ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries C&RL News ■ February 1999 / 77 N e w s f r o m t h e F i e l d M a r y E lle n D a vis E n d o w e d c h a i r e s t a b lis h e d a t B e r k e le y A n an o n y m o u s d o n o r estab lish ed an e n d o w e d c h a ir to h o n o r A n th ro p o lo g y P ro fe ss o r Em eri­ tus a n d A n d ea n S c h o la r J o h n H. R o w e fo r his fo re s ig h t in e s ta b lis h in g a n A n th ro p o lo g y Li­ b ra ry a t th e U n iv e rsity o f C a lifo rn ia , B e r k e ­ ley. T h e first re c ip ie n t o f th e e n d o w e d c h a ir is S u z a n n e H. C alp estri, h e a d o f th e G e o r g e an d M ary F o s te r A n th r o p o lo g y Library. T h e e n ­ d o w m e n t re c o g n iz e s th e im p o rta n ce o f th e li­ b r a r ia n in a s c h o la r ly c o m m u n ity b y p ro v id ­ in g th e r e c ip ie n t d is c r e tio n a r y m o n e y fo r r e s o u r c e s a n d p r o f e s s i o n a l d e v e lo p m e n t th e re b y en su rin g that th e lib rarian w ill b e a b le to p ro v id e o u tsta n d in g s u p p o rt to fa cu lty an d stu d en ts a n d c o n tin u e B e r k e le y ’s stro n g ra n k ­ in g in a n th ro p o lo g y . H ig h W ire P r e s s a n d ISI C o ll a b o r a t e o n h y p e r t e x t lin k s T h e In stitu te fo r S cie n tific In fo rm a tio n (IS I) is c o lla b o r a tin g w ith S ta n fo rd U n iversity Librar­ ie s ’ H ig h W ire P re ss to b u ild h y p e r te x t lin ks b e tw e e n th e ir e le c tro n ic re s o u rc e s. Part o f th e ISI Links in itiative, th e c o lla b o r a tio n p ro v id es th e te ch n o lo g y to perm it u sers to navigate from th e ISI W e b o f S cie n c e , a m ultidisciplinary b ib ­ lio g r a p h ic d a t a b a s e t o o l, t o p a r tic ip a tin g H ig h W ire p u b lish e rs ’ full te x t jo u rn a l co n ten t. T h e H ighW ire p ro d u ced jou rn als in clu d e m o re th an 1 0 0 life s c ie n c e an d b io m e d ica l titles p u b ­ lished b y a co re group o f professional and schol­ arly so c ie tie s s u c h as S c ie n c e an d th e P r o c e e d ­ in g s o f th e N a tio n a l A c a d e m y o f S c ie n c e . F o r d etails a b o u t ISI p ro d u cts, visit its W e b p a g e h ttp :/ / w w w .isin et.co m . F o r m o r e in fo r­ m a tio n a b o u t H ig h W ire, v isit its W e b s ite at h ttp :/ / h igh w ire.stan fo rd .ed u . L ib r a r ia n s s c o r e o n M y e r s - B r ig g s T y p e I n d ic a t o r (M B T I) Librarians are featured in th e ch ap ter o n careers in th e n ew ly revised M B T I M a n u a l. Q u o tatio n s fro m lib ra ria n s re p r e s e n tin g e a c h o f th e 16 M B T I ty p e s a re u s e d to illu strate d iv ersity o f ty p e a n d th e d iffe re n c e s in h o w th e ty p es a p ­ p r o a c h th e ir jo b s . T h e c h a p te r e x p la in s that individuals w ith various M BTI p re fe re n ce s ten d to c h o o s e divergen t sp ecialties w ithin a p ro fes­ sion , e n jo y particular a sp ects o f th e jo b , an d go a b o u t c o m p le tin g ta sk s in d istin ct w ay s. In d i­ viduals w ith different p referen ces crea te special n ic h e s w ith in a s p e c ific o c c u p a tio n w h e r e th e lik e lih o o d o f u s in g th e ir ty p e p r e fe r e n c e s is h ig h e r. D a ta fo r th e c h a p te r w a s ta k e n