Graduate School of Library and Information Science
The University of Texas at Austin
June 1995, No. 51
Motylewski heads Preservation and Conservation Studies
Karen Motylewski is the new director of Preservation and Conservation Studies at
the GSLIS, the foremost national and international resource for training professionals in
these fields. PCS plays a major role in advancing conservation knowledge and policy
development through its forums and conferences, and through its more than 80 graduates
who occupy leading positions in major national and regional institutions. The PCS has
from its inception been substantially supported by foundation grants.
Motylewski was the director of Northeast Document Conservation Center's Field
Service Program, where she had wide-ranging involvement with the preservation needs of
libraries, archives, and historical societies. From 1973 to 1984, Motylewski administered
a major research division which included four analytical laboratories for the Smithsonian
Astrophysical Observatory in Cambridge. Motylewski served as an adjunct lecturer on
preservation at Simmons College GSLIS from 1986 to 1994. In 1993, Motylewski was
one of four faculty members at the Commission on Preservation and Access's eight-day
program for preservation administrators in college libraries.
"Karen Motylewski has been rated a dynamic and caring teacher by students and
colleagues at Simmons, and she also has strong administrative talents and experience. We
are delighted she has joined our faculty this spring," said Dean Brooke Sheldon.
Motylewski has served on the advisory committees of the national Cooperative
Preservation Information Project, National Institute for Conservation/Getty Conservation
Institute Conservation Survey Project and Conservation Assessment Program Review, and
the Massachusetts Statewide Preservation Planning Project (1990-1992).
For ALA, she has served on the ALCTS Publications Committee; PLMS
Publications Committee (Chair, 1993-1994); Library/Vendors Relations Discussion Group
(Co-chair, 1992-1994); and PLMS Preservation Program Management Committee.
Among her publications are "Preservation and Conservation: Complementary Needs for Libraries and Archives" in Advances in Preservation and Access (1992); Disaster
Planning for Cultural Institutions (1993); What an Institution Can Do To Survey Its Own
Preservation Needs, NEDCC Special Publication (1993); and Training for Collections Care
and Maintenance: A Suggested Curriculum (in preparation).
She is a professional associate of the American Institute for Conservation of
Historic and Artistic Works and a member of the New England Conservation Association
and ALA's Preservation and Reproduction Section. Motylewski's educational background
includes a master's degree in Adult Learning Processes from Harvard in 1976.
Motylewski heads Preservation and Conservation Studies
Glenn Sparks, professor and former dean, retired in May and is now professor emeritus. In May at a faculty/friends dinner in Austin, and in April at the Alumni Dinner at TLA in Dallas, Sparks was honored for a distinguished career and received special recognition by having a scholarship named in his honor. He received his MLS from UT in 1952 and went to work as a public services librarian at Texas A&I from 1951-52. From 1952-53 he was reference assistant at the University of Illinois-Urbana library and then library director at Texas Christian University (1953-65). After receiving his PhD at the University of Michigan in 1967, he became dean and professor at the School of Library and Information Science at North Texas State University (now the University of North Texas). Returning to UT's GSLIS as professor, he became acting dean in 1972, and dean from 1973-82. In her talk at the faculty/friends dinner, Dean Brooke Sheldon commented on his ten years as dean: "faculty positions were added, expenditures were more than doubled; foundation gifts increased six-fold; office support moved from 1.5 to 4 positions; the continuing education and colloquia programs were initiated; a placement officer was hired; much work was done on curriculum revision; the media lab and the information processing lab were expanded; the school was renamed, moved to new quarters, and was reaccredited; the endorsement credential was added; $315,000 in federal fellowships were gained; and student chapters of Beta Phi Mu, SLA and ASIS were established." Sheldon quoted former professor Agnes Reagan as saying, "As dean, he was just as nice as he could be--quiet and unassuming--but he got so much done." Returning to full-time teaching after he retired from the deanship, Sparks was active in school affairs and completed his book Doyen of Librarians, a Biography of William Warner Bishop, published in 1993. "He has been chair of the Graduate Studies Committee, chair of Awards and Financial Aid, and never hesitates to volunteer for something he feels he is well qualified to do," said Sheldon. "For example, three years ago he volunteered to develop a space proposal for the school. We are now number one on the faculty space committee priority list. His unswerving loyalties for the school, the great care and preparation he gives to teaching are all attributes that we love him for and always will." Other colleagues followed Dean Sheldon in recounting moving memories of their work and friendships with Dr. Sparks--Billie Grace Herring, Heartsill Young, Loriene Roy, Julie Hallmark and new graduate Mikail MacIntosh. At the alumni dinner at TLA in Dallas, Julie Hallmark spoke and Brooke Sheldon announced the creation of the Sparks Scholarship--which raised several thousand dollars on the spot. Sparks honored at dinners; scholarship named for him
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From entry-level to extensive experience, in Texas, nationwide or overseas, a great way to find excellent candidates is to advertise your professional openings in the GSLIS job publications, both print and electronic, at no charge. Join the many employers using this service. While about 60% of GSLIS alumni are in Texas, 40% are everyplace else, including those looking for new opportunities in all types and all levels of library and information-related jobs. And, with about 175 technically sophisticated and mobile new graduates each year, the GSLIS is a prime source. So list your jobs in the Weekly Placement Bulletin (for professionals everywhere) and the Texas Weekly Job Bulletin (only Texas openings). Fax to Mel Boggins, 512/471- 3971, or mail to Mel Boggins, GSLIS, SZB 564/D7000, UT-Austin, Austin, TX 78712- 1276. To include your job on the gopher, too, email to her at glmb@uts.cc.utexas.edu, entering the job title in the subject line. Looking for great student part-time, intern, or co-op employees in the Austin, San Antonio, El Paso, and Houston areas? Or full-time for high-level experience for a summer, semester, or more, up to a year, anywhere in the US? Use the same contact addresses, with email preferred. Currently, we have students working in cities ranging from Rochester, MN, to Washington, DC, to Richardson, TX. We will also post part-time volunteer or practicum positions, but this works best for 10 or fewer hours per week in the Austin area. Student jobs are posted on the GSLIS job board, in the School's internal newsletter, and via mail. Try it, if you haven't yet. Use the fast, free GSLIS job publications for all your job openings
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Health Informatics Specialization
