NOTABLES

LIBRARY NEWS

IN THE MEDIA

25 YEARS AGO IN THE LIBRARIES

EVENTS

• The weekly scientific journal Nature can now be read throughout the state on the desktops of all UW System faculty, staff and students, thanks to a license negotiated by UW-Madison Libraries. Starting this month, the weekly Nature will be available along with its seven Nature sister journals (monthlies). MadCat and the campus electronic journals list have been updated to include links to these titles. The agreement also includes electronic ILL for the Nature monthlies and back files, also available in MadCat.

  For about one year, UW-Madison served as a beta test site for the full-text version of some of the Nature publications. When this test period ended in March, the UW-Madison Libraries began negotiating a license for the periodicals.

  The family of publications now available include: Nature, Nature Biotechnology, Nature Cell Biology, Nature Genetics, Nature Immunology, Nature Medicine, Nature Neuroscience, and Nature Structural Biology. Link here for more information

• Beginning Nov. 20, and running through Jan. 9, 2002, CCBC will host award discussions for children's and young adult book awards. The sessions are open to any interested adult. Participants will have the opportunity to learn about several prominent awards and to discuss books that are currently eligible. Participants are expected to read most or all of the books on the discussion lists. Each discussion will be held in the Elizabeth Burr Room of the CCBC, 4290 Helen C. White Hall, 5:10-9:10 p.m. Advance registration is required for each discussion. Contact Megan Schliesman, 262-9503, or schliesman@education.wisc.edu. Link here for information about the discussions
• On Nov. 29, the Plant Pathology Library will host a one day, previously-owned book sale. Come browse the selection of books and journals and meet librarian Steve Cloyd. Prices range from 50 cents to $1 per item. Cash or check only. All proceeds support the Plant Pathology Library. 584 Russell Labs, 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. Free refreshments. Contact Cloyd for information, 262-8698, or scloyd@library.wisc.edu.
• Educator, activist and author Parker J. Palmer will speak about how terrorism has renewed the interest to explore the power of higher education to form, or deform, our country’s decision makers. Palmer’s lecture, “The Violence of Our Knowledge: On Higher Education and Peace Making,” will be from 3 to 5 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 29.

  Palmer works independently on issues in education, community, leadership, spirituality, and social change. He has written several articles and books, including The Courage to Teach, a best-selling exploration of "the inner landscape of a teacher's life." He serves as senior associate of the American Association of Higher Education, senior advisor to the Fetzer Institute, and founder of the national Teacher Formation Program for K-12 teachers. In 1998, the Leadership Project, a national survey of 11,000 faculty and administrators, named Parker as one of the 30 “most influential senior leaders” in higher education.

  The lecture is cosponsored by Creating a Collaborative Academic Environment (CCAE), the General Library System, Learning Technology and Distance Education (DoIT), the Teaching Academy, and the University Lectures Committee.

  Palmer’s lecture will be held at the Memorial Union Theater, 800 Langdon St. Link here for more information

• Come check out the recently expanded and remodeled Chemistry Library at an open house Friday, Nov. 30. The library remodeling project was completed this fall, and includes windows and a new seating area. Refreshments will be served at the reception. 2361 Chemistry Building, 3-5 p.m. Enter at the University Avenue/Mills Street entrance. 
• The "Partners in Giving" campaign, an annual workplace campaign that raises money for local charitable causes, began Oct. 15 and runs through Nov. 30. The State, University and UW Hospital & Clinics Employees Combined Campaign of Dane County, or SECC-Dane, contributed more than $2.57 million last year to this campaign.

  SECC-Dane is the largest annual employee-run fund-raising campaign in Wisconsin. Since its inception, the campaign has raised more than $31.3 million, and its goal this year is $2,675,000. Participants in this year’s campaign include ten nonprofit "umbrella" organizations and 367 individual charities. Collectively, these organizations provide a broad range of services, including support for AIDS research, international disaster relief, legal assistance for the disadvantaged, and environmental stewardship.

