Friends of the Library Book Sales
Friends of the Library Music Sale
- Who: Friends of the Library of UMKC
- What: Music Sale - sheet music, LP records, surprises!!!
- When: November 1, 2002 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
- Where: Roman Bath Area, Grant Hall
- Why: To provide inexpensive, used books for the UMKC
community
To purchase materials needed for the UMKC's Libraries' collections
Questions??? Please call 816-235-1531
Friends of the Library Book Sale: December 6
- Who: Friends of the Library of UMKC
- What: Book Sale - Books are GREAT gifts!!!
- When: December 6, 2002
10 a.m. - 4 p.m. - Where: Ground Floor, Miller Nichols Library
- Why: To provide inexpensive, used books for the UMKC
community
To purchase materials needed for the UMKC's Libraries' collections
The public is welcome!!!
Questions???
Please call 816-235-1531
(October 2002)Friends of the Library Book Sales
Once again, the Friends of the Library will hold sales of used and nearly new books and other materials. These sales provide an opportunity for you to purchase books while supporting the Libraries' collections.Book sales will take place on the Ground Floor of the Miller Nichols Library from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. on the following dates:
- Friday, October 4, 2002
- Friday, December 6, 2002
A sale of music materials will take place at Grant Hall in the Roman Bath area from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. on the following date:
- Friday, November 1, 2002
Helen Spalding, Associate Director of Libraries, Featured Guest on "Public Interest"
Helen Spalding, Associate Director of Libraries, was a featured guest on the national radio talk show "Public Interest" which aired on Tuesday, August 20, 2002. Heard locally on KCUR 89.3, the theme of the show was the Future of Libraries. Issues discussed included the role of libraries in an age of technology, the future of books, the changing needs of students, and how the use of technology affects learning. Other panelists were Pat McGuire, President, Trinity College, Washington, DC, and Dr. Anthony (Tony) Paustian, Executive Dean, Des Moines Area Community College.
An audio archive of the program can be found at http://www.wamu.org/pi/index.html.
(August 2002)
Helen Spalding Begins Term as New ACRL President
Helen H. Spalding, Associate Director of Libraries, was inaugurated 2002-2003 president of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) at the American Library Association annual conference in Atlanta, Georgia on 18 June 2002. The largest division of the American Library Association, ACRL represents over 11,000 academic and research librarians in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. It is dedicated to enhancing the ability of academic library and information professionals to serve the information needs of the higher education community and to improve learning, teaching, and research.
As ACRL president, her theme is "New Realities, New Relationships," and initiatives will focus on professional development, librarian recruitment, trans-border partnerships with other library professional groups, and a national marketing campaign to raise the visibility of the value of academic and research librarians and libraries.
More information can be found at the ACRL President's Website at: http://www.ala.org/acrl/prespage.html.
International Association of Technological University Libraries (IATUL) Conference at UMKC
The Linda Hall Library of Science, Engineering and Technology and the University of Missouri-Kansas City, Miller Nichols Library, are jointly hosting the annual meeting of the International Association of Technological University Libraries (IATUL) in Kansas City, 2-6 June 2002. This is the 23rd IATUL annual conference. The institutional partnership between Linda Hall and UMKC reflects the theme of the conference: “Partnerships, Consortia & 21st Century Library Service.” Plenary sessions will be held in Stack Auditorium, other sessions will be held in the UMKC University Center and the Linda Hall Library.
In this cooperative effort, members from both institutions have formed an IATUL Conference Planning Committee that is co-chaired by C. Lee Jones, President of The Linda Hall Library, and Ted Sheldon, Dean of Libraries for the University of Missouri-Kansas City. Other UMKC faculty librarians involved in conference planning are: Michael Golden, Science Reference Librarian, and Marilyn Carbonell, Assistant Director for Collection Development, co-chair with Mary Moeller (LHL Library Operations Officer) of the contributed papers programming group. Miller Nichols librarians compiled the conference bibliography on Kansas City.
Invited program speakers include leaders in the field: Ken Frazier, Director of Libraries, University of Wisconsin; Karen Hunter, Elsevier Science; Heather Joseph, President, BioOne; Susan Ardis, University of Texas- Austin; Clifford Lynch, Coalition for Networked Information; James Michalko, RLG; Gary Houk, OCLC Services; Egbert Gerryts, First Vice-President of the IATUL Board of Directors, University of Pretoria; Adrian Alexander, Greater Western Library Alliance; Paul Gherman, Vanderbilt University; Diane Costello, Council of Australian University Librarians; Hazel Woodward, Cranfield University Press; Yoshitaka Ikuhara, National Diet Library, Japan; Eleanore Frierson, National Agriculture Library; Winston Tabb, Library of Congress; and Naomi Krym, National Research Council Canada (CISTI).
Travel Grants have been awarded to first-time attendees of the IATUL conference from countries outside the U.S. and Canada, as an effort to encourage participation by institutions that do not have current IATUL representation.
For more information, consult the IATUL 2002 Website: http://www.lindahall.org/iatul2002/index.html.
(June 2002)
Miller Nichols Library Awarded a Missouri State Library/ Library Services Technology Act Grant
The Miller Nichols Library Department of Special Collections was awarded a Digital Imaging Grant from the Missouri State Library, offered through the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) for the project:
“Voices of World War II: Experiences from the Front and at Home - KMBC Radio.”
The project (under development) will demonstrate best practices and standards for digitization of archival sound materials selected from the Marr Sound Archives and access to bibliographic information for 100 digital objects by creating metadata (Dublin Core, CORC) and MARC cataloging records in the MERLIN/MOBIUS Missouri online library consortia systems, and in the OCLC international online information system. The proposal was submitted by Marilyn Carbonell, Assistant Director for Collection Development, and Robert Ray, Special Collections Librarian. The $11,000 award covers an eight-month period, January-August 2002.
The project content will be delivered in a Website created to focus on World War II and will be based on 100 rare and fragile transcription discs (16-inch glass & metal acetate discs) from the Arthur B. Church-KMBC Radio Collection. The nucleus of the project will be these unique archival sound recordings supplemented by manuscript materials, including still images and oral histories, to showcase how WWII was experienced in Kansas City through the popular media - KMBC radio - the local NBC affiliate station. Plans for the Website include seven sections:
