ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries 372 / C&RL News ■ June 2003 A C R L NATIONAL CONFERENCE Learning to m ake a difference Coverage fro m ACRL’s 1 1th National C onference, P art 1 M o re th a n 3,400 p e o p le a tte n d e d ACRL’s 1 1th N a tional C o n fe ren c e, “L earning to Make a Difference,” held in Charlotte, North lina, April 10-13, 2003, se ttin g a n a tte n d a n c e record. A tten d ees from all 50 states a n d 16 for­ eign countries w ere able to choose from over 250 program s a n d preconferences, m any o f w hich at­ tracted overflow crowds. Programs w ere offered fo r th e fo llo w in g th e m e d tracks: As­ sessment & Account­ a bility, C o lla b o ra ­ tions & Competition, Innovations & Inno­ v a to r s , P e o p l e & P laces, T ea ch in g & Learning, a n d T ech­ n ical & A ccess Ser­ vices. T h e c o n fe re n c e featured three engag­ ing keynote speakers. H ie opening keynote Larry Hardesty, conferby Paul D uguid (re­ Spalding, ACRL preside s e a r c h s p e c ia lis t, the exhibits. U niversity o f Cali­ fornia at Berkeley), “Socializing Information: Re­ se a rc h Libraries from Print to P ackets,” w as a lively session o n the library’s role as a community a nd the necessary interrelationships be tw ee n li­ brarians, their users, and others. A guitar-toting Bill Ferris (chair o f th e C enter fo r the Study o f the American South at the University o f North Carolina) entertained a lunch-time crow d with an inform ative talk about Southern heritage a n d a dem onstration o f the South’s role in blues, c oun­ try, and rock-and-roll music. In the closing key­ note session, Belle W heelan (secretary o f educa­ C tio n for the C o m m onw ealth o f Virginia) sh ared h e r im pressions o f h ig h er e d u ca tio n today, a d ­ arod­ressing the changing nature of the student p o p u ­ lation, budget challenges, a n d the im pact of tech­ nology. A nother highlight o f th e c onference w as the la u n c h o f th e A cadem ic a n d R e se arc h Library Campaign, a national m arketing effort that is part o f @ y o u r library, T h e C a m p a ig n for Am erica’s Libraries. C onference a tte n d ­ ees received comple­ m e n ta ry c o p ie s o f th e n e w Toolkit f o r A c a d e m ic a n d R e­ search Libraries, fea­ t u r i n g m e s s a g e s , ideas, a n d strategies to be used to develop a lo ca l m a rk e tin g campaign (additional copies o f the toolkit nce chair, and Helen H. are available through , cut the ribbon to open ACRL, se e p. 370) M ore th a n 60 librar­ ians a tte n d e d th e p re co n fe ren c e “Strategic Mar­ keting for Academic a nd Research Libraries: Train the Trainer” to learn first-hand h o w to facilitate a marketing campaign. “We h a d a ja m -p ac k e d a n d exciting line-up this year, a n d it w a s gratifying to se e s o m an y standing-room -only sessions— from developing inform ation co m m o n s to detecting plagiarism ,” said ACRL P re sid e n t H e le n Spalding. “It’s p a r­ ticularly gratifying to h ave so m an y scholarship w in n e rs w ith u s this year. W h at b e tte r p lac e to c o n n e c t w ith p o te n tia l m e n to rs , le a r n m o re e nt C&RL News ■ June 2003 / 373 a b o u t areas o f interest and m ake connections with colleagues?” In a d d itio n to o fferin g a tte n d e e s a c h a n c e to in te ra c t w ith th e ir c o lle a g u e s , th e c o n f e r e n c e p r o v id e d m a n y o p p o r tu n itie s fo r r e g is tra n ts to m e e t w ith c o rp o ra te sp o n s o rs . M ore th a n l6 0 c o m p a n ie s d isp lay e d their innovative p r o d u c ts a n d s e rv ic e s in th e e x h ib it hall. C&RL N e w s is p le a s e d to offer th e follow ing sum ­ m aries o f se le c te d c o n fe r­ e n c e program s; w e w ish to e x te n d o u r thanks to every­ o n e w h o v o lu n te e re d to p ro v id e th e s e reports. Part tw o will a p p e a r in th e July issu e o f C&RL News. N