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Volume 32, Number 1
Spring 2009
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Volume 32, Number 1 Spring 2009 |
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Have you ever wondered if any neighbor libraries have delicate watercolors as part of their collection? Do you know any libraries that showcase sculpture, stained glass, or unique architectural features in addition to their traditional collection of books and audiovisual materials? The Art and Architecture in Illinois Libraries project will be able to answer those questions. It will provide the state of Illinois with a wealth of information relating to artwork in all of its libraries in a bid to shine light on hidden collections.
The Art and Architecture in Illinois Libraries project was started by Allen Lanham, Dean of Library Services, and Marlene Slough, Head of Acquisition, both from Eastern Illinois University. A renovation at their home library, in addition to personal research interests, contributed to developing the Art and Architecture in Illinois Libraries project. Lanham and Slough received grant money from the Illinois State Library and Eastern Illinois University to document art and architecture in public, academic, and research libraries across the state. The Illinois State Library's grant was made possible with funds from the Institute of Museum and Library Services which was provided for by the federal Library Services and Technology Act. "Every library has an interesting story," Lanham explained, so "why do libraries feel that art is not part of their collection? Libraries are so careful about cataloging everything in their building, but not the art on their walls." During the summer of 2006, Lanham and Slough, along with a team of research assistants, began to visit libraries to start documenting their treasures.
Over the past few years, research teams traveled to libraries across the state of Illinois to document the art and architecture of every library. Each site visit has contributed something unique to the growing database of information. It is an opportunity for individual libraries to showcase items that normally do not receive a lot of attention -- something the project hopes to change by making these collections easier to locate and identify. "It was a source of pride for libraries," Slough said of the libraries' opportunity to showcase their artwork. Over time, more and more libraries willingly contributed to the project; library patrons have also been supportive of the project. "They [patrons] want to know what you're doing and will recommend other places in the community," said Lanham. The research teams have completed several hundred library visits to date and have approximately 250 libraries to visit in the coming months. The Art and Architecture in Illinois Libraries project hopes to visit every one of Illinois' 950 libraries by the end of summer 2009.
Each site visit is a structured affair with attention to detail. "Depending on the artwork, it could take a couple of hours or a full day," commented Research Assistant Ginny Gaines. Gaines works with project photographers to complete information about each item. Research teams pay attention to medium, title, artist, and other documentation to create a complete profile for an item. In addition to artwork, Slough said that teams also look for information on architects, libraries' histories, and previous library locations, and explained that "We've gone back and photographed those as well for the database." Notes and print records are then combined with digital photographs in a database to create a unique item ID and full item profile.
Once the initial site visits are completed, the database is compiled item by item, library by library. "We want to make sure that everyone is included -- the richness of the database is that every library is included," said Lanham. The research team hopes to use the data for follow up projects. The Art and Architecture in Illinois Libraries database would be useful for retrospectively studying the data on all libraries and the team has used the information to create instruction resources and a 2006-07 traveling exhibit. For example, an illustrated dictionary of art and architectural terms, using photographs from the project, accompanied the original traveling exhibit.
The Art and Architecture in Illinois Libraries project team is thankful for the cooperation of staff members at every library and acknowledged that the project would not have been possible without support from the library community. They are hopeful that the project will facilitate access to art collections and architectural features for the general public and make libraries aware of the exceptional collections they house. In addition to the Art and Architecture in Illinois Libraries database, the research team will be assembling a new and expanded exhibit, with information from 750 Illinois libraries, which will be on display at the American Library Association Annual Conference in Chicago during summer 2009.
As librarians, we may think we know how students conduct their research, or we may have specific ideas on how we wish students would conduct their research. Currently, however, little data exist that allow librarians to say that we truly understand the research process of our students. However, a new study is underway to help address this lack of knowledge.
Five Illinois institutions, Northeastern Illinois University (NEIU), DePaul University, Illinois Wesleyan University (IWU), University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), and University of Illinois at Springfield (UIS), have been awarded a Library Services and Technology Act Grant to study the research methods of college students. The grant was awarded by the Illinois State Library, a division of the Secretary of State's Office, to help answer the question, What do students, especially those in the underserved and non-traditional group identified by each library, actually do when they are assigned a research project for one of their class assignments and what are the expectations of students, faculty and librarians of each other with regard to this assignment?
The primary goal of this study is to trigger reforms in library services to better meet students' needs. Traditionally, academic libraries have designed library services and facilities based on information gleaned from user surveys, usage data, focus groups, and librarians' informal observations. While such tools are valuable, today's researchers are experimenting with more user-centered methods to form holistic portraits of student needs.
