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President’s MessageApril 2001
Dear ULA Members,
The Annual Conference is only two weeks off and I hope you are all planning to attend. The programing this year contains a terrific ensemble of presenters, including:
* Roy Tennant, Manager, eScholarship Web & Services Design for the California Digital Library;
* Nicholson Baker, best-selling author, whose discussion of Double Fold: Libraries and the Assault on Paper, will be taped by C-Span for national distribution;
* Susan McGlamory, Head of Los Angeles Metropolitan Cooperative;
* David L. Robbins, author of The End of War: A Novel of the Race for Berlin (2000) on which the new movie, Enemy at the Gates, is based;
* Pat Bagley, award-winning editorial cartoonist for the Salt Lake Tribune;
* Bill Minter, nationally renowned book conservator.
Look for the televised community service announcement on KUED (Channel 7) that airs Tuesday, April 24th at 9:55 PM on "Contact," and visit the web site at http://www.ula.org/conference/2001conf/annconf2001.htm for more information. You can also contact the 2001 Conference Committee Chairs, Britton Lund blund@slco.lib.ut.us or Dave Armond armondd@lawgate.byu.edu for registration information.
Looking forward to seeing you May 2-4 at the new South Towne Exposition Center in Sandy for the best ULA conference you've ever seen!
Warmest regards,
Randy Silverman
ULA President
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ULA Members!
ULA SPRING CONFERENCEThe next ULA Conference is May 2, 3 and 4. The theme is "Preservation: Framing the Future." It is being held at the South Towne Exposition Center, 9575 South State Street. The location of this state of the art convention center in Sandy offers convenient access to attractions such as the South Towne Center, Sports Park, Wheeler Historic Farm, and the Sandy Historic District. Be sure to look for the South Valley brochure at the conference, listing these and many other attractions. The parking at the Center is free. We are in the process of signing an agreement with the Country Inn and Suites, 10499 South, Jordan Gateway. They will provide a shuttle service to the conference which runs every 15 minutes.
The registration form and schedule for the 2001 ULA Conference can be found at http://www.ula.org/conference/2001conf/annconf2001.htm. Be sure to register early to ensure your attendance at the luncheons and banquet.We look forward to seeing you at the conference.
Michael Toy
Publicity Chair, ULA Conference Committee
ToyMi@slcc.edu
ULA PRE-CONFERENCE INFORMATION
ULA GENEALOGY ROUNDTABLE PRESENTS ULA PRE-CONFERENCE SESSION
Join a dynamic morning session presented by Matthew L. Helm, creator of the award-winning Helm's Genealogy Toolbox, the largest integrated genealogical research site on the Internet, with a combined directory of genealogical links, search engines, and original records. He and his wife, April, are co-authors of a number of books, including the popular Genealogy Online for Dummies.
See exciting new CD-ROM tools to add to your library or personal collection during an afternoon presented by HeritageQuest and the Family History Library. Tom Kemp, Library Director at HeritageQuest, demonstrates several indexes, including the new Heads-of-Household Birthplace Series, the Surname Series, and the World Immigration Series. Ray Madsen, product manager, demonstrates essential resource files used in the Family History Library system, including census records, vital record indexes, pedigree resource files, and the new Freedman's Bank Records.
If you would like to attend this pre-conference session, be sure to send in your registration form postmarked by April 18th. We look forward to seeing you at the Conference.
Michael Toy
Publicity Chair, ULA Conference Committee
SPECIAL COLLECTIONS/ANCIENT LANGUAGES CATALOGER FROM BYU TO PRESENT ULA PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP
Robert Maxwell, Special Collections and Ancient Languages Cataloger at Brigham Young University, will present a pre- conference workshop, "Why Catalog? or, Isn't Yahoo Good Enough?" at the Utah Library Association's 2001 Annual Conference at the South Town Exposition Center in Sandy, Utah on May 2, 2001. This session will help reference librarians as well as catalogers increase their understanding of the fundamentals of cataloging.