a tio n a l S u rv e y o f S tu d e n t E n g a g e m e n t In th e lively, interactive ses­ s io n “In fo rm atio n Literacy a n d S tu d e n t E n gagem ent: W h at th e N a tio n a l Survey o f Student E ngagem ent Re­ veals a b o u t Y our C am pus,” presenters Amy E. Mark and Paul Duguid, re U n iv e rs ity o f Polly D. Bomff-Jones famil­ talked about s iarize d a tte n d e e s w ith th e National Survey o f Student E n gagem ent (NSSE) a n d s h o w e d h o w survey results c a n b e u s e d to m e a s u re in d iv id u a l c a m p u s s u r v e y fin d in g s a g ainst n a tio n a l b e n ch m ark s. T h e findings can t h e n b e u s e d to w o r k w ith o t h e r c o n s titu e n cies o n c am p u s to identify w e ak n e sses a n d p ro ­ m o te s tro n g e r lib ra ry in stru c tio n initiatives. M ark a n d B om ff-Jones also w e n t a s te p fur­ th er by illustrating h o w o n e c a n e xam ine statisti­ cally significant item s o n institutional NSSE r e ­ p o rts a n d c o rre la te th e m w ith ACRL sta n d a rd s a n d B lo o m ’s ta x o n o m y to lo o k at w a y s to a d ­ d re s s in stru c tio n a l goals. C o n fe re n c e p a rtic i p a n ts w e r e in v ite d to w o r k in g ro u p s to lo o k a t s ta tis tic a l b e n c h m a r k s , to r e la te t h o s e to ACRL s ta n d a rd s a n d B lo o m ’s ta x o n o m y , a n d t h e n th in k o f w a y s in w h ic h lib ra ry i n s t r u c tio n p ro g ra m s , c la sses, a n d activ ities c a n a d ­ d re ss th o s e a rea s o f w e a k n e ss . F o r m o re in fo rm a tio n a b o u t th is p re s e n ta ­ t i o n s e e : h t t p : / / w e b m a i l . o l e m i s s . e d u / ~aem ark/N S S E .htm l.— S u s a n A riew , V irg in ia Tech, saa@ut.edu ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ L ib ra rie s a n d t h e f ir s t - y e a r e x p e rie n c e J a n e Carlin, Linda Cain, Cheryl A lbrecht, Ja m es Krusling, a nd Barbara Macke, an enthusiastic panel fro m th e U niversity o f C incinnati, e m p h a s iz e d th e im portance o f faculty collaboration to m ake stu d e n ts’ first-year e x p e rie n c e (FYE) re w ard in g in “You N ev er H ave a Sec­ o n d C hance to M ake a First Im p re s sio n : L ibraries a n d th e First Y ear E x p erien c e .” Carlin, se n io r librarian, advised faculty that u n d e r­ s t a n d in g th e c u ltu r e a n d m in d -set o f stu d e n ts h elp s in th eir a ca d em ic success. “E n g a g i n g s t u d e n t s is w h a t w e ’r e all a b o u t. You c a n t e a c h a s tu d e n t a le s ­ s o n fo r a d a y , b u t if y o u te a c h h im t o le a rn b y c re ­ ating curiosity, h e will c o n ­ tin u e th e lea rn in g p ro c e ss as lo n g a s h e lives.” Cain, associate provost, noted, “It takes a cam pus to e d u c a te a s t u d e n t.” She u rg e d librarians to lo o k at ch specialist at the their roles as educators w h o ifo rn ia -B e rk e le y , have a lot to contribute. Posi­izing inform ation. tive c o n tact w ith e v e n o n e faculty m e m b e r c a n increase satisfaction a n d in­ fluence stu d e n t retention. Faculty m ust c o llabo­ rate o n helping students to success.” Albrecht, associate dean, u rged librarians to be o n com m ittees w ith varied focus. She advocated c o n n e c tin g w ith th e rest o f th e c a m p u s to h e lp students have the best experience possible. K ru slin g , FYE lib ra ria n , t a lk e d a b o u t th e in fo rm a tio n c o m m o n s a p p ro a c h . H e stre sse d b e in g actively a p p ro a c h a b le a n d taking lea d er­ sh ip ro les, s u c h as g iving b ro w n b a g se ss io n s o n p la g ia ris m , d a ta b a s e s , a n d o t h e r r e le v a n t topics. M acke, inform ation co m m o n s librarian, rec­ o m m e n d e d th a t librarians, “T h in k o f y o u rs e lf as a c o n d u c to r, h e lp in g s tu d e n ts c r e a te n e w c o m p o sitio n s.” Faculty n e e d s to stu d y learning styles, sin c e th e y r e p re s e n t th e w a y w e travel fro m t h e k n o w n to t h e u n k n o w n . L ib ra ria n s n e e d to k n o w th e c u ltu re , a n d to le a rn t o im ­ p ro v is e in o r d e r to m e e t th e e x p e c ta tio n s o f stu d e n ts .— V irg in ia B ailey, A b ile n e C h ristia n University, ba ileyv@acu.edu sear C a l ocial http://webmail.olemiss.edu/ mailto:saa@ut.edu mailto:baHeyu@acu.edu 374 / C&RL News ■ June 2003 A s s e s s m e n t t o f o s t e r s tu d e n t success In the p a n el presentation, “C onnecting the Dots: U sing th e A sse ssm e n t C ycle to F o ste r S tu d e n t Success,” Judy Kvinsland (associate d e an for plan­ n in g a n d a sse ss m e n t at P ie rce C ollege), w ith Christie Flynn a nd Lynn Olson (reference/instruc- tio n librarians at Pierce College), a d d re ss e d th e college’s u se o f the assessment cycle m odel based o n outcomes. After an introduction to th e m odel, O lson ex­ plain e d th e p rocess u se d by library staff to w rite library a n d departm ental m ission a n d goal state­ m ents in outcom es language. D epartm ents devel­ o p e d assessm ent tools a n d assessed at least o n e outcom e in the first cycle. For instance, reference librarians w rote self-assessments after e ach refer­ e nce shift for a short period. T he results o f assess­ m en ts w e re re v ie w e d a n d th e n th e cycle b e g a n again to w ork tow ard continuous im provem ent. She n o ted library staff a n d faculty can n o w speak “outcom es-ese.” Flynn explained h o w the cycle w as applied in the area o f library instruction. O n e o f the tools is a p re /p o s t stu d e n t self-assessm ent in w h ich stu ­ dents evaluate h o w their information com petence im proved o ver a sem ester. Kvinsland ex p la in ed the library’s role in assisting the college in integrat­ Conference chair Larry Hardesty and w ife Carol a rriv e in style f o r th e Chairs Reception at the Duke mansion. ing inform ation c o m petence into the curriculum. They have achieved greater faculty buy-in a nd are serving m ore students. Assessm ent tips p rovided included: start w ith w hat you have, assess w hat is valued most, em bed assessm ent in practice, a n d celebrate success. A udience m em bers a sked w h e th er any direct assessment m easures o f student learning outcomes had been developed. Panel m em bers indicated they h o p e to develop those tools soon. P re se n ta tio n c u rre n tly a v a ila b le at h t t p : / / w w w .p ierce.ctc.edu/library/acrl/acrl.htm l. This program is available as an e-Leaming Webcast.— M ary A n n Barton, University o f Nebraska- Kearney, bartonm@unk.edu R e c r u itin g f o r t h e 2 1 s t c e n tu r y T h e w o rk s h o p “Recruiting for the 21st Century: C h a lle n g es a n d C h o ic e s,” le d b y D e b ra E ngel (University o f O k lahom a) a n d Sharon Saulm on, (Rose State College), garnered a g roup o f enthusi­ astic a tte n d ee s w h o d isc u sse d recru itm e n t p h i­ losophies, activities, a n d avenues for developing n e w strategies. T he w o rkshop b e g an w ith an overview o f the re c ru itm e n t crisis. T h e h istory o f lib ra rian sh ip sh o w s a cycle o f o v e r- a n d u n d e r-s u p p ly o v e r time, though the current crisis has its o w n perm u­ tations. O n e k e y e le m en t o f a recruitm ent strat­ egy is to poll ourselves: H o w did w e enter into the profession? W h at’s th e b e st w a y to recruit those w e already w o rk with, su c h as paraprofessional a n d student workers? Also notable are the recruit­ m en t cam paigns b e in g u n d e rta k e n b y local a n d regional associations, as well as ACRL a n d ALA, so m e o f w h ic h h a v e b e e n q u ite active a n d c re ­ ative. In addition to recruiting n e w librarians to the profession, the panel a n d attendees discussed that all-im portant to p ic o f recruiting th e right librar­ ians for o u r institutions