In 2005, the University of Rochester Libraries presented the results of a groundbreaking study that used ethnographic methods to greatly improve their libraries. Similar studies are being carried out in a handful of universities on the East Coast. The five partner libraries wish to become the first Midwestern institutions to apply ethnographic research methods to better align services and physical facilities to the actual needs of students.
Nancy Foster, an experienced anthropologist who pioneered ethnographic research in libraries and ran the University of Rochester "Studying Students" project, will oversee ethnographic research at all five institutions. Dr. Foster will also train the two resident anthropologists, Dr. Andrew Asher and Susan Miller. Dr. Asher is based at IWU and works with their library, as well as the UIS. Ms. Miller is based at NEIU and works with their library, as well as the other two northern institutions, DePaul and UIC. Dave Green, of NEIU, serves as the Lead Grant Coordinator and each institution has a research team in place, directed by a Lead Researcher (Dr. Paula Dempsey, DePaul; Lisa Wallis, NEIU; Fifi Logan and Beth Pickard, UIC; Lynda Duke, IWU; and Jane Treadwell, UIS).
The libraries will employ a variety of ethnographic methods such as mapping diaries, interviews, photo surveys, cognitive mapping, research journals and observations to gain understanding of how research assignments are approached by students. In addition to the general undergraduate population, each university has chosen to concentrate on a selected sub-group of students from either nontraditional or underserved populations. Specifically, while all IWU students will be eligible to participate in the study, IWU will especially focus their research on international, African-American, Latino-American, Asian-American and Native-American students. Together, these student groups comprise approximately 16% of IWU's student population, but will constitute approximately 50% of the study participants. NEIU will study Hispanic populations which currently constitute 25% of the student population. DePaul University will look at minority students, first-generation college students, and first-generation Americans (each of these categories make up 30% of the student population), as well as students who work more than 20 hours a week off-campus. UIC will also study first-generation college students, and UIS will study students who commute to campus. In addition to students, librarians and teaching faculty are included in the study in order to better understand the role librarians play in the research process and the expectations that teaching faculty have of students and librarians in relationship to research assignments. Data gathered at each institution will be shared with the other participating institutions for comparative purposes.
The five universities represent both pubic and private institutions and provide a range in terms of size, geography (urban/nonurban), and living situations (commuter/residential). In addition, they serve diverse populations in terms of race/ethnicity, age, family educational background, and preparation for college-level work. Thus, this collaboration will maximize learning about all kinds of library users, who often move between types of libraries at different times and for different reasons. It will also provide insight into library cultures across various types, helping to establish more effective and specialized models of service. As a result of this study, the institutions involved hope to adjust current services, or offer new options for students. Changes might range from adjusting the physical layout in different areas of the libraries, making modifications to Web sites or offering new resources or services. The most successful exercises will be compiled into a toolkit of research methods to be shared with libraries at other academic institutions.
Work in the fall of 2008 included administrative set-up of the project, such as hiring the two anthropologists and transcribers and receiving Institutional Review Board approval for each institution. The research activities will take place during the spring semester, with data analysis beginning in the early summer. More information, through presentations and publications, will be shared with the library community as the project progresses.
The Illinois State Library and Illinois State Archives are the two departments in the Illinois Secretary of State’s office that have connections to Abraham Lincoln. Secretary of State Jesse White is both State Librarian and State Archivist, so he is therefore proud to be taking part in a variety of ways to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln this year.
Most citizens are probably not aware that Abraham Lincoln was the first person to borrow a book from the Illinois State Library on December 16, 1842. Lincoln is also the only U.S. President to be awarded a patent, a replica of which is on file at the State Library’s Patent and Trademark Library. On May 22, 1849, Lincoln received Patent No. 6469 for a device to lift boats over shoals, an invention which was never manufactured (http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/library/what_we_have/patents_and_trademarks/lincolnpatents.html). Lincoln’s great debate foe, Stephen A. Douglas, also holds the distinction of establishing the State Library on February 22, 1839 while serving as Secretary of State.
The Illinois State Archives holds a number of Lincoln documents, many written in Lincoln's hand. The Illinois Digital Archives (IDA), a repository of the Illinois State Library’s digital collections, contains books and documents about the life, political career, and assassination of Abraham Lincoln. IDA has digitized the State Archives' collection of Lincoln documents, which can be accessed at www.idaillinois.org.
