ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries M arch 1 9 9 6 / 1 2 9 N ew s from the Fie ld Mary Ellen Davis Univ. of Nebraska sees benefits of library fee Last spring, students at the University o f N ebraska at K e a rn e y v o te d to a s s e s s them selves a 25 cents per credit hour fee to raise money for the university library. The initiative for the fee cam e from Greg Hood, a student representative on the Faculty Senate Library Committee. Monies raised by the fee have b ee n used to provide stu­ dents access to 1,500 general interest and scholarly periodicals via Informa­ tion Access Company’s E x p a n d e d A c a d e m ic ASAP, purchase $6,000 worth o f fiction and nonfiction, and purchase the 34-volume G rove D ictio n a ry o f Art, which will cost $2,500 a year for three years. Cornell named site for federal labor reports In a move designed to make U.S. government reports more accessible to a wider population, including scholars and businesses overseas, the Martin P. Catherwood Library o f the School o f Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell Uni­ versity has been selected as a site for collect­ ing, transmitting, and archiving selected fed­ eral labor reports on the Internet. The Catherwood Library has established the Catherwood Electronic Archive in collaboration with several offices within the U.S. Department o f Labor for the dissemination o f national re­ ports on the Internet. “The goal o f this initiative is to enable wide­ spread and immediate access o f these impor­ tant documents,” said Stuart M. Basefsky, a ref­ erence librarian at Catherwood Library, who directs the electronic archive. Basefsky noted that this relationship reduces the delay there used to be in making a govern­ ment report available to library users. “Thanks to this relationship with the Department o f La­ bor, we are able to get these documents online within 24 hours after they are released.” To access the Catherwood Electronic Archive via the W orld W ide W eb: http://www.ilr. cornell.edu/library/e_archive. To access the archive via gopher: gopher.ilr.cornell.edu. To access the archive via ftp site: ftp.ilr.cornell. Univ. of Illinois to auction materials On March 3 0 , 1996, the Uni­ versity o f Illinois at Urbana- C h am p aig n L ibrary will h o ld a s p e c ia l p u b lic/ mailbid auction o f duplicate books. The materials in the auction have accumulated over the years as items were d o n a te d th a t w e re n o t needed for the collection, yet were too special to in­ clude in the regular annual book sale. Over 600 books in 374 lots with imprints ranging from 1732 to 1967 will be auctioned. Subject areas include literature, travel and exploration, birds, Ameri­ can Civil War, Illinois, Lincoln, art, Japan, the­ atre, religion, astronomy, history, Canada, poli­ tics, and other miscellaneous items. Information about the auction is being mounted on the W orld W ide W eb at http://www .grainger. uiuc.edu/library/bookauct.htm. A catalog o f ma­ terials is available for $8.00 from Library Friends, University o f Illinois Library, 227 Library, 1408 W. Gregory Dr., Urbana, IL 61801. For infor­ mation contact Vincent Golden at (217) 333- 2843 or e-mail: v-golden@ uxl.cso.uiuc.edu. Access to electronic information passes ALA Council The Council o f the American Library Associa­ tion voted unanimously on January 24, 1996, to adopt “Access to Electronic Information, Ser­ vices, and Networks: An Interpretation o f the L ib rary B ill o f Rights.” The document had gen­ erated lots o f discussion and received many suggestions for changes and revisions. The in­ terpretation is available on the ALA homepage at http://www.ala.org. C h oice publishes environmental guide E n v iron m en tal Studies Reviews, an authoritative guide to recent scholarly works in the rapidly expanding field o f environmental studies, has been published by C hoice. It contains the full text o f nearly 900 reviews published in C hoice: C u rrent Reviews o f A c a d e m ic B ooks, the review journal o f ACRL. Selected from the five most recent volumes o f C hoice, the reviews are ar­ ranged by broad subject categories that span the science and technology fields, as well as http://www.ilr ftp://ftp.ilr.comell http://www.grainger mailto:v-golden@uxl.cso.uiuc.edu http://www.ala.org 1 3 0 /C&RL News the humanities and social sci­ ences. Also included in this com prehen sive guide are a substantial reference section; author and title indexes; and subheadings within key catego­ ries, enhancing its usefulness for collection developm ent. The 164-page book is available for $38.00 from ALA Order Ful­ fillment, 155 N. W acker Dr., Chicago, IL 60606; phone: (800) 545-2433, press 7; or fax: (312) 836-9958. Teleconference on health resources to air E xploring In tern et 5 : H ealth a n d M ed ical Re­ sources, will be broadcast as a national tele­ conference on Wednesday, March 27, 1996, 1:00-3:00 p.m., EST. The telecast will concen­ trate on health and medical resources available on the Internet and explore how they are b e­ ing used for research, clinical investigation, medical consultation, health provider educa­ tion, and patient care. Elaine Martin, assistant university librarian for the health sciences at the University o f Illinois at Chicago, will