fro m M ary J a n e S c h e r d in ’s 1 9 9 2 n a tio n a l stu d y o f 1 ,6 0 0 lib rarian s, w h ic h w a s c o s p o n s o r e d b y ACRL an d C o n su ltin g P sy ch o lo g ists Press. T h e ACRL 1 994 p u b licatio n D is c o v e r in g L ib r a r ia n s : P r o file s o f a P r o fe s s io n presents further inform a­ tio n a b o u t th e study. C a ll f o r p a p e r s f o r o f f - c a m p u s c o n f e r e n c e P ro p o sa ls fo r p re s e n ta tio n s are so u g h t fo r th e n in th c o n fe r e n c e o n O ff-C a m p u s Library Ser- A C R L /H a rv a rd L e a d e rs h ip In s t it u t e A CRL a n d t h e H a rv a rd I n s titu te s fo r H ig h e r E d u ca tio n a re o ffe rin g th e first ACRL/Harvard L ea d ersh ip In stitu te Ju ly 5-1 0 , 1 9 9 9 , in C am bridge, M assachusetts. D e v e lo p e d fo r directors o f libraries and th o s e w h o rep o rt d irectly to th em , th e in ­ stitute is d es ig n e d to in c re a se y o u r c a p a c ­ ity to lead a n d m an age. T h e p ro g ram p re ­ p ares yo u to a n sw er tw o k e y q u estio n s: 1) H o w w e ll-p o s itio n e d is m y o rg a n iz a tio n to m e e t curren t an d future challenges? and 2 ) H o w e ffe c tiv e is m y o w n lead ersh ip ? T o p ic s c o v e re d in clu d e: lead ersh ip , o rg a­ nizational strategy, financial m an agem en t, tran sfo rm atio n al learn in g , an d p lanning. R egistration s fo r th e in ten siv e re sid e n ­ tial p ro g ra m w ill b e a c c e p te d o n a first- c o m e , first-se rv e d b a sis. T h e $ l , l 6 0 fe e c o v e rs tu ition , all p ro g ra m a n d in stru c­ tional m aterials, refreshm en t break s, lunch e a c h day, a re ce p tio n , an d social events. D e ta ils a r e o n t h e W e b a t http:// g se w e b .h a rv a rd .e d u / ~ p p e / in d e x .h tm l http://www.isinet.com http://highwire.stanford.edu 7 2 / C&RL News ■ February 1999 S o u th e rn M e th o d ist U n iv e rs ity (SM U ) o p e n e d its n e w F o n d re n L ib ra ry C e n te r re c e n tly a s d o n o rs a n d u n iv e r s ity r e p r e s e n ta tiv e s s to o d p o is e d t o c u t th e r ib b o n . T h e c o m p le x e n c o m p a s s e s th e F o n d re n L ib ra ry , t h e S c ie n c e a n d E n g in e e r in g L ib ra ry , a n d t h e n e w 7 ,1 0 0 s q u a r e f o o t b u ild in g t h a t w ill c o n n e c t t h e t w o lib r a r ie s . P ic tu r e d h e r e a r e f r o m r ig h t : S M U t r u s t e e a n d F o n d re n fa m ily re p re se n ta tiv e S u e T ram m el W h itfie ld ; SM U C e n tra l U n iv e rsity L ib ra ria n G illia n M cC o m b s; C h a rle s S e le cm a n , g ra n d s o n o f C h a rle s S. S e le c m a n f o r w h o m th e n e w C e n te r's S e le c m a n T o w e r is n a m e d ; S M U P r e s id e n t R . G e r a ld T u rn e r; S M U P r o v o s t R o s s M u rf in ; a n d lib r a r y e x e c u t iv e b o a rd m e m b e r J a m e s G la ss c o c k , w h o g a v e th e in v o c a tio n . S u p p o rt Library Legislative Day! T h is y e a r m arks th e 2 5 th a n n iv ersa ry o f N a­ tio n a l Library L eg islativ e D a y to b e h eld in W a s h in g to n , D .C . o n M ay 3 -4 , 1 9 9 9 . T h e s e tw o d ays a re o f sig n ific a n t c o n s e q u e n c e to librarians in gen eral— and acad em ic librarians in particular— b e c a u s e th ey p ro v id e a