e  f o r  L ib r a r y 
i a n s  in  th e  D ig ita l Age, (Publications in Librari
anship no. 54), e d
ited by Betty H. Day 
a n d  W illia m  A.
Wortman, delivers a 
w ide-ran ging series 
o f essays that address 
co n ce rn s  related  to 
the acquisition, orga
nization, and use of 
inform ation sou rces 
related to the study 
and teaching o f En
g l i s h  l it e r a t u r e .
Among the issues dis
cussed are the changed literary canon, the e x
panded range o f research and course inter
ests, and the im pact o f new  electro n ic re
sources on traditional print.

T he 350 page, L ite r a tu r e  in  E n glish (ISBN: 
0-8389-8081-3) sells for $32.00.

Both books may b e ordered from ALA Or
der Fulfillment, 155 East W acker Drive, Chi
cago, IL 60611; phone: (8 0 0 ) 545-2433 (press 
7); fax: (3 1 2 ) 836-9958.

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scripts that address philosophy and tech
niques o f the day-to-day managem ent of 
academ ic library services and collections. 
Inform ation literacy, scholarly com m uni
cation, technology, public relations, fac
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College of DuPage receives ACRL award
O n  May 10, th e  College o f D uPage Library 
held an aw ard recep tio n  to celebrate w in
ning the first annual ACRL E xcellence in 
A cadem ic Libraries A ward in the C om m u
nity or Ju n io r College division.

S ponsored by B lackw ell’s Inform ation 
Services, the aw ard recognizes academ ic 
l i b r a r i e s  
w h o se staffs 
have team ed 
in the devel
o p m e n t  o f 
in n o v a tiv e , 
creative, and 
v i s i o n a r y  
p r o g r a m s  
th a t d eliv er 
o u tsta n d in g  
services and 
resources to 
f u r th e r  th e  
e d u c a t i o n  B la c k w e ll’s D o n a ld  S atisky 
m issio n s o f presented the aw ard to Coll

Bernard Fradkin and M ary W u
their institu of Trustees.
tions.

College o f D uPage President M ichael T. 
M urphy o p e n e d  th e program , addressing 
an enthusiastic audience o f library staff, stu
d e n ts, a n d  m e m b e rs o f th e  C o lleg e o f 
D uPage com m unity. ACRL E xecutive Di
rector Althea H. Jenkins p resen ted  the crys
tal trophy to Mary Kranz, chair of the B oard 
o f Trustees, an d  n o te d  that th e College of 
D uPage h ad  Been selected to receive the 
aw ard from  am ong nine finalists in its cat
egory. D o n ald  Satisky, v ice-p resid en t of 
B lackw ell’s, p resen ted  the $3,000 check to 
Library D irector B ernard Fradkin.

Reflecting o n  th e aw ard, Fradkin com
m en d ed  th e  library staff, and rem ark ed  that 
th e Excellence in A cadem ic Libraries aw ard 
“provides a forum  to  discuss m any o f the 
program s and o p p o rtu n ities w e  have d e
v elo p ed  in ex ten d in g  the library to an e x
te n d e d  com m unity. We are fo rtu n ate in

s e e k i n g  t o 
i n c l u d e  
o ld er adults, 
business and 
c o r p o r a t e  
c o n s t i t u e n
c ie s , a n d  
ethnically di
v e r s e  p a
tr o n s  i n t o  
o u r  p r o
gram . In ad
d i t i o n ,  w e  
are p ro u d  of 

d AC R L’s A lth e a  H. Je n k in s o u r  o u t
e of DuPage Library Director r e a c h ,  
e Kranz, chair of COD's Board th ro u g h  n a

ti o n a l t e l e
conferencing, LTA Illinois, Ameritech, an d  
the Chicago D o n o r’s F orum .” He n o ted  that 
“w hile w e  are innovative in m any w ays, w e 
have not lost track o f the essential sup p o rt 
provided through ‘bread-and-butter’ services 
an d  especially inform ation literacy. The li
brary staff is p ro u d  o f its contributions an d  
becau se o f this special recognition w e h o p e 
to co n tin u e research ing n ew  w ays to  offer 
th e best the library profession can p ro v id e.”

ACRL congratulates the College of DuPage 
on its achievement. — Meredith Parets, ACRL 
program  assistant, tnparets@ala.org

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