w ith m o re creative ads. Recognizing a n d prom oting the creative o p portu­ nities to b e fou n d in libraries seem s essential. A long w ith th e e n c o u ra g e m e n t o f o th e r at­ tendees, m ost valuable in this w o rk sh o p w as the leaders’ view o f the w orkshop as an ongoing con­ versation. To this e n d , th e y p ro v id e d u seful lists o f re ­ sources o n recruitm ent. Since recruitm ent issues affect the h ealth o f the p rofession as a w hole, all readers are encouraged to enter the conversation. Summaries o f the presentations, the resource list, a n d o th e r u se fu l lin k s c a n b e fo u n d a t h t t p : / / w w w .ro s e .e d u /fa c u lty /s sa u lm o n /r& r.h tm . Re­ http://www.pierce.ctc.edu/library/acrl/acrl.html mailto:bartonm@unk.edu http://www.rose.edu/faculty/ssaulmon/r&r.htm C&RL News ■ June 2003 / 375 emit, recruit, recruit!— C arolyn Coates, E astern Cormecticut State University, coatesc@eastemct.edu In fo r m a tio n c o m m o n s “[N]ot your father’s [or] y our m other’s library… It’s a fresh, integrative perspective o n information a nd know ledge seeking a nd service provision, a m ore dynam ic relationship be tw ee n high-touch resources, high-tech resources, a n d the p atro n s’ needs.” Thus Russ Bailey (Uni­ versity o f N orth Carolina- Charlotte) o p e n e d th e p anel session, “Info rm atio n Com ­ mons Issues and Trends: Voices from the Frontline.” The p a n ­ elists—Allison Cowgill (Colo­ r a d o S ta te U n i v e r s i t y ) , Melanie Remy (University of Southern California), D an Lee (University o f Arizona), Mar­ tin H a lb ert (E m ory U niver­ sity), Kate H ickey (Elon Uni­ versity), a n d D avid M urray (Brookdale C om m unity Col­ lege)— described their librar­ ies’ experiences implementing information com m ons (IC). Diverse in stu d e n t p o p u ­ lation and budget, these librar­ ies changed the w ay they as­ sess a n d respond to students’ K e y n o te s p e a k einformation needs. By provid­ s o n g d u r in g his ing uf ll-service com puter labs h e r ita g e . w ithin the library, w ith “com ­ b in e d a c c e ss to p ro d u c tiv ity a p p lic a tio n s , Internet, a nd proprietary research databases,” stu­ d e n t u se, a n d apprec ia tio n , o f library facilities has substantially increased. T hese libraries p ro ­ vide “o n e stop shopping,” a n d offer technical as­ sistance along w ith traditional reference service. W hile n o t th e h eart o f th e IC, tec h n o lo g y is critical. Therefore, endorsem ent from the highest levels o f institutional leadership is essential. Costs include a com m itm ent to a replacem ent cycle for th e technology, licenses for a n d staff training in instructional technology, a n d chairs! An often re­ p eated concept w as “comm unity.” Most students o w n p e rs o n a l c o m p u te rs yet p re fe r to w o rk collaboratively in the IC, so w orkstations require m ore space a nd seating than traditional models. IC force librarians to b e flexible, adopting n ew roles; but our core pu rp o se remains unchanged— being relevant to o u r students.—-Jeannie Colson, Columbia lntemationalU niveisity,jc olson@ciu.edu Research a n d asse ss m en t In h e r in tro d u c tio n to th e p a n e l p re se n ta tio n , “G et E xcited A b out R esearch a n d A ssessm ent: A n I n te ra c tiv e L o o k a t S o m e Q u a lita tiv e , Q u a ntitative, a n d H istorical P rojects,” C onnie D a lry m p le (W ic h ita State U n iv e rsity ) s ta te d th at w h ile it is o u r d u ty to p ra ctic e “e v id e n c e b a se d lib rarianship” a n d d o research, “it is o u r passion that p u sh e s the p e n ” (Inga H. Barnello, “Librarians as Authors: Take th e P lu n g e ,” College & Un­ dergraduate Libraries7, no. 1 (2 0 0 0 ):7 1 -4 ). Acknowledging the pop u ­ la r la m e n t th a t lib ra ria n s should b e inspired and trained to do research in library school, D alrym ple o u tlin e d th e