Registration forms and schedules can be obtained from the Utah Library Association Conference website at: http://www.ula.org/conference/2001conf/annconf2001.htm
For questions on Mr. Maxwell's presentation, contact Jim Dooley at (801) 581-4002 or jdooley@library.utah.edu
HEAD OF DIGITAL IMAGING AT NEBRASKA STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY TO PRESENT ULA PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP
Jill Koelling, Head of the Digital Imaging Laboratory at the Nebraska State Historical Society (NSHS), will present a pre-conference workshop, "Digital Imaging: A Tool For Preservation," at the Utah Library Association's 2001 Annual Conference at the South Town Exposition Center in Sandy, Utah on May 2, 2001.
Ms. Koelling's pre-conference workshop is sponsored by ULA's Archives, Manuscripts, and Special Collections (AMSC) roundtable. Topics to be covered in the workshop include: how to create the best representation of the original; what type of metadata is important to keep about the image files; what is bit-depth and why should we care; a discussion about the ongoing changes in technology and how they will affect the longevity of the image files you create and the unexpected benefits to digitization that may change photographic research forever.
The workshop will be followed by a panel discussion on the challenges and opportunities for Utah participants in digitization projects. Representatives from a number of Utah library and archival institutions will serve as panelists, sharing their initiatives and posing and answering questions on the various digital imaging processes.
Ms. Koelling holds a BA in Photography from Montana State University, Bozeman and an MA in Museum Studies from the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. She has worked extensively in curating photographic collections, designing and maintaining databases on image descriptions and subject access, and has developed specifications for imaging hardware and software. In addition to her role as Head of the NSHS Digital Laboratory, Koelling serves as the Society's Curator of Photographs, with responsibilities including donor relations, acquisition, storage, cataloging access, and reference.
The pre-conference workshop is part of Utah Library Association's conference theme, "Preservation: Framing the Future." Many other conference sessions, held from May 3-4, will also be of interest to archivists and records managers. Other conference session topics will include: preserving books in their original format, preserving historical collections at small academic and public institutions, and preservation on a small budget. Ms. Koelling's workshop is open to ULA members and non-members.
Pre-conference registration is $50 if postmarked by April 18 and $60 on-site. Registration forms and schedules can be obtained from the Utah Library Association Conference website at: http://www.ula.org/conference/2001conf/annconf2001.htm
For questions on Ms. Koelling's presentation, contact Noel Carmack at: (435) 797-0892, noecar@ngw.lib.usu.edu
ULA CONFERENCE LUNCHEONS
Be sure to attend the luncheons at the upcoming ULA Conference titled, "Preservation, Framing the Future," held at the South Towne Exposition Center May 2-4. There has been a change in presenters for the Thursday luncheon. Author David L. Robbins and reader George Guidall will be presenting in place of Lisa Scottolini. Mr. Robbins wrote the book "The End of War," which served as the basis for the recently released movie "Enemy at the Gates." Novelist and best selling editorialist Nicholson Baker will be making a presentation at the conference and will be a keynote speaker at Friday's luncheon. The programs that he is presenting here at ULA are the same ones he will be doing a month later at the ALA conference in June.
Please make your luncheon reservations early as there is a cap of 175 per lunch. The ULA Conference Committee has done its best to make sure that the prices of meals are reasonable and makes no profit from them. The combined price of the awards banquet and both luncheons will total no more than $45.
Michael Toy
Publicity Chair, ULA Conference Committee
ToyMi@slcc.edu
ULA CONFERENCE AWARDS BANQUET
You are invited to attend the Awards Banquet for the 2001 ULA Conference, "Preservation: Framing the Future." Please come and support your fellow librarians in receiving their honors. This year’s award recipients are:
· Governor’s Award for the Promotion of Reading
KUED
· Librarian of the Year Award
Peggy Erickson, Tooele City Librarian
· Distinguished Services Award
Sterling Albrecht
· Special Services Award
Davis County Commissioners
· Special Recognition Award
Larry Ostler
Registration forms for the Conference and Awards Banquet can be found at http://www.ula.org/conference/2001conf/annconf2001.htm.