v en u e fo r librarians to m ak e acq u a in ta n ce w ith their co n g re ssio n a l rep resen tativ es an d to ex p la in h o w th e ir a c tio n s a n d p o lic y d e c is io n s c a n a ffe c t y o u r library. C o n sid e rin g th e rap id ch a n g es that are occurring in o u r libraries due to ev olv in g inform ation tech n o lo g y , w e must k e e p o u r rep resen ta tiv es in fo rm e d an d e d u ­ c a te d m o r e th a n e v e r c o n c e r n in g th e im p li­ catio n s o f in fo rm atio n p o licy o n a c a d e m ic li­ braries. O n th e first day, M o n d a y , y o u w ill b e b riefed o n gen eral legislative issues im portant to libraries su ch as copyright, go v ern m en t in­ fo r m a tio n d is s e m in a tio n , a p p r o p r ia tio n s , e d u c a tio n fu n din g , a n d d is c o u n te d te le c o m rates. A lso o n M o n d ay, ACRL w ill s p o n s o r an activity d esigned to b rie f you o n issues par­ ticu larly im p o rta n t to a c a d e m ic lib rarian s. Y o u m a y c a u c u s w ith y o u r sta te d ele g a tio n la ter in th e day. O n T u e s d a y , y o u w ill jo in y o u r state d elegatio n and visit yo u r co n g re s­ sio n a l rep resen tativ es, d eliv erin g yo u r m es­ sages a b o u t library issues. Past ex p e r ie n c e o f o th e r a c a d e m ic librarian s in d ica te s that yo u m a y w a n t arriv e in D .C . o n S u n d a y to b e re a d y fo r th e fu ll d a y o f a c tiv itie s o n M o n ­ day. T h e re g istra tio n f e e fo r L eg islativ e D ay is $8 . ALA h as se t a s id e a b lo c k o f ro o m s at th e H o lid a y In n o n T h e H ill [415 N ew J e r ­ s e y Ave., N. W ., p h o n e : (2 0 2 ) 6 3 8 - l 6 l 6 ] at a s p e c ia l rate; a s k fo r th e ALA R ate o f $ 1 2 9 (sin g le) and $ 1 3 9 (d ou b le). F o r m o r e in fo rm a tio n a n d a reg istration fo rm a c c e s s th e L egislative D ay W e b site at h ttp ://w w w .ala.org/ w a s h o ff/ le g d a y .h tm l. C h e c k w ith y o u r state a sso cia tio n legislative c o m m itte e a b o u t team in g w ith th e m fo r vis­ its to th e co n g re s sio n a l o ffic e s. If yo u p la n to atten d p le a s e let M ich ael G o d o w k n o w .— M ic h a e l G o d o w , A CRL p r o ­ g r a m o ffic e r , m g o d o w @ a la .o r g . http://www mailto:mgodoiv@ala.org C&RL News ■ Feb ru ary 1999 / 73 O n e -sto p s h o p p in g f o r c o lle g e r a n k in g s T h e E d u ca tio n a n d S o c ia l S c ie n c e Library a t t h e U n iv e r s it y o f I ll in o is a t U r b a n a - C h am paign offers on e -sto p s h o p p in g fo r W e b - b a sed c o lle g e ran kin g sites. F o u n d a t h ttp :/ / w w w .lib ra iy .u iu c .e d u / e d x / ra n k in g s .h tm , th e C o lle g e a n d U n iv e r­ sity R a n k in g s p a g e p ro v id e s lin ks to ra n k in g s erv ic es fo r vario u s a reas o f h ig h e r ed u c a tio n in clu d in g u n d erg rad u ate, g radu ate, b u s in e ss , la w , a n d in te r­ n a t i o n a l p r o ­ gram s. O n e can a ls o fin d a lin k- filled d is co u rs e c o n c e r n in g th e o n g o i n g c o n ­ t r o v e r s y s u r ­ ro u n d in g re p u ­ ta tio n -b a s e d ra n k in g s a n d a le n g th y b ib lio g ­ ra p h y o n th e to p ic . T h e R an kin gs p a g e tries to em p h a siz e ca u ­ tio n in th e u s e o f c o lle g e ra n k in