re ­ search process and encouraged th e u se o f qualitative versus th e f a m ilia r q u a n tita tiv e m ethodology. This includes naturalistic inquiry, historical research, bibliom etric analy­ sis, and the Delphi technique. Each o f the oth er four panel­ ists th e n described their suc­ cessful research projects, out­ lining the pros and cons of the m ethods they used. They later hosted a poster session. Bill Ferris s h a re s a J a n e t B ro w n (W ic h ita a l k o n S o u th e r n State University) d escribed a com parative analysis o f four versions o f th e ERIC d atab ase, including a stu ­ d e n t survey, w h ic h w as u s e d to p ro v id e a cost benefit analysis for library administration a n d as a tool for d e te rm in in g w h ic h v e rsio n to teach. Phil H o w z e (S o u th e rn Illinois U n iv e rsity - C a rb o n d ale) d e sc rib e d th e D e lp h i tec h n iq u e, w h ic h is b o t h a q u a n tita tiv e a n d q u a lita tiv e su rv e y m e th o d for g a in in g in fo rm e d c o n s e n ­ sus, a n d h o w h e u s e d it to c rea te a m an u a l for a credit-bearing library instruction course. Gail McMillan (Virginia T ech) described h o w a cam ­ p u s re s e a rc h g ra n t in s p ire d h e r to c re a te th e In te rn a tio n a l A rchive o f W o m e n in A rchitec­ ture (IAWA) B iographic D atabase. Finally, Beth S m ith ( W ic h it a S t a te U n i v e r s i t y ) u s e d b ib lio m e tric s to d e te r m in e th e in fo rm a tio n n eed s o f undergraduate engineers by analyzing c it a ti o n s f r o m s t u d e n t s ’ a s s i g n m e n t s . — K atherine S. Dabbour, California State University- Northridge, kathy.dabbout@csun.edu r t mailto:coatesc@eastemct.edu mailto:jcolson@ciu.edu 376 / C&RL News ■ June 2003 Cross tr a in in g re fe r e n c e lib ra ria n s t o c a ta lo g In a w e ll-d o c u m e n te d p o s te r p re se n ta tio n , Micheline Brown, Margaret Fain, a n d Allison Faix (Kim bel Library at Coastal Carolina University) d etailed the n e ed s for a n d o utcom es o f training reference librarians to d o copy cataloging. A short­ age o f professionals in technical services, a back­ log o f m edia materials, a n d lim ited access to the library’s varied holdings m otivated Kimbel librar­ ian s to “th in k o u tsid e th e b o x ” a n d se a rc h for willing, interested, flexible reference staff to m eet these needs. A training plan w as outlined that included as­ sessment of the cataloging tools required a nd pro­ cedures, such as h a n d s-o n training a n d project m anagem ent m eetings w e re im plem ented. Five projects w ere chosen as priorities, a nd the talents a nd skills of each participant em erged as the train­ ing progressed. T he h a p p y result o f this cross-training w as a 200 p ercent increase in the circulation o f the m e­ dia collection in tw o years . G reater interdepart­ Conference attendees relax at the Duke Ma busy day. m ental com m unication a n d o th e r collaborative p ro jec ts w e re a lso c rea te d . As w ith all library projects, the greatest result o f this e n d ea v o r w as b e tte r service to th e stu d en ts a n d faculty o f the university.—-Jana Davis, A b ile n e C hristian Uni­ versity, davisj@acu.edu E-books T hree years ago, the libraries o f the Association o f Colleges o f the South (ACS) jointly p u rchased 500 netLibrary e-books. This collection w as later au g m e n ted with tw o sh a red e -b o o k collections m ad e available b y the Southeastern Library Net­ w o rk (SOLINET). J a m e s R ettig (u n iv e rs ity li­ b ra ria n , U n iv e rsity o f R ic h m o n d ) a n d J a n is B andelin, (d irec to r o f libraries at F u rm a n U ni­ versity) c o m p a re d m an a g em e n t a n d u se o f the initial, sm all p u rc h a se w ith th e large SOLINET collections. Using Ranganathan’s law s to illustrate points, Rettig pre sen te d statistics o n use o f e-books, d e ­ scribed the user