Michael Toy
Publicity Chair, ULA Conference Committee
ToyMi@slcc.edu
ULA CONFERENCE FREEBIES!!!
FREE COUPON FROM "HOT DOG ON A STICK" BOOTH FOR ULA CONFERENCE ATTENDEES When you attend the upcoming 2001 ULA Conference, you may pick up a coupon from the Hot Dog On a Stick booth in the vendor display area, allowing you to buy one item and get one free.
If you are not registered for the Conference yet, your registration form must be postmarked no later than Wednesday, April 18th. Registration forms for the 2001 ULA Conference can be found at http://www.ula.org/conference/2001conf/annconf2001.htm.
Michael Toy
Publicity Chair, ULA Conference Committee
toymi@slcc.edu
FREE PASSES TO ULA CONFERENCE EXHIBITS AND VENDOR AREA AVAILABLE
Anyone who wishes to visit the exhibits and vendor area at the 2001 ULA Conference may do so free of charge. If you are not registered for the Conference, a pass is required for entrance, which may be picked up at most libraries in the state. If your library does not have passes, you may pick one up at the Registration Desk in the South Towne Exposition Center upon your arrival.
Michael Toy
Publicity Chair, ULA Conference Committee
toymi@slcc.edu
FREE TRAX PASS FOR ULA CONFERENCE ATTENDEES!
All attendees of the upcoming 2001 ULA Conference, "Preservation: Framing the Future," will receive a free two-day pass for TRAX valid May 3 and 4. You may pick yours up at the TRAX booth in the vendor display area.
Michael Toy
Publicity Chair, ULA Conference Committee
ToyMi@slcc.edu
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MUSIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE AT BYU MAY 18-19, 2001
BYU will host the annual conference of the Mountain Plains
Chapter of the Music Library Association May 18-19. The
chapter represents music libraries in thirteen states plus
Alberta, Canada. Janet Bradford of BYU is Chair of the
Program Committee. In addition to educational sessions held
in the Lee Library, Janet planned a trip on the Heber Valley
steam railroad to show visitors some Utah mountain country.
The group secured V.I.P. seating for the May 20 Tabernacle
Choir broadcast in Salt Lake City.
Jean Jensen
ULA Board member
JeaJen@ngw.lib.usu.edu
GENEALOGY ROUND TABLE TALK N'TOUR JUNE 22, 2001
The Genealogy Round Table holds frequent tours of library collections that we call Talk N'Tours. Steve Decker, our member-at-large in Cedar City, has arranged a special Talk N' Tour for Friday, June 22. This event is open to all ULA members. Because we need to reserve tickets in advance, if you are interested, we're asking you to respond to this invitation by Monday evening, April 23 2001.
Talk N' Tour: Friday, June 22.
Itinerary:
2:30 p.m. Walking Tour of the Parowan Cemetery. Parowan has one of the most historically unique cemeteries in the state. Steve Decker, director of the Cedar City Public Library will lead us on an unforgettable tour.
4:00 p.m. Tour of Sherratt Library Special Collections. Janet Seegmiller, Special Collections Librarian, avid genealogist, and LDS historian will show us the collections and some special projects they are doing at SUU of interest to genealogists.
5:15 p.m. Dinner (on your own)
7:00 p.m. Shakespearean Festival Green Show
8:00 p.m. Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare (the pre-festival full dress rehearsal) at the Adams Theatre - http://www.bard.org/SectionPlays/JuliusCaesar.html. The play goes to about 10:30 so you'll probably want to stay the night in Cedar City.
Because this is the week before the festival officially starts, tickets are discounted $5.00. Steve has arranged for a guaranteed block of seats for us, but we need to hurry to make reservations.
We're asking for seats in the GALLERY ($33 each). The seating plan is at http://www.bard.org/SectionBoxOffice/seating.asp?CATEGORY=caesar22 if you'd like to check the location. Steve and Janet tell us that these are the best seats in the house.
PLEASE RESPOND, off list, to Ray Matthews with the number of tickets you would like and any questions you have. You may reserve tickets for your companions, spouses, and mature family members.
