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State of Library 2006

State of Library 2006. Enjoy Just a Few of Our Many Library Accomplishments & some of the people who made them happen Fall 2005-Fall 2006. Conservation. Completed relocation to Oak Street Facility. Aces Library. revised its home page and web presence.

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State of Library 2006

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  1. State of Library2006 Enjoy Just a Few of Our Many Library Accomplishments & some of the people who made them happen Fall 2005-Fall 2006

  2. Conservation Completed relocation to Oak Street Facility

  3. Aces Library revised its home page and web presence

  4. Raised over $15,000 for Korean Collection Korean Committee

  5. Art & Architecture Library completed the NEH preservation project for the reformatting, printing, and binding of Western Architect, the pre-eminent journal of the Midwest providing extensive coverage of the Prairie School

  6. Asian Library developed the 1960’s Golden Age of Korean Films Collection.

  7. Business and Economics Library launched BELLOG, the library’s Blog.

  8. City Planning and Landscape Architecture Library implemented a new Home Page

  9. Classics Library partnered with Classics Department in the 100th Anniversary Celebration of the Department of the Classics

  10. A Refurbished Communications Library

  11. Education and Social Sciences Library developed a service called Social Work Research at a Distance

  12. Geology Library created the Library web page for the Atmospheric Science Department

  13. History Philosophy and Newspaper Library merged to form a newcenter for historical research on campus Candace Wilmot & Mary Stuart at Grand Opening

  14. A new service model for Women and Gender Resources Library

  15. Kolb-Proust Archive Presented “Proust at the UIUC,” at the Societe des Amis de Marcel Proust in Paris.

  16. Labor and Industrial Relations Library Finalized migrating LaborLit from a stand-alone database to a Web-based database (approximately 300 visitors per month since July.)

  17. Latin American and Caribbean Studies Library Presented the traveling exhibit Encountering Latin America through your Library to 7 Libraries

  18. Law completed a remodeling project in February providing much more attractive space as well as new chairs, lamps and carpeting. Every seat in the main reading room now has access to an electrical outlet along with wireless network connections. It has four new large group study rooms and a classroom in the library for teaching online legal research

  19. The Music Library updated its web site to showcase “Resource of the Month”

  20. Rare Books and Manuscripts Library revamped its space, brought new focus to its name and collection, and dove into cataloging 1000s of hidden treasures

  21. Andre Codrescu gave us his personal library, including many unique Romanian titles, and joined us for a celebration of his literary accomplishments

  22. A redesigned Central Reference website improved the site’s organization and to update look and feel of pages

  23. Expanded digitization and EAD/VRA-core description of UIUC’s Czech/Slovak poster collection 1920-1991.

  24. “Lifescapes of American Music” was the theme for activities that took place in November 2005 in connection with American Music Month, overseen by our Sousa Archives

  25. Oak Street Rapid Accession Project completed the transfer of 826,780 volumes to the Oak Street Library Facility, a project which represented over 40,000 hours of staff time. (and boy, are we tired!)

  26. University Archives planned and hosted a major public event recognizing the completion of processing and opening for research of the Leon Dash Papers on investigative journalism. This included a MillerComm Lecture, exhibit, and formal opening ceremony

  27. Chemistry Library completed relocation to new facility

  28. Gift Shop is opened in Main Library Corridor Info Nook

  29. The Marshall Gallery and Main Library Hallway continue to become more warm and inviting with the addition of donor benches

  30. We acquired Olin film archive, material used by documentary filmmaker Chuck Olin for his production of In Our Own Hands: The Hidden Story of the Jewish Brigade in World War II and Is Jerusalem Burning? Myth, Memory and the Battle of Latrum

  31. Modern Languages and Linguistics received special funding for and began to build up a Marcel Proust-era special collection featuring popular literature and gay-related topics central to Proust and other authors of his time

  32. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music acquired: • the Walter Mitziga Sound Recording Collection containing rare 1910-32 commercial sound recordings of the John Philip Sousa and the Arthur Pryor Bands • studio acetate disk recordings of the Edwin Franko Goldman Band • original acetate disk recordings of New York Symphonic Band, WPA Symphonic Band, World's Fair Band, and Cities • Service Band of America • the Joseph Olivadoti Music and Personal Papers, including original and published music compositions and band method books, photographs, newsclippings, correspondence, & concert programs documenting Olivadoti's career in Italy and the United States

  33. History, Philosophy, and Newspaper secured funding & joined the online Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy project. This funding helped further our commitment to SPARC.

  34. Natural History Survey successfully completed its move from the Natural Resources Building to its new home at the I-Building in the Research Park, 1816 S. Oak Street

  35. Rare Books & Manuscripts launched a monthly book collectors' club, and initiated the The Harris Fletcher Book Collecting Award and T. W. Baldwin Prize for Book Collecting

  36. University Archives completed: • a three-year project creating • a comprehensive current information management program for • Abbott Power Plant • a two-year records and information • management project with Facilities and Services • a six month project to inventory 1,090 cubic ft of building project files from F&S. • the first comprehensive records survey and scheduled records for an entire college, with financial support of the College of Business

  37. The LIS Library’s information literacy program reached a milestone: between the LEEP on-campus orientations in July & the required course LIS 501 in the fall term, ALL INCOMING LIS students received basic disciplinary information literacy instruction.

  38. Asian contributed approximately 4,000 records to the OACIS database of Middle Eastern serials The Online Access to Consolidated Information on Serials is a union list of serials from or about the Middle East. The mission of OACIS is to improve access to Middle Eastern serials in libraries in the United States, Europe, and the Middle East.

  39. Slavic & Eastern European Library sponsored the two-day celebratory Fisher Forum on Book Arts, Culture and Media in Russia, Eastern Europe and Eurasia: From Print to Digital with help from a grant from the Hewlett Foundation

  40. Cataloging joined the OCLC Content Cooperative project, submitting the digital content of books included in the Brittle Books reformatting work done in our Preservation Unit

  41. The Edible Book Contest was a feast for the eyes

  42. Asian contributed to the successful Department of Education Title VI applications for the Center for East Asian& Pacific Studies & The Program of South Asian & Middle Eastern Studies

  43. Reference librarians Kathleen Kern and Jo Kibbee participated in the Mortenson consulting trips to Nigeria, Ghana, & Tanzania

  44. Biotechnology Information Center sponsored a microarray workshop for UIUC bioinformaticians

  45. ~Undergraduate game collection and equipment started ~ ~ UGL hosted first Gaming Night ~ ~ UGL added Korean graphic novels & videos to collection ~

  46. With a $239,000 grant from Save America’s Treasures, Preservation & Conservation completed repairs on Carl Sandburg's library in our Rare Book & Manuscripts Library collection. Curator, Gene Rinkel

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