What is Health Informatics? Health Informatics is that field of study that deals with the information, knowledge, problem-solving, and communication functions of health practice, research, education, and enterprise. The subfields of health informatics include medical, nursing, dental, veterinary, pharmacy, radiology, allied health, and laboratory informatics, among others. The focal institutions of health informatics include health maintenance organizations, hospitals, clinics, clinical and research laboratories, health science schools, medical libraries, networks, ambulatory settings, and the home. Topics of particular current interest include clinical decision support, knowledge-based patient records, telehealth, health promotion, the evaluation of alternative therapies, health care cost-effectiveness and outcomes, Internet resources, and intelligent systems. Why is there a need for a HI specialization? As various health professions re-envision their roles in the emerging health care system, they tend to incorporate the outlooks and technological approaches that have long been familiar to the traditional information professional. In effect, these health professionals tend to become quasi-information professionals. They then incorporate the services and outlooks of traditional information professionalism into their work, as they perform more and more functions and tasks via computers and networks. Accordingly, both health professionals and information professionals now seek health informatics education and training. What is covered in the GSLIS HI track? Students generally take courses in health informatics, health informatics resources, medical libraries, systems analysis, information networks, the Internet, cognitive studies, artificial intelligence, information and records management, image processing, and archives. A few have taken health care management and nursing informatics courses. What are the future plans for the HI track at GSLIS?
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Our legal informatics track may be the only one in the US What is Legal Informatics? In most simplified terms, legal informatics (LI) is a study and application of information technologies in the field of law. A more comprehensive definition of LI was provided by Marc Lauritsen, research fellow from Harvard University, during his 1991 GSLIS colloquium presentation on LI: "Legal informatics is application of information science and technology to the distinctly legal aspects of lawyering, judging, and law teaching." It is important to draw a distinction between legal informatics and "computer law" which involves substantial legal aspects of infomation technologies and information use, such as intellectual property protection, com puter crime, computer contracts, etc. Why is there a need for LI specialization? Information technologies are affecting all aspects of the legal field: legal scholarship, education, and practice. In that context, a new set of skills is needed from legal information and information technology specialists in order to support the changes in the legal environment. What was covered in the LI seminar (LIS 385T.6)? The seminar first covered the conceptual and background issues in LI, such as: the history of the field, key concepts and relations with the LIS field. The remaining part of the seminar addressed selected topical areas, such as: Internet and the law, electronic law libraries, computerized legal research, computerized legal practices systems, and information technology applications in litigation support. What are the future plans for the LI track at GSLIS?
For more information please contact Instructor Sanda Erdelez at 512/471-6432, or email serdelez@uts.cc.utexas.edu .
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Danea Hall ('92), manager of the Audiovisual Services Department at Fort Bend County Libraries, has been instrumental in a developing ground-breaking service at her library in Richmond, TX. George Memorial Library is the first public library in the US to offer fully interactive distance-learning capabilities. Hall received her undergraduate degree in Media Arts from Arkansas College in Batesville and her MLIS from the GSLIS. While she was a student, she began her media arts career at the GSLIS initially as an AV education specialist assistant, and later as production assistant II and acting director of the Media Lab. In August 1992, Hall joined the staff at Fort Bend County Libraries. Taking advantage of a financial opportunity that arose for the library, she helped in the selection and coordination process of installing a Telecommunications and Distance Learning Center, with state-of-the-art technology at the George Memorial Library. The center, which will operate through Hall's department, will bring to Fort Bend County telecommun ications and education possibilities not even dreamed of five years ago. Teleconferencing and videoconfer encing capabilities, and the Internet access, will provide an invaluable service to civic, governing, educational, and business organizations throughout the area. One of the major advantages of using teleconferencing is the savings in time and money that it affords, since travel-time and costs are no longer necessary for attending meetings or to participate in education courses. Accessibility is increased, because more can participate at lower costs. Availability is increased, because more businesses, organizations and individuals have access to classes, information, and training without either party having to travel. Since opening, the Distance Learning Center has provided graduate-level courses from Texas A&M, University of Houston, and Texas Women's Center. Many other organizations and institutions, such as the Houston Museum of Natural Science, have also quickly taken advantage of the new telecommunication technology. Although a little bemused at finding herself and her library breaking ground for the rest of the public library world to enter into partnership with "cyberspace" communication and information, Hall is excited by the challenge and enthusiastic about the potential of this new era of library service. She is currently working on a second master's from Texas A&M Educational Human Resource Development Department with an emphasis on distance education. Hall has completed a two-year term as chair of TLA's Media and Related Technologies Round Table, and continues to serve on that organization's Texas Media Awards Committee. Hall pioneers distance learning in a public library
Martin Halbert ('87) was selected in 1994 as an ALA Library Fellow to Estonia. Halbert spent four months in Estonia assisting the Tartu University Library in developing a major library automation plan. The ALA Library Fellows program is funded by the United States Information Agency and administered by the American Library Association. The program places US library professionals on temporary overseas assignments in libraries and information agencies in order to increase international understanding of US librarianship and promote international cooperative projects. library automation project Estonia has recently re-emerged as an independent country after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Estonian academic and library officials have been working diligently to bring their institutions up to Western standards in the past four years. The library staff at Tartu had been considering the costs and benefits of various library automation projects since the breakup of the Soviet Union, when many new options for utilizing Western technologies became available to them. They concluded that they needed the advice of a specialist in library information technology, and the university library director made a project proposal to the ALA Library Fellows Program for such assistance. Martin Halbert, currently head of networked systems at Rice University's Fondren Library, was selected for the project. Halbert's assignment was to assist the Tartu University Library in developing a plan for automating a wide variety of library functions during the next three years. Major points of the plan included acquiring an integrated library system, networking the library, and automating many standard office functions. Developing a plan to pursue these goals was complicated by a variety of factors. There was a need for software that supported both Estonian and Russian, the two major languages used in Estonia. Neither of these languages is commonly supported in major Western integrated library systems, and both require specialized character sets. There was the need to minimize costs and seek outside funding because of the meager automation budget for the university library. Finally, one of the biggest challenges was in training Estonian library staff to critically evaluate computer hardware and software, a skill that was not encouraged in the Soviet Union, but which is essential to making effective purchases in a Western economy. meetings with other librarians Soon after arriving in September 1994, it became clear that Tartu University Library personnel were not the only ones interested in library automation projects; staff members of libraries all over Estonia shared these interests. Halbert received invitations to speak at an Estonian Librarians Association meeting and at a conference on scientific communication and libraries. In addition, the Tartu University staff arranged meetings with the library administrators in charge of automation at major Estonian research libraries. Interspersed with the meetings with Estonian librarians were visits to Finnish and Swedish libraries and foundations, in which Halbert sought support for the Tartu University Library. As a result of these visits, the Nordic Council of Ministers will provide funding for training initiatives in Estonian libraries. In December, Halbert completed a proposal for a three-year automation plan and discussed the plan with the vice-rector of the University, who expressed interest in using the plan both as a blueprint for automation work and as a fund-raising document. experiencing a different culture While the focus of Halbert's visit was on assisting the Tartu University Library staff with their projects, the trip was also a fascinating opportunity for immersion and experience of another very different culture. Ethnically, Estonians are one of the few remaining Finno-Ugric cultures, with a history stretching back thousands of years in the same locale. Halbert and his wife, Barbara, learned to speak basic Estonian, and developed many close friendships among the librarians in the country. The opportunity to work in an international setting provided many new insights into American librarianship as well. The overwhelming impression Halbert came away with was one of kinship with his Estonian counterparts. There was a strong sense that while library practices may differ radically, librarians everywhere share similar goals, such as the preservation of the record of human knowledge in the face of censorship, and to the desire to provide information to everyone. Halbert is ALA Fellow in Estonia
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Ask Adan Benavides, Jr. what treasures are housed in the Bexar (County) Archives in the Center for American Studies at UT-Austin. He will relate that this rich source of historical documents from Spanish and Mexican Texas, 1717 to 1836, includes manuscripts on contraband trade, slave sales, military logs kept during Indian pursuits, soldiers' petitions to marry, and correspondence between the provincial governor and the Spanish crown. Adan will know. After all, in 1989 UT Press published his personal name guide to 30,000 manuscripts in the archives, a work that he spent seven years compiling and which subsequently received the Presidio La Bahia Award from the Sons of the Republic of Texas and the Kathryn S. O'Connor Foundation and the Publication Award from the San Antonio Conservation Society. In May 1992, Adan, then a self-employed historian and translator, attended a Seminar on the Acquisition of Latin American Library Materials (SALALM) conference in Austin. In the midst of meetings and demonstrations of electronic resources for Latin American studies, he was offered a Title IIb fellowship to begin his doctoral studies at the GSLIS. At that point in his career, Adan was already a well-known and respected historian. Prior to entering the GSLIS Adan received two history degrees: a BA (cum laude) from Loyola University and an MA from UT-Austin, where he worked under the direction of Dr. Nettie Lee Benson. He attended St. Charles College, the Jesuit Noviciate at Grand Coteau, LA, the University of Southwestern Louisiana, Exeter College (Oxford, England), and the Newberry Library's Institute on Quantitative Analysis. His published work also includes a translated monograph, a co-written monograph, a number of articles published in journals, encyclopedias, and other reference works, and reviews. He has also presented papers at the annual meeting of the Texas State Historical Association, the Annual Texas State Conference on Hispanic Genealogy and History, the Southwestern Conference on Latin American Studies, and at meetings and conferences in Arizona, New Mexico, and Mexico. In March 1994 he was named a Fellow of the Texas State Historical Association, an organization of 3,500 members only 75 of whom are named Fellows at any time. By the end of 1995, he plans to complete his dissertation on "Innovation and Change in Archival Management During the Administration of Viceroy Conde de Revillagigedo II (New Spain 1789-1794)." In his studies in the GSLIS, Adan has been able to integrate his major areas of study, including traditional and electronic management of Latin American archives, particularly those related to the northeastern Mexico of the 18th and 19th centuries, archival enterprise, and the history and cultural geography of Latin America. Adan's Title IIb fellowship was extended for a second year. The Institute of Latin American Studies at UT-Austin has selected Adan for a Farmer International Fellowship to help him defray expenses during a research trip to study in the Archivo General de la Nacion in Mexico City in spring 1995. And in July 1994 he received a fellowship through the Graduate Opportunity Program at UT-Austin. "The grants have made it possible for me to pursue a doctorate," said Benavides. "That degree will allow me to fulfill three goals: to serve in the profession of library and information science, to contribute to the store of man's knowledge, and to teach at the university level. My good fortune to receive the grants comes with the one regret that there are insufficient funds to help all deserving students." Adan Benavides, Jr.'s goals are to build a theoretical framework based on his practical experience. He is seeking a career that allows him to continue his work with archival materials, perhaps directing a special collections or as a faculty member in an academic department that would welcome his drive, congenial nature, and stimulating and contagious enthusiasm. Loriene Roy Fellowships aid Historian Adan Benavides, Jr.