DON'T DELAY. Please get back to me by the end of Monday, April 23, if possible. We will be giving the total number of tickets to the Festival on Tuesday morning.
Thanks, and we hope you can join us. It will be a great time!
Ray Matthews
ULA GENRT Vice-Chair
Utah State Library
Email: rmatthew@state.lib.ut.us or matthews@xmission.com
Voice: (801) 715-6752
"APPLYING COPYRIGHT LAW IN LIBRARIES" WORKSHOP, JUNE 1, 2001, BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY, PROVO, UTAH
Are you tangled in the knot of interpreting and applying copyright law?
Register for this American Association Law Libraries Professional Development workshop to explore copyright issues that affect librarians by analyzing the respective rights of owners and users of copyrighted works. Discussion topics include the difference between copying in for-profit libraries and copying in non-profit libraries, educational uses of copyrighted works, library document delivery services, audiovisual and digital materials, foreign works and licensing, developing policies and monitoring compliance.
Instructor is James S. Heller, Director of the Law Library and Professor of Law at the College of William & Mary, Marshall-Wythe Law Library in Williamsburg, Virginia.. Heller is a past-president of AALL and currently chairs the association's Copyright Committee. Register online to secure a spot. The registration form and program details are available on AALLNET at http://www.aallnet.org/prodev/event_app_copyright.asp or contact Mary Jawgiel, AALL Education Manager by phone at 312-939-4764, ex. 24 or email mjawgiel@aall.org
-- Mary Jawgiel
Education Manager
American Association of Law Libraries
53 W. Jackson Blvd. Suite 940
Chicago, IL 60604
Phone: 312-939-4764, X 24 Fax: 312-431-1097
AALL's Professional Development Program: Opportunities to Expand Your Professional Horizons http://www.aallnet.org/prodev
Visit the new AALL Marketplace for a listing of more than 100 vendors and publishers serving law librarians http://aall.market4site.com
WESTERN ASSOCIATION OF MAP LIBRARIES MEETING AT BYU MAY 9-12, 2001
The Western Association of Map Libraries (WAML) is meeting at BYU May 9-12, 2001 for its bi-annual conference. Everyone is invited to join this fun group and conference. Conference fees are only $25 and $15. Vendors are welcome. The following is the current program. More information is available on the conference website: http://www.lib.byu.edu/byline/Maps/Index.htm or go to: http://www.waml.org
Program:
Wednesday, May 9, 2001
6 - 9:30 pm
Early Bird Picnic, Rock Canyon Park (overlooking Provo area)
Thursday, May 10, 2001
AM
8:00 - Noon WAML Executive Board Meeting
8:00 - 11:00 Pre-Conference Map Preservation Workshop
11:00 - 1:00 Registration; vendor displays open
PM
1:15 - 1:30 Greetings and announcements
1:30 - 2:15 Glade Nelson, Salt Lake Family History Library: S.L.F.H. Library Maps & Atlas Collection, past-present-future
2:15 - 3:00 Riley Moffat: Maps and geographic resources in genealogical research
3:00 - 3:30 Break
3:30 - 4:15 John Jasper, US National Park Service, Timpanogos Cave National Monument: Cave Mapping
4:15 - 5:15 Dr. J. Ward Moody, BYU Astronomy Department: Mapping the Universe
9:00 - 11:00 UVSC Planetarium Special Presentation
Friday, May 11, 2001
AM
8:30 - 8:45 Registration
8:45 - 9:00 Welcome, announcements
9:00 - 9:45 Connie Lamb, BYU Library: Early Anglo Women Travelers to Syria & Turkey
9:45 - 10:45 Lisa Boren: Maps pertaining to early exploration and lost treasure of the Uintah Mtn Region, UT
10:45 - 11:00 Break: vendor displays, etc.