dem­ onstrate the use o f the Internet as a teaching, research, diagnostic, and consumer information tool. The cost of receiving the telecast is $300; a videotape of the broadcast is also available for $315. For details or to order contact: D & F Associates, Inc., at (317) 876-3133; e-mail: dfassoc@tbcnet.com. NC governor proclaims “ First Public University Library Month” Gov. Jam es B. Hunt Jr. proclaimed February “First Public University Library Month” in North Carolina. The proclamation came as the University o f North Caro­ lina at Chapel Hill, the oldest public university in the nation, moved into its third century of service. The campus library began serving students and North Caro­ lina citizens on January 15, 1795. The governor’s proclam ation com m ends th e U n iv ersity Library’s vast resources for offer­ ing “the essence o f knowledge, past and present, on subjects ranging from the general to the esoteric, from the humanities to the sciences.” Florida State survives arsonist Florida State University’s (FSU) Library survived a small fire set by an arsonist in a string o f fire attacks at FSU. Just after mid­ night on February 2 a patron reported to library staff that a fire was burning in the periodi­ cals section. Staff sounded the alarm and about 75– 100 people were evacuated from the li­ brary, which normally closes at 1:00 a.m. Paper had been wadded up beneath the shelves holding 48 -5 0 bound business and art periodicals. According to Burt Altman, preser­ vation librarian, no interior damage was done to the volumes but most of them had to be sent out for rebinding. This fire was the latest in a three-day string of fires set in 13 buildings at FSU. All the fires were small ones set in trash cans, bulletin boards, or ovens. A suspect has been arrested and the fires have reportedly stopped. ACRL publishes instruction casebook T eaching In form ation R etrieval a n d E valuation Skills to E d u cation Students a n d P ractitioners: A C a seb o o k o f A pplications, edited by Patricia O ’Brien Libutti and Bonnie Gratch, has been published by ACRL. This C a seb o o k includes actual instructional sessions for information literacy skills at the high school, undergraduate, graduate, and practitio­ ner levels. Written by academic and school li­ brarians, the cases use a narrative account to recreate the flavor and feeling of what actually transpired in the classroom or at the computer workstation. Each case provides goals and objec­ tives statements, a lesson plan, samples of teaching materials, and a reflective analysis section in which a qualitative assessment is offered. Ten cases are pre­ sented, several of which cover ERIC and Internet resources. T eaching In form ation Retrieval, ISBN 0-8389-7813-4, is available for $26.50 ($22.50 to ACRL mem­ bers). To order, call (800) 545- 2433 (press 7); fax: (312) 836- mailto:dfassoc@tbcnet.com March 1 9 9 6 /1 3 1 ACRL/CN I select C ase W estern for v irtu a l u se r education collection ACRL and the Coalition for Networked In­ formation (CNI) selected Case Western Re­ serve University (CWRU) as the site to de­ velop a virtual collection of Internet user education and training materials. The purpose o f this project is to identify exemplary user education and training materials related to the Internet and networked information resources, especially those materials which integrate print and electronic resources and teach evalu­ ation of networked resources. CWRU agreed to develop a mechanism for bringing those items together in a distributed environment, e.g., via a Web page, and to encourage authors of exemplary materials to mount them on the Internet on a server or to provide that service for them as a repository o f last resort. This announcement is the culmination of a process begun in 1993 as part of ACRL presi- dent-elect Tom Kirk’s presidential theme of networking. In June 1993, the Emerging Tech­ nologies in Instruction Committee, on behalf o f the Bibliographic Instruction Section (now the Instruction Section), began work on a project to foster effective strategies for instruct­ ing users in the networked information envi­ ronment. In addition, CNI expressed specific interest in finding ways to explore use of the network itself to provide both instruction on the actual use of the Internet and other cur­ ricula, and measurement and evaluation of Internet resources and services. In June 1994, the Committee on Emerging Technologies released “User Education for the Internet: Report and Recom m endations,” which included a key recommendation that the Instruction Section (IS) establish an on­ going mechanism to identify excellent instruc­ tional programs and materials for teaching in the networked environment, and work within ACRL and with CNI to maintain a suitable elec­ tronic resource o f such information. In September 1995, at the request of IS, CNI posted a “Call for Participation” asking interested institutions to submit a proposal for developing a virtual collection of Internet user education and training materials. The call received eight excellent propos­ als from institutions with strong networking credentials. A review committee of members of the Emerging Technologies Committee and CNI selected Case Western Reserve after a lengthy review o f the proposals. Keith