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Since I'm limited to 15 lines, here's what's on my mind! We are very privileged to host the 2nd National Hispanic Institute Nov. 15-17, 1995, here at UT. This conference on "Serving Latino Populations in Public Libraries" should be high on the agenda of not only public librar ians in Texas but also in other com munities across the country with Latino populations. This conference will feature the nationally recognized speaker Ernesto Cortez of Austin on "Building Community Partnerships," and Elizabeth Martinez, ALA's Services to Latinos." Special sessions will be led by selected teams from urban libraries throughout the country. The Institute is also sponsored by REFORMA, and the Liejo Foundation with a small planning grant from Kellogg. For more information and reservations, contact David Terry--don't miss it! Brooke Sheldon GSLIS hosts national Hispanic institute
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Asst. Prof. Ruth Palmquist has completed writing a chapter with Prof. Donald G. Davis, Jr., on "Professional Associations for Library and Information Science Education," which will appear in The Education of Library and Information Professionals in the United States, co-edited by Assoc. Prof. Loriene Roy and Dean Brooke Sheldon. This book is part of a series on LIS education in different countries. Palmquist was appointed to the TLA Committee for Scholarship and Research. She also brought her three-year directorship of ALISE to a close at the last ALISE meeting in Philadelphia, and served on the conference planning committee. Prof. Fran Miksa continues to work on his cataloging textbook, which he has entitled Library Cataloging and Bibliographic Control. Miksa, along with Instructor Philip Doty (1994 winner of the Texas Excellence in Teaching Award) and Executive Assistant Cindy Cuddy, has been involved in preparations for "Digital Libraries ´95," the second annual digital libraries conference, to be held at the Driskill Hotel in Austin, June 11-13, 1995. GSLIS joins with the Hypermedia Lab of the Department of Computer Science, Texas A&M University, in sponsoring the event, which will feature leaders from the US and elsewhere in the development of the idea of the digital library. Joanna Fountain ('70) is now technical services librarian (cataloger) for the Austin ISD. She continues her adjunct position in the GSLIS and occasional workshop presentations, and recently completed the second edition of Headings for School and Public Library Catalogs: An LCSH/Sears Companion, due to appear on Libraries Unlimited's first CD-ROM product. Dean Brooke Sheldon was keynote speaker at the third annual GSLIS leadership conference, "Leadership: The Challenge for the Special Librarian." Also in February, she spoke at the national meeting of the NCES (federal statistics group) in Austin. She facilitated faculty focus groups for the Stephen F. Austin University Library in March. Sheldon participated in the University of Michigan's "Future of Library and Information Science (Cristal-Ed)" Institutional Conference in early April and presented workshops on "Library Advocacy" at both the Texas and New Mexico Library Association Conferences later that month. In June, she conducted a workshop in Chicago as part of the ALA Committee on Accreditation's orientation for prospective site visitors. Assoc. Dean David Gracy served during this past academic year on the Provost's Academic Council, a group of about a dozen faculty from across campus convened by Provost Yudof to provide discussion and advice on academic issues. In October, Gracy delivered one of three invited lectures given in The Hague, The Netherlands, inaugurating the re-established Dutch Archives School. His talk, titled "Hurtling toward Our Jupiter? Archival Education in the Information Age," is to be published in Janus, a journal of the International Council on Archives. He has also been an archival consultant to the State of New Mexico in the design of a new state archives and records center and state library building to be opened in Santa Fe in 1997. In December, Gracy, while a guest of the Association of Brazilian Archivists in Sao Paulo, delivered a talk on the structure and progress of archival education around the world, particularly in the US, and as a panelist he discussed the concept of marketing archives. He was elected vice chair of the Board of the National Archives of the Episcopal Church in April, 1995. In January 1995, he presented the opening lecture identifying the concepts and purposes of archives at the Modern Archives Institute of the National Archives in Washington, DC, as he has done for ten years in a row. In June 1995, he taught the first week of the two-week Georgia Archives Institute, as he has done for eight years straight. In addition, he taught both weeks of the Western Archives Institute in California, the first time a single individual has played a role in all three of these major archival introductory short courses. Prof. Glynn Harmon conducted research on information phenomena at the quantum levels of physics, the neurological basis of consciousness, and the representation of information at the conscious and preconscious levels. He served as chair of UT's largest committee, the Parking and Traffic Panel, and