Secretary White launched a multi-faceted promotional campaign to mark the 200th anniversary of Lincoln's birth. The campaign included an essay contest for students in grades 5-12 (the winning essays will be posted at http://www.illinoiscenterforthebook.org/projectsa.html, and published in the 2009/2010 Illinois Blue Book), and the distribution of various promotional and informational materials.
The State Library is also proud of a more recent connection to an Illinois President. On April 15, 1999, during National Library Week, then-Illinois State Senator Barack Obama visited the State Library and presented a signed copy of his book "Dreams From My Father" to Secretary of State and State Librarian Jesse White and then-State Library Director Jean Wilkins. One person in attendance remembered it was a "very, very nice event, with a good crowd." Obama made a short speech, as did Secretary White, and Obama read an excerpt from the book. The book is now housed in our first floor Illinois Authors Reading Room, and a plaque has been placed there to mark the event.
If you are attending ACRL's 14th National Conference in Seattle (March 12-15), come out and show your support for your colleagues from Illinois! Listed below are Illinois academic librarians participating in this year’s conference as presenters and panelists:
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Preconferences - 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Thinking Critically About Copyright: Who Needs It (and Why?)
Presenters: Dwayne K. Buttler, University of Louisville; Donna L. Ferullo,
Purdue University; Kenneth D. Crews, Columbia University; Janice T. Pilch,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Friday, March 13, 2009
Panel Sessions - 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
Let's Get REAL!: The 2009 REAL Study of Trends in Higher Education and Libraries
Presenters:
Scott Walter, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Charles
Lowry, Association of Research Libraries; Annie Paprocki, University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Jose-Marie Griffiths, University of North
Carolina; Debra Gilchrist, Pierce College
Poster Sessions - 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Free! No Cost Technology Solutions
Presenters:
Julie Dahl, University of St. Francis; Aimee Walker, North
Central College
Little Boats, Big Catch: Institutional Repositories at Small Institutions
Presenter:
Melissa Nykanen, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Saturday, March 14, 2009
Panel Sessions - 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
Using the READ Scale (Reference Effort Assessment Data): Capturing Qualitative
Statistics for Meaningful Reference Assessment
Presenters:
Bella Karr Gerlich, Dominican University; Lynn Berard, Carnegie
Mellon University; Elaine Westbrooks, University of Nebraska; Kevin McDonough,
Northern Michigan University; Gretchen Revie, Lawrence University
Poster Sessions - 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Library Secrets!: Packaging Tips and Tricks into Bite-Size Pieces for the Hard
to Pin- Down Student
Presenter:
Jennifer Kelley, College of DuPage
Senior Saturdays: Providing Engaging Academic Programming for Senior Communities
Presenters:
Julie Dahl, University of St. Francis; Terry Cottrell,
University of St. Francis
The Best of All Possible Worlds: IM Collaborator for Virtual Reference
Presenters:
M. Kathleen Kern, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign;
David Ward, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Panel Sessions - 10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
How to Green a Library Conference
Presenters: Sarah Sheehan, George Mason
University; Charles Forrest, Emory University; Karen Munro, University of
Oregon, Portland; Nancy Huling, University of Washington; Juliet Kerico,
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville; Kerri Odess-Harnish,
Gettysburg College; Paula Walker, University of Washington; Kate Zoellner,
University of Montana Missoula
Poster Sessions - 12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Collaboration between Marketing Students and the Library: An Experiential
Learning Project to Promote Reference Services
Presenters: Lynda Duke,
Illinois Wesleyan University; Jean MacDonald, Illinois State
University
Enhancing Pedagogy Through Technology: Using Beyond Question and RefWorks to
Engage Students in Information Literacy Across the Curriculum
Presenters:
Anne Earel, Augustana College; Amanda Makula, Augustana College
Get It to Go: Testing the Usability of Online Library Tutorials
Presenter:
Melissa Bowles-Terry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Using Collaboration and Communication to Introduce Online Students to the
Library
Presenter: Eileen Cable, University of Illinois Global Campus
Workshops - 1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Scholarly Communication 101: Starting with the Basics
Presenters: Lee
VanOrsdel, Grand Valley State University; Joy Kirchner, Woodward Biomedical
Library; Molly Keener, Wake Forest University;
Sarah Shreeves, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Poster Sessions - 2:45 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.