interface, and discussed results of an e-book collection m anagem ent survey. Rettig listed current issues a nd added proposals to m ake e-books m ore usable. B andelin predicted that li­ brary collections will b e a “h ybrid” o f p rint a n d digital form ats for the foreseeable future. She d e ­ scribed prom oting e -book collections at Furm an a nd users’ responses to them. “Ever feel y o u ’ve b e e n set up?” jo ked Leland Park (library director, Davidson College). He said it w as “distasteful” to purchasing large e-book pack­ ages, w here outsiders, in effect, select for a library. T he e-books pu rc h ase d initially by ACS libraries w e re c h o se n title b y title. After th e ad d itio n of 22,000 SOLINET e-books, Park said, “m y n a m e [will be] m u d if faculty find o u t ‘Cliffs N otes’ are available online.” B rad Norris (netL ibrary’s divi­ sion vice p resident of global sales) responded that “e-books are in their adolescence.” H e defined e-books as “a collection o f k n o w le d g e o b ­ jects.” H e ch allen g e d librarians to d o form al stu d ie s o f p a tr o n s ’ re ­ sponses to e-books and closed with the last o f R anganathan’s laws, “the library is a g row ing o rg a n ism .”— A u d re y Fenner; University o f North Carolina-Greensboro,fenne2r3@att.net Users choice sion after a Librarians h ave alw ays v a lu e d u s­ ers’ suggestions in the selection o f b ooks a n d materials for library collections. With the d e v elopm ent o f electronic collections, users have e ven greater opportunities to participate in the selection process. In h e r presentation, “Collaborating w ith O ur Patrons: Letting th e Users Select,” Lynn Sutton (associate d ean of libraries at Wayne State Univer­ sity) discussed w ays that h e r library involved fac­ ulty and students in the selection of electronic books a nd journals. WSU users have access to 16,000 e- books from netLibrary and have unlimited access to e­ jouinals from ScienceDire c t. The library only purchases titles that are used under netLibrary’s Patron Driven Access (PDA) model or ScienceDirect’s Freedom Plan. n mailto:davisi@acu.edu mailto:fenne2i3@att.net C&RL News ■ June 2003 / 377 Sutton e x a m in e d th e titles se lec te d b y u sers against those titles selected by librarians a nd found that the rate o f u se o f patron-selected b o o k s w as “nearly tenfold” that o f the library-selected books. Moreover, w h e n the titles w e re exam ined b y col­ lection de v elo p m en t librarians, 92 p ercent o f the b o o k s w e re se e n as a p p ropriate to the WSU col­ lection. Similar findings w e re f o u n d w ith e-jour­ nals w ith I f p e rce n t o f the p a tron-selected jour­ nals being titles that w e re n ot initially selected by librarians, “including th e se v e n th h ighest u sa g e title.” Details from this fascinating stu d y c a n b e fo u n d in the c o n fer­ ence proceedings.—-Joseph Fennewald, PennsylvaniaStateUniveisity-Hazleton, jaf 23@psulias.psu .edu C a ta lo g in g e le c tro n ic resources T he o p e n in g statem ent o f this p re ­ se n ta tio n w a s “W h e th e r o r n o t to catalog electronic reso u rces is the q u e stio n o f the future for catalog­ ing.” In her paper, The Catalog o f the Future : lntegrating Electronic Resources, D ana C audle (A uburn University) Keynote sp p r e s e n t e d a n o v e rv ie w o f th e ACRL Presi p re s e n t a n d fu tu re o f th e catalog, Elect Tyrone w ith e m p h a sis o n th e “o n e -sto p -sh o p p in g ” a p ­ p ro a ch to accessing resources in all formats. She b e g a n b y rev iew in g issu es re la te d to including records for electronic resources in the catalog, such as single vs. m ultiple records, labor intensity, and the overw helm ing n um ber o f electronic resources available to catalog. Next, sh e discussed issues re­ la te d to th e g a te w a y m e th o d o f e le c tro n ic re ­ sources a ccess and, as a n e xam ple, p