on an ad hoc vice president's committee to judge UT's best dissertations, and chaired the Graduate Assembly committee to analyze UT's participation in the Academic Common Market. In addition, he is working on various GSLIS committees to revise information science tracks, to provide for an inter- disciplinary doctoral program in informatics, and to collaborate with UT's Management Department in developing the informatics component of the Health Services Administration program. Assoc. Prof. Loriene Roy has written an article, with Laurence Patrick Goines, entitled "Electronic Communication for and about Native Americans" for FID News Bulletin 44 (11) (November 1994): 286-289, and a number of book reviews for the American Indian Libraries Newsletter. She presented a paper at the 8th Annual International Conference for Women in Higher Education in January entitled "Native American Women in Higher Education." In addition, Roy also presented a paper at the 14th Annual Conference on Indian Education in April, and co-presented a "Panel on Cultural Misappropriation," and a workshop on "Oral History." At the Library History Seminar IX, Roy wrote and was a co-presenter for "Library Spirit: The Library School Experience and Early Professional Work during Progressive Era Texas and Illinois." She also spoke on "A View of Main Street: The Use of Post Cards in Historic Preservation" at a GSLIS All-School Research/Conference Forum in April. In addition to being a member of the Austin Songwriters Group, Roy has recently been appointed the organization's librarian. In March, Instructor Sanda Erdelez presented a talk about the GSLIS Legal Informatics (LI) specialization track at the 37th Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Association of Law Libraries. Her talk was part of a panel discussion on how library and information science legal information programs have responded to the ever-changing information technologies environment. Erdelez's presentation addressed the factors that influenced creation of the LI track at the GSLIS, the conceptual LI issues, and the scope of the LI seminar that was offered at GSLIS in the spring of 1995. Panel discussion revealed that the GSLIS LI specialization track is unique in this country. Prof. Donald G. Davis, Jr. is coordinator of the newly-formed, interdisciplinary Texas Group for the Study of Books & Print Culture. The Group includes faculty members, graduate students, and librarians from various academic units, including English and other languages, history, fine arts, the HRHRC and General Libraries, and library and information science--embracing particularly the Preservation and Conservation Program and folks interested in rare books and library history. In the spring the Group co- sponsored three monthly luncheon discussions, two public lectures, and the 14th Annual Texas Library History Colloquium. This spring, Davis addressed the UT Faculty Seminar on British Studies on "The Printed Word in Sunday Schools in 19th-Century England and the United States"; the Christian College Coalition Conference at Geneva College, Beaver Falls, PA on "The Christian College in the Learning Process"; and Auburn University at Montgomery on "Libraries in the Story of Civilization." The first two papers will be published. His consulting assignments have included work with the ALA's Committee on Accreditation as an external evaluator; the Episcopal Seminary of the Southwest, Austin; and the International Research & Exchanges Board, Washington, DC. He continues as the secretary of the UT Faculty Senate, is a member of the University Council, and is on an ad hoc special Presidential Faculty Budget Advisory Committee. Bette W. Oliver, assistant editor of Libraries & Culture, has co-authored a review essay with Hermina Anghelescu, a GSLIS doctoral student, entitled "The History of Libraries in France," which will appear in Libraries & Culture 30/4, December 1995. She continues work on her dissertation about French women artists during the Revolutionary period (UT-Austin, History Department), and has recently published her second book of poetry, R┌flexions II. Mel Boggins, director of placement and continuing education, is chair of Texas Library Association's Professional Rights, Responsibilities and Recruitment Committee. She had been a committee member for two years. In November, Prof. Julie Hallmark attended the annual conference of the Geological Society of America and related societies, where she presented a paper at the symposium of the Geoscience Information Society entitled "The Effects of Technology on the Information-Seeking Behavior of Scientists." Her paper emphasized scientists' use of the Internet. Susan Cisco ('92), adjunct, presented a session entitled "Can OCR Eliminate Manual Indexing of Documents in an Imaging System?" at the Association for Information and Image Management (AIIM) Annual Conference on April 10, 1995, in San Francisco. Approximately 700 people attended the session, which is available on audio tape and videotape from AIIM. In addition, Cisco published results from a 15-company survey of imaging technology in Oil and Gas Journal. The article, "Electronic Document Imaging Can Improve Land Records Management," appeared in the Feb. 13, 1995 issue. At the recent Medical Library Association in Washington, D.C. (May 5-10th) four well received continuing education seminars were presented by: Phil Doty on basics of information science; Mary Lynn Rice-Lively (doctoral student) on qualitative research; and Mary Moore (doctoral student) on telemedicine and on critical appraisal of biomedical literature. Rice-Lively was also an invited speaker on qualitative research. Moore developed the programs for the Medical Library Education Section and will serve as chair of the section for 1994/1995. Faculty/Staff News