  State, university, and UWHC employees who would like more information about the campaign should contact their unit's SECC-Dane coordinator, consult the 2001 SECC-Dane booklet, or visit the campaign Web site.
  Link to the campaign poster
  Link to the campaign Web site

NOTABLES

• Lynn Souther is leaving GLS – but not the UW-Madison campus. Souther has accepted a new position as a program assistant supervisor in the School of Library and Information Studies. Souther served as a personnel assistant with the GLS since March 1997. She was integral to the search and screen processes. Her last day in GLS will be Nov. 21.
• Handmade items from the Silver Buckle Press appear in an exhibit at the Minnesota Center for Book Arts, which opened Nov. 17. The exhibit, "Collaborative Visions," is a mix-and-match of handmade paper, boxes, books, art-wrapped hangers, playing cards and more, encompassing the work of more than 150 artists. Items on display were prepared either by individuals, organizations, or instructors at educational institutions. The Minnesota Center for Book Arts is located in the Open Book building at 1011 Washington Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN. For information, contact (612) 215-2520.

LIBRARY NEWS

• At the beginning of the month, the "My UW-Madison Web Portal" was introduced to all students on campus. This personalized online service provides campus information according to a user’s preferences. Students may individualize My UW-Madison with features such as campus and personal calendars, class schedule, student records, and account information. The portal has been in development by DoIT and campus advisory groups for almost a year.

  The UW-Madison Libraries are participating in the UW-Madison portal. Portal users can access library resources such as the main Web site, MadCat, subject and reference guides, and bookmark pages for personal use. There is also access to the CLUE tutorial, course reserves, email reference, and individual library information. The library component of My UW-Madison will be further developed over the next year. Ed Van Gemert, GLS assistant director for public services, is the library representative on the Campus Portal Advisory Group and also chairs the Libraries' Portal Working Group.

  Though students are the only users of My UW-Madison so far, it will be available to faculty and staff in spring 2002. Staff may preview the portal by clicking on the "Annie Student" button on the Web site.

• On Nov. 29, there will be two Frontline Awareness training sessions for all interested campus library staff. The University Police Department has been sponsoring similar sessions on campus for concerned staff. The training covers suggested mail handling procedures, how to deal with bomb threats and tips for dealing with agitated persons. The training sessions will be held in 126 Memorial Library at 9 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. To attend, send an RSVP email to memorialcirc@library.wisc.edu. Link to UWPD high alert index
• Memorial Library staff will now have access to a Heartsaver automatic external defibrillator (AED). This device is to be used in conjunction with CPR techniques when a person is experiencing symptoms of sudden cardiac arrest.

  Thus far, four staff members have been trained in CPR and using the AED: Tanner Wray, Dineen Grow, Mary Weber, and Dennis Bloom. More staff will be trained soon. The machine determines whether someone has indeed experienced cardiac arrest, and if so, guides a staff member in administering external defibrillation therapy.

  The machine will be mounted either in a case on the wall opposite the Circulation Desk or in the elevator lobby on the first floor. For more information, contact Wray at 262-7479, twray@library.wisc.edu, or Grow at 263-1721, dgrow@library.wisc.edu.

• A new Digital Content Group has been created, which is headed by Lee Konrad.  Konrad is also head of Computer Media Services at College Library. The redesigned department includes Sandy Paske, who heads imaging services, and Steven Dast, who provides technical and operations support for both imaging services and metadata and encoding. Other staff include Amy Bourne, microfilming, Pat Tuchscherer, imaging, and elly burian, a research intern. A search and screen committee is interviewing candidates for a digital services librarian, who would be responsible for metadata and encoding.

IN THE MEDIA

• In the Nov. 12 edition of the Capital Times, editor Dave Zweifel wrote a column about the Swiss exhibit currently displayed in the west corridor of Memorial Library, "The Sister Republics: Switzerland and the United States from 1776 to the Present." Alfred Defago, the former Swiss ambassador to the United States spoke at the "official" opening of the exhibit. Zweifel's column, "Plain Talk," included some of the highlights from the lecture and the display.

25 YEARS AGO IN THE LIBRARIES

Through November and December, 1976, a traveling exhibit from the Library of Congress was on display in Memorial Library. The exhibit, "Papermaking: Art and Craft," drew extensively on the collections of the Library of Congress. The exhibit illustrated the role of paper in giving ideas their visible form and helping to communicate knowledge.

QUOTATION

- Lawrence Clark Powell ("At the Heart of the Matter").

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