Connecting Communities through Partnership: Developing and Supporting a
Certificate in Technology-Enhanced Teaching
Presenters: Lisa
Hinchliffe, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Leslie
Hammersmith, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Cheelan
Bo-Linn, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Repurposing a Legacy Digital Collection: the H. D. Carberry Collection of
Caribbean Studies at the UIC Library
Presenter: Peter Hepburn,
University of Illinois at Chicago
Panel Sessions - 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Finding the Fish in the Sea: Identifying, Collaborating and Sustaining
Partnerships with Student Services Programs
Presenter(s):
Emily Love, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Meg
Edwards, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Dallas Long,
Illinois State University
For full descriptions of these and other programs, visit ACRL’s 14th National Conference preliminary program schedule at http://www.eshow2000.com/acrl/2009/conference_program.cfm.
As discussed at Chicago’s Navy Pier during the fall 2008 Business Meeting, IACRL President Hunt Dunlap has appointed a committee to review and update the organizational by-laws. “Unfortunately our by-laws no longer reflect the needs, processes and realities facing our organization,” said Dunlap. Any recommendations made by the committee are subject to the review and approval of the IACRL membership at the fall Business Meeting/Luncheon, traditionally held on the Thursday of ILA Conference Week (October 6-9, 2009, Peoria Civic Center).
The committee is comprised of a geographically diverse group of IACRL members representing a cross-section of public and private universities and community colleges. Committee members include Ellen Corrigan, Eastern Illinois University; Scott Drone-Silvers, Lake Land College; Nestor Osorio, Northern Illinois University, Tracy Ruppman, Loyola University Chicago; Tammy Schnell, Lincoln Land Community College; Ted Schwitzner, Illinois State University; Jane Treadwell, University of Illinois at Springfield; and Hunt Dunlap, Western Illinois University.
“By addressing the by-laws and reviewing the current and future promise of IACRL, I hope this committee can play an important role in bringing renewal and energy to the organization,” said Dunlap.
CARLI has a busy schedule of workshops and training events for Spring 2009. If you attended the Technical Services Workflow Analysis Seminar in September, you may want to register for one of the Technical Services Regional Mini-Forums. These regional half-day meetings throughout the state will provide those who attended the seminar and any other interested parties an opportunity to discuss workflow issues with colleagues in an informal setting. There will be breakout sessions by various technical services areas, as well as by size of library. The meetings will be held on February 3, at the Illini Center, Chicago; March 18, at Greenville College; and March 19, at Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington.
State of Confusion: Writing Your Digital Imaging Grant, a workshop on best practices for writing digital imaging grant applications, will be held February 24 at the Illinois State Library in Springfield. Alyce Scott, Digital Imaging Program Coordinator at the Illinois State Library will conduct the workshop.
The eBooks Symposium March 4 at the Hawthorne Suites in Champaign will provide an overview of the eBooks industry from the perspective of the publishers and the users. Morning sessions will include presentations by Wendy Shelburne, Electronic Resources Librarian and Assistant Professor of Library Administration at the University of Illinois, and Syed Hasan, Director, Licensing and Sales in the Americas, Springer. The afternoon panels will feature CARLI institutions and their marketing and creative uses of eBooks, as well as technical services and collection development issues.
Find out about the basics of copyright and then delve into the topic of copyright and reserve materials at the Copyright Basics & Library Reserves Workshop led by Tomas Lipinski, Co-Director and Associate Professor for the Center for Information Policy Research at the School of Information Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. The workshop will be held March 20 at the University of Illinois Chicago.
Save the date for the Book Burn Simulation and Recovery workshop featuring a morning presentation on disaster planning. In the afternoon, Illinois Fire Services Institute staff will simulate a book burning and the Preservation Working Group will provide hands-on demonstrations of disaster recovery practices for participants. The workshop will be offered twice, on June 9 and June 11 in Champaign. To register for any of these events or for more information go to www.carli.illinois.edu.
CARLI has partnered with the Open Content Alliance to create the CARLI Book Digitization Initiative to provide a digitization opportunity for Illinois academic and research libraries to enable optimal access to and preservation of unique materials in Illinois. The theme for FY 2009 was "Illinois Culture and Heritage." Proposals accepted include: Abraham Lincoln: Contemporaries and Confidantes; Illinois Civil War Regimental Histories; Illinois Geography; Illinois Great Rivers; Illinois History Collection; The Railroad in Illinois, 1837-1900; Regional Illinois History Books; and World's Columbian Exposition 1893. For a full list of accepted proposals visit http://www.carli.illinois.edu/mem-serv/coll-man/collman-digit/FY09bookdigprop.html.
In addition to the Book Digitization awards, CARLI has announced $117,245 in Collections Enhancement Awards for FY 2009. For a list of the funded proposals, go to http://www.carli.illinois.edu/collsfund09.