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Prof. Barbara Immroth has announced that the GSLIS collection of detailed reviews of multimedia CD-ROM products for children and young adults is now available on the World Wide Web (http://volvo.gslis.utexas.edu/~reviews). The idea for the project was conceived and developed by Greta Pasch (´91), now a doctoral student. Products reviewed were provided by 45 participating publishers. The reviews are the result of careful evaluations done by GSLIS students. The information provided includes descriptions of product contents, interface design, and usability factors. Accompanying materials and installation requirements also are evaluated, and recommendations on use and intended audience are noted. Reviews from printed sources are also frequently cited. Please send your comments and suggestions to the project coordinator, Dr. Barbara Immroth. Email: immroth@tenet.edu. US mail: GSLIS, SZB 564/MC D7000, UT- Austin, Austin, TX 78712-1276. Fax: (512) 471-3971. CD-ROM multimedia reviews are on GSLIS home page
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Cynthia Barrancotto was awarded the Houston Area Law Librarian Scholarship. Leah Starr was awarded a stipend from the SLA Business and Finance Division to attend the annual conference in Montreal. Octavia Perryman was awarded a $6000 SLA chemistry division scholarship and a $1000 SLA scholarship. Viki Ash-Geisler received a $1000 grant from TLA to offset research expenses for her dissertation, "Public Library Service to Young Children in Early Care and Education Settings." Sara Hellman is a half-time reference librarian at the Texas Legislative Library. This spring, 70 GSLIS students worked for UT's General Libraries, primarily as clerical assistants (18) and office assistants (37). In addition, some are volunteers working at the PCL Information Desk, Electronic Information, science libraries, Internet Consulting programs, and other locales. Student News
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Alumni Association
Great news, but we need your help! At long last, the GLISSA Scholarship is endowed which means it has reached $10,000 and the university allows us to use interest from it for scholarships! The bad news is that the Alice B. McGuire Scholarship needs just $1300 and the Ronald E. Wyllys Alumni News Fund just $1452 to reach endowed status also. Two new scholarships also need contributions to reach endowed status, the Carolyn Hixson Harris Scholarship and the brand new one--the C. Glenn Sparks Scholarship honoring the professor emeritus and former dean, who has just retired from the GSLIS. An exciting addition to the scholarship scene was facilitated by Assoc. Professor Loriene Roy. The Tocker Foundation has given $25,000 for the Phillip Tocker Endowed Presidential Scholarship. The foundation's interest is in promoting rural and small public libraries. Matching funds of $50,000 from UT plus the $100,000 from the Mr. & Mrs. Jesse H. Jones Houston Endowment builds interest to be used in Preservation and Conservation Studies for the Houston Endowment Graduate Fellowships. A $5,000 match from UT for the $10,000 H. W. Wilson Foundation Endowed Scholarship also increases our scholarship awarding ability. Unfortunately, matching funds from UT are no longer available. A very generous, very anonymous donor has made a $2000 donation to the Placement Fund. This is the fourth annual major gift from this donor and is used to enhance placement activities for students, new grads and alumni. Texwood Furniture Corp. hosted the spring 1995 graduation. The GSLIS Advisory Council for 1994-95, chaired by Carolyn Gallagher, president of Texwood Furniture Corp., are: Dr. Mary Bovey, Gov. Bill Daniel, Margie Grossenbacher, Linda Hankinson, Rita Palm, Jenni Parrish, Dr. John Schneider, Bob Walton, and J. Phelps White. Honorary members are: Betty Anderson, Karl Gruben, Connie Moore, Carolina Pace, and Dr. Scott Reeve. A new board member who will join this fall is Laura Bush. Donations
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WHAT THE GIFT CATEGORIES MEAN Benefactor - $2,500 and up Patron - $1,000-2,499 Sponsor - $500-999 Associate - $250-499 Friend - $100-249 Donor - $1-99