Morgan, chair of the Emerging Tech­ nologies Committee, said, “the committee is excited by the prospect o f developing this collection in partnership with CWRU. A cen­ tral site showcasing excellent models of In­ ternet instruction can be a valuable resource for all librarians involved with teaching the Internet.” Ray Metz, interim director o f the CWRU Library and director, Library Information Tech­ nologies, echoed this reaction: “We are very excited about hosting the CNI/ACRL site. Edu­ cating our users about digital information is a major component of our vision for our library. We are excited about the opportunity to be­ gin working with the next generation of user education materials which we anticipate will be more interactive and multimedia.” Announcement of URLs and a request for submission of materials will be made soon. Further information is available on the Emerg­ ing Technologies Web Page at either http:// www2.colgate.edu/instruction/ or http:// w w w.lib.ncsu.edu/staff/kam organ/etech. html. For further information contact: Keith Mor­ gan, North Carolina State University, e-mail: K e ith _ M o r g a n @ n c s u .e d u ; o r J o a n K. Lippincott, CNI, e-mail: joan@cni.org; or Tom Klingler, CWRU, e-mail: tek5@po.cwru.edu. 9958; or write: ACRL Order Fulfillment, 155 N. Wacker Dr., Chicago, IL 60606. Log-on@thelibra ryday ALA en cou rages all libraries to jo in log- on@thelibraryday, Tuesday, April 16, 1996, dur­ ing National Library Week celebrations. Dem­ onstrations will introduce the public to the in­ formation superhighway and spotlight the role o f libraries in linking students and the public with the new information technology. A “tour guide,” including the White House, Congress, http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/staff/kamorgan/etech mailto:Keith_Morgan@ncsu.edu mailto:joan@cni.org mailto:tek5@po.cwru.edu 1 3 2 /C & R L News 1995– 96 College Library D irector Mentor Program Semi­ nar participants: left to right: front row: Sylvia Kuhlmeier (Tabor College), Mary Ledoux (Franklin Pierce College), Kristin Doty (Maine College of Art), Sharon Mader (Chris­ tian Brothers University), Susan Richards (Western State College). Second row: Carol Ahmad (Schreiner College), Chris Nugent (Maryville College), Cindy Potter (Texas Wesleyan University), Evan Farber (Earlham College), Jan ice Kemp (Monmouth College). Third row: Charles Getchell (Quinnipiac College), Steve Stoan (Drury Col­ lege), Mignon Adams (Philadelphia College o f Pharmacy and Science), Judy Donovan (Moore College of Art and Design). Back row: Andrew Pearson (Florida Southern College), Paul Jenkins (College of Mount St. Joseph ), Paul Frisch (Washington and Jefferson College), Larry Hardesty (Austin College). Not pictured: Kim Herndon (Shorter College). a jobs bulletin board, and other key sites will be available at http://www.ala.org/logon.day. ALA is encouraging all libraries to schedule and promote public demonstrations o f the Internet throughout National Library Week. CLS mentor program meets at Trinity Prior to the 1996 ALA Midwinter Meet­ ing in San Antonio, Trinity University hosted the fourth annual seminar for the 1995-96 first-year college library di­ rectors participating in the ACRL Col­ lege Libraries Section’s College Library D irecto r M entor Program. Mignon Adams (Philadelphia College of Phar­ m acy and S c ie n c e ), Evan Fa rb er (Earlham College), and Larry Hardesty (Austin College) led the seminar, which covered such challenges to first-year college library directors as budgeting, faculty and administration relations, staff morale, collection development, and bibliographic instruction. Carol Ahmad (Schreiner College) provided the perspective of a second-year direc­ tor who had participated in the pro­ gram last year. The program, funded by the Council on Library Resources, each year enables up to 15 first-year directors of small colleges, usually un­ der 2,500 enrollment, to be matched with experienced college library direc­ tors to help guide the new directors through their first year. During its four years o f existence, 59 college library directors have participated in the pro­ gram. For more information contact Larry Hardesty, College Librarian, Abell Austin College, 900 N. Grand, Sherman, 9 0 ; e-m ail: lhard esty @ au stin c.ed u ; (903) 813-2490. ■ Library, TX 7 5 0 phone: Five Ohio colleges form consortium Five institutions— the College of Wooster, Denison University, Kenyon College, Oberlin College, and Ohio Wesleyan University— have formed a new consortium, the Five Colleges o f Ohio. Although the consortium is institu­ tional, involving more than libraries, the ini­ tial focus has been on library cooperation. Four o f the five colleges will merge their online catalogs into a single system to be located at Denison University. The newly created sys­ tem will become a member of OhioLINK, the statewide library network that links the cata­ logs of the state’s university and community college libraries to facilitate resource sharing. The fifth institution, O berlin, has joined OhioLINK independently. To fund these efforts, the Five Colleges received an $840,000 grant from the Mellon Foundation.— D am on D. Hickey, the C ollege o f Wooster http://www.ala.org/logon.day mailto:lhardesty@austinc.edu