re se n te d a len g th y g a te w a y from th e A u b u rn Library W eb site. As a re s p o n s e to th e s e tw o n o t e n tirely sat­ isfactory a p p ro a c h e s , C a udle d e sc rib e d efforts to d e v e lo p g lo b a l se a rc h in g a c ro ss p o rta ls m a d e u p o f library catalogs, d a ta b ases, digi­ tiz e d collections, a n d se le c te d W eb sites. She fo c u se d o n th e E n d ea v o r E n co m p ass softw are a n d h o w it p ro v id es access to th e s e c o m b in e d d a ta b ases. T h e m ec h an ic s to e n a b le this type o f searching, su c h as crossw alks th a t c o n v ert Proceedings availab le For c o m p le te o rd e rin g inform ation fo r 11th National Conferenc e Proceedings, se e page 401. o n e ty p e o f m e ta d a ta in to a n o th e r, w e r e d e ­ tailed a lo n g w ith d e sc rip tio n s o f v a rio u s ty p es o f m e ta d a ta a n d s ta tu s re p o rts o n se v e ra l c ro ssw a lk p ro g ram s. C a u d le c o n c lu d e d b y n o tin g th at w h ile full cataloging of som e k ey electronic resources m ay b e valuable, a n overall m ore effective a p p ro a c h w o u ld b e to in te g ra te th e c a ta lo g in a u n ifie d p a c k a g e w i t h o t h e r lib ra ry e le c t r o n i c d a t a ­ bases.— S a n d y Folsom, Central M ichigan Univer­ sity, sandy.l.folsom@cmich.edu eaker Bell Wheelan (3rd from left) w ith (I. to r.) dent Helen Spalding, Vice-President/President- Cannon, and Conference Chair Larry Hardesty. T e a m in g u p t o te a c h In th e w ell-attended presentation, “Ideas, Incen­ tives a n d Interaction: Integrating Inform ation Lit­ eracy into the Curriculum through Faculty-Librar­ ian Collaboration,” m oderated by Jasmine Vaughan (K enyon C ollege), th ree faculty-librarian team s sh ared their experiences. Faculty at the Five Col­ leg es o f O h io a p p lie d fo r grants fu n d e d b y th e A ndrew W. Mellon Foundation to integrate infor­ m ation literacy into their courses. T hey w o rk e d w ith o n e o r m o re librarians to revise o r d e sig n c o u rse s a n d in c o rp o ra te ACRL’s “In fo rm a tio n L iteracy O b je c tiv e s ” “in to th e fa b ric o f e a c h c o u rse.” T he g rant p ro v id ed faculty w ith course release o r stipends, w hile librarians re ce iv e d re­ lease time. Librarian D o nna Jacobs a n d associate p rofes­ so r D e a n Fraga in te g ra te d info rm a tio n literacy w ith bioinform atics in a Cell Physiology c o u rse at th e College o f W ooster. Students h a d to w rite a g rant p ro p o sa l w ith te n o r m o re re levant cita­ tions. J a c o b s ta u g h t s tu d e n ts effe c tiv e se a rc h strategies, accessing resources th rough PubM ed, a n d evaluating resources. ( c o n t i n u e d o n p a g e 4 0 9 ) mailto:jaj23@psulias.psi i.edu mailto:sandy.lfolsom@cmich.edu C&RL News ■ June 2003 / 409 W a s h i n g t o n H o t l i n e Lynne E. Bradley N e w D R M a c t in tr o d u c e d S e n a to r Sam B ro w n b a c k (R -K ansas) h a s in tro ­ duced the C onsum ers, Schools a n d Libraries Digital Rights M a n agem ent A wareness A c t o f 2003- T he act includes provisions that address som e library c on­ c e rn s a b o u t t h e im p lic a tio n s o f D igital R ights M anagem ent (DRM) technologies, w hich limit the w ays that digital information can b e accessed a n d used. S om e k e y fe atu res o f th e bill a re su m m a ­ rized below . P r o h ib itio n o n F C C Technology) M a n d a t e s • Prohibits the Federal C om m unications Com ­ m ission (FCC) from m an d a tin g th at m anufactur­ ers o f c o n su m er electronics a n d c o m puting p ro d ­ ucts, as w ell as teleco m m u n icatio n s service p ro ­ viders, build their p roducts to o p e rate o r re sp o n d to specific DRM technologies. • Permits th e FCC to establish a f u n c t i o n a l re­ quirem ent preventing unauthorized Internet retrans­ m ission o f digital television signals to th e public, b