11:00 -11:45 Dr. Lehi Hintze, BYU Geology Department Emeritus: The Wheeler Survey: early geologic mapping and exploration of Utah and the West
11:45 - 1:15 LUNCH
PM
1:15 - 2:00 James Walker, retired BYU: Aerial photographic research using remote control airplanes
2:00 - 2:45 Dr. Richard Jackson, BYU Geography Department: Mapping of the "New West"
2:45 - 3:00 Break: vendor displays, etc.
3:00 - 5:30 WAML Business Meeting & Sounding Board
6:30 - 8:30 Banquet: Ottavio’s Ristorante
Guest Speaker: Bill Shaw, Salt Lake Olympic Committee, Director of state & local government
Saturday, May 12, 2001
AM
8:45 - 9:30 Field Trip: travel to Camp Floyd
9:30 - 11:15 Camp Floyd, led by archaeologist Don Southworth
11:15 - 12:00 Lunch
PM
12:00 - 12:45 Travel to Museum of Ancient Life
1:00 - 3:00 Special Tour of Museum, led by Karen Cloward, Paleontologist/Education and Exhibits Director
3:00 - 3:40 Travel back to BYU
For questions or comments contact:
Richard E. Soares
Geology/Geography/Map Librarian
rich_soares@byu.edu
2420 HBLL
BYU
Provo, UT 84602
801-378-6179
fax 801-378-3221
IMPORTANT PERSONNEL CHANGES AT UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY and BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY
Robert Murdoch, Associate Director of Utah State University
Libraries, recently left USU to accept the position of
Technical Services Director at Brigham Young University. He
began work at BYU on June 1.
Robert attended Weber State in Ogden, served a two-year
church mission in Scotland, graduated from Utah State
University in Accounting. As a student, Robert worked
part-time in the USU library. Upon graduation, he moved to
a full-time position in patron services in the library. He
received his MLS degree in 1981 from BYU and served in
library administration at USU until this move to Provo this
month.
Robert was born in Salt Lake City and grew up in Layton.
He married Linda in 1970 and they have four children. He
likes to do serious, strenuous hiking, such as hiking over
the Tetons from the Wyoming side to the Idaho side, 25 miles
in one day.
Also:
Max Peterson, Director of Libraries at Utah State
University, retired in June of 2000. A nation-wide search
for a new director resulted in finalist interviews, but the
new USU president, Kermit Hall, terminated the process and
changed the role of director to vice-provost. A new role
statement will result in a new search, and a committee is
currently being organized. In the meantime, reference
librarian John Elsweiler is serving as interim director of
the libraries.
Jean Jensen
Merrill Library, USU
ULA Board Member
CONTINUING EDUCATION OFFERINGS IN SALT LAKE CITY FROM THE SCHOOL OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
The School of Library and Information Management, Emporia State University, is offering a limited number of seats in the following classes during its Summer Semester:
LI 820 XU International Information Policy taught by Vicki York. The class will meet the weekends of July 13-15 and August 10-12.. A syllabus of the class can be found on the web at http://slim.emporia.edu/Forms/syllabus/syllabus5yb.cfm?CourseCode=820XU20013
LI 834 XU Information Transfer in Business and Industry taught by Andi Kounas. The class will meet the weekends of May 25-27 and June 22-24. A syllabus of the class can be found on the web at http://slim.emporia.edu/Forms/syllabus/syllabus5yb.cfm?CourseCode=834XU20013
LI 839 XU History of Information taught by Randy Silverman. The class will meet the weekends of June 29 - July1 and July 27-29. A syllabus of the class can be found on the web at http://slim.emporia.edu/Forms/syllabus/syllabus5yb.cfm?CourseCode=839XU20013
Tuition for each class for non-credit will be $120 and tuition for credit as a non-degree seeking student will be $600. Tuition must be paid at the beginning of class and seating is limited to the first four persons. Persons paying the non-credit tuition will not receive a grade and are not expected to complete class assignments for grading. Persons paying the for-credit tuition will receive a grade after completing the class assignments.
Persons wishing to enroll should contact the SLIM-Utah Coordinator, Ms. Pamela Foster, at 801/486-8047 or 877/486-8068 or by email to pfoster@sisna.com
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