ANNUAL GIVING PROGRAM AND PHONATHON Associates Alsa Cotner, Layne Mason, Philip Metzger. Friends Ferne Allan/Martin Marietta, Nancy Atkinson, Leeta Bailey, Maria Barnhardt, Kate Boccheciamp/Chemical Bank, John Brooks-Barr, Rebecca Burks, Angela Carreno, Donald Cleveland, Dewey Cole, Janet Cornell, Elizabeth Crabb, Mary Cutting/Exxon Education Foundation, Dr. Edward Eaton, Kathleen Eisenbeis, Leigh Evans, Laine Farley, Becky Garcia, H.L. Gore, Mary Green, Carolyn Grimes, Ursula Heinen, Lois Henderson, Doris Hicks. John Kirkpatrick, Eddis Laity, Shelley Leader, Lois Lunsford, Roland Marks, Sandra Maxfield, Jill Mayer, Jackie McMillan, Susan McVey, Mary Mullins/Martin Marietta, Diane Nousanen, Bill O'Hare, Barbara Pearson/Exxon Education Foundation, Patricia Ramage, Dale Ricklefs, Mary Robinson, Helen Smith, Frances Thompson, Joyce Trent, Penny Washington, and Susan Yancey/Tenneco Management Company. Donors Kathleen Allen, Kathleen Amen, Zonia Ammenheuser, Guy Amoscato, Karen Anderson, Larry Anderson, Regina Anderson, Alvin and Elizabeth Bailey, Elissa Ballesteros, Miguel Bamberger, Susan Barefoot, Ann Barrett, Deborah Benedict, Alice Benson, Barbara Billmyer, Linda Blanton, Noelle Boc, Robert Bogle, Maureen Bond, Blair Brainard, Judith Briden, Bobbie Brownlee, Judith Bruce, Don Ray Buffaloe, Bruce and Nancy Cammack, Jerry Carbone, Dana Caudle, Myrna Cavender, Kenneth Chadwick, John Chavez, Frederick Chenery, Claudia Chidester, Linda Clark, Flora Cobb, Kari Connell, Ruth Cook, Sarah Cook, James Cooper, Ellen Cunningham-Kruppa, William Cunningham, Margaret Curci, Susan Cvejanovich. Ann Daily, Patricia Davis, Diantha Dawkins, Dr. Bobbie DeCoster, Thomas DePetro, Frances Dicks, Ralph Domas, Elizabeth Draper, William Duncan-O'Neal, Mickey Duvall, Mavournee DuBose, Nancy English, Ann Ercelawn, Nancy Eskridge, Kelley Fair, Joy Fish, Jean Fletcher, Suellen Fortine, Dr. Joanna Fountain, Joseph Franzello, Penny Frere, Rhonda Fuhrmann, Eileen Gallagher, Jaime Garanflo, Lana Garcia, Linda Gardner, Mac Gibson, Linn┌ Girouard, Rhoda Goldberg, Letty Gonzalez, Dena Gordon/Harcourt General, Inc., Joni Grady, Sharon Grant, Laura Greene, Mina Jane Grothey, Richard Guajardo. Eugene Hainer, Martin Halbert, Deborah Hall, Emma Hampton, Colleen Hanna, Maureen Harrill, Maureen Harris, Louis Harrison, Kevin Harwell, Dorothy Haynes, Harriet Henderson, Nancy Hershoff, Goldia Hester, Fay Hill, Harriet Hobbs, Gina Hotchkiss, Patricia Hotchkiss, Linda House, Susan Hunter, Frances Isbell, Jeanne Jacques, Marcella Jenkins, Elizabeth Johnson, Susan Johnson, Maxine Johnston, Esther Jones, Helen Jones, Roxann Jones, Suzi Kaplan, Cynthia Kehoe, Candice Kennington, Susan King, Ann Klavano, Anne Knickerbocker, Cynthia Knowles, Ardelle Koperski, Deborah Kramer. Pauline Lam, Michael Laman, Steven Laughlin, Diane Laumer, Janna Lawrence, Margaret Lee, Karen Lemunyon, Marcella Lesher, Ying Liang, Kaleen Lieck, Mary Beth Lofton, Nadine Lopez, Patricia Lukert, Elizabeth Lunden, Susan Lyon, Darlene Mack, Carole MacMinn, Verna Mair, Jean Martin, Gary McCann, Kathleen McClory, Doug McCown, Mary McEntee, Mary McSwain, Barbara Mercer, Kent Mercer, Celita Mikesell, Judy Moltz, Heather Moore, Susan Morrison, Judith Muck, Sally Muehlberger, Marion Muezenberger, Carolie Mullan, Kathleen Murray, Mary Musgrave, Anne Myers. John Nichols, Martha Nichols, Monica Norem, Richard Oram, Charlotte Oyer, Jennifer Patterson, Richard Perrine, Mary Perroni, Katherine Ports, Sally Power, Richard Quartaroli, Angie Quiros, Leonard Radoff, Roger Rainwater, Louie Reifel, Karen Renner, Jeanne Reynolds, Alice Rhoades, Glenda Rhodes, Jeffrey Rippel, Linda Rome, Carol W. Russell, Sarah Safranek, Tatana Sahanek, Susan Sanders, Marsha Saucier, John Sayre, Mary Schepis, Kay Schlueter, Betty Schmalz, Catherine Schneider, Janet Serice, Barbara Serota, Elsie Siegel, John Sigwald, Rose Sinclair, Michael Sinkovitz, Liisa Sjoblom, Sharlee Skaggs, Barbara Smith, Dorothy B. Smith, Linda Smith, Patricia Smith, Cary Sowell, Erica Stepchinski, Ann Strautman, Priscilla Streightoff, Warren Stricker, Liza Strub, Albert Suessmuth, Mary Lou Suhanin, Ruth Sumuel, Nackil Sung. Roberta Tait, Theresa Tannert, Mark Thomas, Dr. Lee-Hsia Ting, William Tobey, Eve Tomassini, Margaret Turnbull, Michael Ugorowski, Nancy Van Auken, Kathryn Vaught, Karen Vavricka, Richard Watts, Mary Ann Wavell, Harvey West, Sarah Widener, Miriam Wilde, Craig Wilson, Robin Wood, Jean Wu, Joan Yaffe, Meiying Yang, Timothy Young, Robert Youngblood, Hung-Chih Yu, Kathleen Zalenski, Caren Zentner, and Jill Zimmerman.PHILLIP TOCKER ENDOWED PRESIDENTIAL SCHOLARSHIP Benefactor The Tocker Foundation.ALICE BROOKS McGUIRE SCHOLARSHIP New Life Members of the GSLIS Alumni Association are marked (lm). Patron Karl Gruben. Sponsors Beta Eta Chapter of Beta Phi Mu, Jenni Parrish. Associates Thomas DePetro (lm), Clare Karabasz (lm). Friend David Gracy, Barbara Immroth (lm). Donors Patricia Donovan, Staff of the Texas State Library (in memory of David Morrow).C. GLENN SPARKS SCHOLARSHIP Patrons John and Judy Langford. Sponsors Barbara Immroth, Brooke Sheldon. Associate Carol Johnson. Friends Carol Black, Mel Boggins, GSLIS Alumni Association, Julie Hallmark, Cordelia Inks, and Layne Mason. Donors Becky Garcia, Diane Insley, Jeffrey Levy, Olga-Lydia Martinez, and Sheridan Moore.RONALD E. WYLLYS ALUMNI NEWS FUND Patron Scott Reeve/Shell Oil Company Foundation. Donor Kenneth Bartz/Exxon Education Foundation.PLACEMENT FUND Patron Anonymous. Donor Anne Gault.HOUSTON ENDOWED GRADUATE FELLOWSHIP Benefactor Houston Endowment Inc.FRIENDS OF PCS Friend Taylor Made Co.CAROLYN HIXSON HARRIS SCHOLARSHIP Friend Kathy Ludwig.GLISSA ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP Associate Philip Doty.TLA STUDENT DINNER FUND Donors David Gracy, Billie Grace Herring, Bill Lukenbill, Fran Miksa, Jo Ann Oliphant, Brooke Sheldon, and James Stewart.