In other news, the CARLI Board of Directors recently approved a partial subsidy for CARLI libraries interested in becoming members of the Center for Research Libraries (CRL). CRL has joined ILDS as a direct stop to facilitate the transportation of CRL materials for participants. Service at the new location began on February 2.
New initiatives at CARLI include ongoing development of the VuFind open source search interface for the I-Share catalog. VuFind offers patrons a simplified, single search box alternative interface to the I-Share catalog, providing what end users may find to be a better way to search and discover library resources. The Welcome page was recently redesigned to give users easy access to both the new VuFind search and the classic search. CARLI is also participating in the University of Rochester's eXtensible Catalog project to design and develop a set of open-source applications that will provide libraries with an alternative way to reveal their collections to library users.
Do you Twitter? CARLI is experimenting with using Twitter for news, upcoming events, and system information. Follow us on Twitter or subscribe to our tweets at http://twitter.com/CARLIoffice. To join Twitter or to find out more go to http://twitter.com.
Watch the CARLI calendar http://www.carli.illinois.edu/calendar/calendar.php for registration and information about all upcoming workshops, training sessions, forums and meetings, Join the CARLI Announce listserv at http://www.carli.illinois.edu/email-lists.html to stay current on all the latest news from CARLI.
The ACRL candidates' roster for the upcoming election includes eight Illinois academic librarians:
We extend our congratulations and best wishes to all our colleagues.
Two new library staff members joined Illinois State University, Milner Library, this last fall. Jean McDonald came from Illinois Wesleyan University where she was a visiting public service librarian. Her previous positions were reference librarian at Colorado State and in the Weld Library District. She received her masters degrees in Library & Information Science from the University of Iowa and English Literature from Washington State University.
Dallas Long is Head of Access Services at Illinois State. He received his masters in Library & Information Science from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign as well as an EdM in Higher Education Administration. Dallas comes to ISU from the library at UIUC where he was Acting Chair of the Circulation Team.
National-Louis University Library is pleased to welcome two new faculty librarians. Marisa Spooner joined the Chicago Campus Library in September 2008. She has a BA in Fine Arts from Southern Illinois University Carbondale and received her MLIS from Dominican University in 2008.
Larissa Garcia joined the Lisle Campus Library in July 2008. She has a BA in English and French from the University of Washington, an MA in English from Northern Illinois University, and received her MLIS from Dominican University also in 2008.
Karla Aleman joined the College of DuPage Library, Glen Ellyn, in August 2008 as the new 2-year Resident Librarian. She graduated in 2007 with an MLIS from San Jose University.
IACRL annually bestows the Illinois Academic Librarian of the Year Award, which recognizes individuals who have made significant contributions to academic or research librarianship, and particularly those whose activities have had notable effects within Illinois. The award will be presented at ILA's Annual Conference, to be held this year in October in Peoria. This is a wonderful opportunity to honor the achievements of friends and colleagues.
A nominee should have demonstrated achievement in one or more of the following areas:
Submissions must consist of a letter explaining how the nominee meets the criteria. If possible, a vita or resume should be included. Other documentation, such as letters of support, will also be considered.
The deadline for nominations is May 15, 2009. Letters and supporting documentation should be sent to the ILA office. Requests for further information should be directed to IACRL President, Hunt Dunlap at 309-298-2745 or IH-Dunlap@wiu.edu.
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IACRL Newsletter, Volume 32:1, Spring 2009
General Editors: Jana Brubaker and Karen Hovde
Managing Editor: Sarah
Wessel
IACRL Publications Committee: Jana Brubaker (Co-Chair), Northern Illinois University; Ellen K. Corrigan, Eastern Illinois University; Scott Drone-Silvers, Lake Land College; Hunt Dunlap, Western Illinois University; Lindsay Harmon, American Academy of Art; Karen Hovde (Co-Chair), Northern Illinois University; Lauren Jensen, Monmouth College; Tracy Ruppman, Loyola University Chicago; Sarah Wessel, Illinois Wesleyan University; Ursula Zyzik, Saint Xavier University
Please send news to the IACRL Publications Committee, c/o Jana Brubaker, NIU Libraries (jbrubake@niu.edu). Send address changes to ILA, 33 W. Grand Ave., Suite 301, Chicago, IL 60610 (ph: 312-644-1899; ila@ila.org)
The Illinois Association of College and Research Libraries is an Illinois Library Association forum and a chapter of the Association of College and Research Libraries.