g serv ices a n d u rges u sers to in v estigate th e m e th o d o lo g y o f a n y serv ice u n d e r co n sid era tio n . T o w a rd that e n d , a len g th y s e c tio n d ea lin g w ith th e o n g o ­ in g c o n tr o v e r s y o v e r r a n k in g s is p ro v id e d . T h e p a g e ’s c a u tio n a r y s e c tio n is a g u id e to s o m e very in terestin g n e tw o rk e d in fo rm atio n o n th e c o lle g e ran kin g p ro ce ss. U sers w ill find this in fo rm atio n h elp fu l w h e n trying to ev alu ­ a te in dividu al ra n k in g s e r v ic e s a n d w h e n try­ ing to d e c id e h o w m u c h w e ig h t ra n k in g s d e ­ serv e in th e c o lle g e s e le c tio n p ro c e ss . T h e C o lleg e an d U niversity R an kin gs p a g e w as created b y th e authors. It d eb u ted in O cto ­ b e r 1 9 9 7 a n d g a th e re d a sm all a m o u n t o f hits d u rin g it first h a lf y e a r o f e x is te n c e . In M arch an d April 1998, th e p a g e w as subm itted to vari­ o u s s ea rch e n g in es inclu ding Alta Vista, N orth­ ern Light, a n d In fo S e e k . F o llo w in g th e site's listin g in Y a h o o ! in M ay, its u s e s k y r o ck e te d . T h e p a g e c o n tin u e s to g r o w in p op u larity an d is n o w receiving b e tw e e n 25 and 3 0 ,0 0 0 hits p e r m o n th . O v e r 9 9 % o f th e p a g e’s us­ e r s a r e f r o m o u ts id e th e im ­ m e d i a t e U n i ­ v ersity o f Illin o is co m m u n ity a n d th e s e u sers g e n e r a te a stea d y stream o f e-m ail co n ce rn in g rankings. In m ak in g sp ecia l efforts to assist this n e w g r o u p o f p a tro n s, t h e lib r a ria n s o f th e E d u c a tio n a n d S o c ia l S c ie n c e Library d is c o v ­ e re d th e p o w e r o f th e W e b in re a c h in g o u t to n o n tradition al users. B rin g in g s o m e o rg a n iz a ­ tio n to a sm all c o m e r o f th e In te rn e t a n d serv ­ in g a n e n tire ly n e w a u d ie n c e h a v e b e e n tw o very satisfying o u tc o m e s m ad e p o ssib le b y th e c r e a tio n a n d m a in te n a n c e o f th e C o lle g e a n d U n iversity R a n k in g s P a g e .— D a n ie l B u r g a r d , U n iv e r s ity o f I llin o is , U r b a n a - C h a m p a ig n , d b u r g a r d @ u iu c .e d u ; S te p h a n ie R. D avis. U niver­ sity o f S o u th e rn C a lifo r n ia , sr d a v is@ u sc .ed u v ic e s s p o n s o r e d b y th e C e n tra l M ic h ig a n U n iv e rs ity (C M S ) L ib r a rie s a n d t h e CM U C o lle g e o f E x te n d e d L e a r n in g . T h e c o n ­ f e r e n c e w ill b e h e ld in P o rtla n d , O r e g o n , A pril 2 6 - 2 8 , 2 0 0 0 . P r o p o s a l a b s tr a c ts o f n o t m o re th a n 5 0 0 w o rd s are d u e b y M arch 12 , 1 9 9 9 . A c o p y o f th e C all fo r P r e s e n ta ­ tio n s a n d d eta ils a b o u t th e c o n f e r e n c e a re o n th e W e b a t http :/ / w w w .lib .cm ich .ed u / o c ls . C lick o n “R e s o u r c e s fo r O ff-C a m p u s L i b r a r i a n s . ” O r c o n t a c t C o n n i e H ild eb ran d at CMU: v o ic e : ( 5 1 7 ) 7 7 4 -6 0 8 0 ; t o l l - f r e e f a x : ( 8 7 7 ) 3 2 9 - 6 2 5 7 ; e - m a i l : c o n n ie .h ild e b r a n d @ c m ic h .e d u . ■ http://www.libraiy.uiuc.edu/ mailto:dburgard@uiuc.edu mailto:srdavis@usc.edu http://www.lib.cmich.edu/ mailto:connie.hildebrand@cmich.edu