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Barbara E. Markuson, executive director of Indiana Cooperative Library Service Authority (INCOLSA), was named GSLIS Distinguished Alumna for 1995. Markuson, who has been nationally recognized for her pioneer work in networking and resource sharing, was recently "roasted" at a gathering held in honor of her upcoming retirement, at a meeting of networking leaders at OCLC headquarters in Dublin, OH. She was the speaker at the GSLIS Spring 1995 Commencement. Markuson is 1995 Outstanding Alum
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The bimonthly Placement Bulletin has changed greatly in the past year and is now published weekly except Christmas and New Year's. The Weekly Placement Bulletin (WPB) contains abstracts of job notices sent directly to the school, published in various journals, or posted on over 50 listservs and usenets. Ads for entry-level jobs are reproduced complete whenever possible, as the WPB''s primary purpose is to help new grads find jobs. A unique feature is full-text reproduction of job ads from 40 major Sunday papers, faxed to us each Sunday by ClassiFACTS. ClassiFACTS retrieves these ads using the keywords librarian, cataloger, archivist, technical information specialist, computer support specialist, PC software specialist, and software support. Other possible keywords retrieve too many inappropriate jobs. For example, the term records manager produces ads for jobs requiring other training, such as medical records manager positions. We have a very generous donor to the Placement Fund to thank for all subscriptions and many other crucial job-hunting aids. The WPB includes all ads in our other new publication, the Texas Weekly Job Bulletin (TWJB) . Both publications will soon be mailed via news second class (pending), which is delivered on the same schedule as first class, and which will make them both tax-exempt, eliminating unwelcome sales tax charges. Because the WPB averages about 26-32 pages per week, costs have increased. New subscription prices: $26 for 6 months; $48 for a year. The new TWJB includes only Texas jobs, to better serve less mobile grads who want professional jobs in Austin, San Antonio, El Paso, or elsewhere in the state. It includes ads for both entry-level and advanced jobs. All Texas jobs in the WPB appear in the TWJB, so there is no need to subscribe to both. Subscription prices resemble those of the Austin Job List, which the TWJB replaces: $16 for 6 months; $28 for a year. To subscribe to either publication, use the coupon on page 10 of this Alumni News. We'll be happy to send you a sample copy of either publication. Insider tip: currently all jobs received via Internet for both publications are available on the GSLIS gopher the Wednesday before publication (e.g., jobs in the May 29 bulletin were compiled and uploaded to the gopher on May 22, and added by the net server on or about May 23). GSLIS job bulletins change names, become weekly, increase in size
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The following 1994 graduates were initiated into the Beta Eta chapter of Beta Phi Mu on May 20, 1995: Bronwyn Booker, Ellen Kuniyuki Brown, Anne Burnett, Kurt Gugler, Jeffrey Hodges, Cynthia Jones, Clare Karabasz, Caroline Kosnik, Sheila Lunardini, Judith Muck, Thomas Newell III, Colleen Nunn, Susan Sokoll, Meda Tuttle, and Caren Zentner. Beta Phi Mu
SEND THE ENTIRE COUPON FOR ANY OR ALL BELOW Name ________________________ Title _____________________ Employer/address _________________________________________ City/State/Zip (9-digit) _____________________________________ Home address ___________________________________________ City/State/Zip (9-digit) _____________________________________ Phones (W) ____________________ (H) ______________________ Fax _______________________ Email _______________________ YOUR NEWS: Your fellow alumni want to know about you--send to Alumni News, GSLIS, SZB 564/D7000, UT Austin, Austin, TX 78712 or email Mel Boggins at glmb@uts.cc.utexas.edu. Fax (512) 471-3971. ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ YOUR PIN/DUES: Alumni Pin--$25.00 ($10.00 goes to scholarship fund and is tax deductible), and/or Annual Dues for 1995--$10.00 (not deductible), by check only, payable to GSLIS Alumni Association. Send to Alumni Association, GSLIS, SZB 564/D7000, UT-Austin, Austin, TX 78712. Life Membership--$250.00 (all tax deductible, it goes directly to our scholarship fund), payable by check to UT Austin--GSF, or by credit card, fill out info below. Send to Alumni Association, GSLIS, SZB 564/D7000, UT-Austin, Austin, TX 78712. YOUR JOB SOURCE: Use this form to subscribe to either the new Weekly Placement Bulletin (Texas jobs included) or Texas Weekly Job Bulletin (only Texas jobs)--see article on page 9. Make checks payable to The University of Texas at Austin, or pay by credit card by filling in the information below. Mail to: Job Bulletins, GSLIS, SZB 564/D7000, UT-Austin, Austin, TX 78712-1276. SSN _______________Geographic area of interest: ________________ Types of jobs of interest: _____________________________________ Check the appropriate boxes: FREE SUBSCRIPTION. I am a GSLIS student or I graduated less than one year ago (mo/yr _____). PAID SUBSCRIPTION. I am an alum who graduated more than one year ago and am not taking classes (mo/yr _________). Weekly Placement Bulletin Texas Weekly JobBulletin six months ($26.00) six months ($16.00) one year ($48.00) one year ($28.00) PAYMENT BY CREDIT CARD: (Subscriptions or Life Membership only): (we only take) Visa MasterCard Card #________________________ Name on card __________________________________Expiration date _____________
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June 28, 1995, Austin, Joanna Fountain, "Advanced Online Cataloging with the Integrated MARC format, Internet, ..." Fee: $50 (no group rate). June 29, 1995, Austin, Mary Lynn Rice-Lively, "Global Library Update: Reference and the Internet," Fee: $50 (no group rate). June 30, 1995, Austin, Mary Lynn Rice-Lively, "Teaching the Internet: What to Teach and How to Plan," Fee: $50 (no group rate). July 21, 1995, Austin, Christine Peterson, "Caught in the Internet," Fee: $33 (no group rate). October 11-13, 1995, Austin, Eugenia Brumm, "ISO 9000 Requirements for Records Management," Fee: $595 (no group rate). November 3, 1995, Austin, Eugenia Brumm, "Vital Basics of Records Management Today," Fee: $65 ($60 @ group). November 13-16, 1995, Austin, "NIHLE: Latino Populations and the Public Library," Fee: not determined. For more information, call David Terry at (512) 471-8806, fax 3971, or email: gldt@utxdp.dp.utexas.edu Continuing Education Seminars, 1995
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