ut o n ly if su c h a re q u ire m e n t p re serv e s re a so n ­ able a n d custom ary consum er, e d u cational insti­ tution, a n d library access a n d u se practices. Consum er a n d educational c o m m u n ity awareness • Provides private sector w ith o n e y e ar to create voluntary notice a n d labeling standards for Lynne E. Bradley is Office o f Government Relations director o f ALA’s W ashington Office, e-mail: leb@alawash.org ( “L e a rn in g t o m a k e … ” cont. f r o m p a g e 3 7 7 ) O b e rlin C o lle g e L ibrarian Je ss ic a G rim a n d a ssociate p ro fe s so r W en d y K ozol in c o rp o ra te d in fo rm a tio n literacy in a G e n d e r a n d W o m e n ’s S tu d y c o u r s e t o t e a c h s t u d e n t s in te r d i s c ip l i ­ n a ry r e s e a r c h , in tr o d u c e th e m to a v a rie ty o f re s o u rc e s , a n d fo s te r c ritical th in k in g skills. At O h io W e s le y a n U niversity, lib ra ria n J o y H e a n d a s s is ta n t p r o f e s s o r N a n c y K n o p e m ­ b e d d e d in fo rm a tio n lite ra c y in P h y s ic a l E d u ­ c a tio n c o u rse s . H e m e t w ith e a c h c la ss f o u r to eight tim es a se m e s te r a n d w a s closely involved in d e v e lo p in g a ssig n m e n ts. K n o p s u g g e sts ty ­ ing info rm a tio n literacy sta n d a rd s w ith a cc red i­ t a tio n r e q u i r e m e n t s t o e n c o u r a g e f a c u lty to “b u y -in to c o lla b o ra tin g w ith lib ra ria n s .” digital m edia products that incorporate DRM tech­ nology. Standards m ust inform consum ers, educa­ tional institutions, a n d libraries about the ways in w hich the DRM technology will im pact their use o f digital m edia products. • FTC notice a n d labeling, in th e a b se n ce o f successful private sector efforts, will inform c o n ­ sum ers a b o u t th e w ays in w h ic h DRM technolo­ gies e m b e d d e d in the digital m edia products ham ­ p e r consum er, educational institution, a n d library u se o f digital m edia products. C o n s u m e r p r i v a c y • R equires m anufacturers to file a “J o h n D o e ” case against ISP subscribers they suspect are using th e ir digital m e d ia p ro d u c ts in a n u n a u th o riz e d m anner. ISPs c an n o t b e com pelled to release su b ­ scriber p e rso n al inform ation w ith o u t a valid su b ­ p o e n a o r court order issued in a p e n d in g civil law ­ suit. S e c o n d a r y m a r k e ts f o r u s e d d ig ita l m e d i a p r o d u c t s • Prevents manufacturers of digital m edia p rod­ ucts from u sing DRM technologies to restrict c o n ­ su m e r resale o f digital m e d ia p ro d u c ts th ey law ­ fully o w n o r e lect to d o n a te to e d u ca tio n a l insti­ tutions a n d libraries. Please write o r call y o u r senators a n d ask them to c o sp o n so r Senator B ro w n b ack ’s bill. T he capi­ tol s w itc h b o a rd n u m b e r is (202) 224-3121. ■ All p a n e l i s t s a g r e e d t h a t fa c u lty -lib ra ria n c o lla b o ra tio n is “a b s o lu te ly th e m o s t e ffective w a y to in te g ra te in fo rm a tio n lite ra c y in to th e c u r ric u lu m .” F a c u lty o b s e r v e d a d ra m a tic in ­ c r e a s e in t h e q u a li t y o f s t u d e n t w r i t in g a n d r e s e a r c h skills. O v e r t h e p a s t t h r e e y e a rs , 76 c u r r i c u lu m d e v e l o p m e n t g r a n ts h a v e b e e n a w a r d e d in w h ic h 102 fa cu lty w o r k e d w ith 25 lib ra rian s to d e s ig n o r re v ise 116 c o u rse s in 32 d is c ip lin e s . H o w e v e r, w ith a lim ite d n u m b e r o f lib ra ria n s a v a ila b le , lib ra rie s fa c e th e c h a l­ l e n g e o f “c o n ti n u i n g to p r o v i d e th is s e r v ic e fo r e v e ry fa c u lty m e m b e r n o w t h a t m o m e n ­ tu m is b u i l d i n g f o r c o l l a b o r a t i o n s . ”— S m i t i G a n d h i , V a l e n c i a C o m m u n i t y C o lle g e , sgandhi@valenciacc.edu ■ mailto:leb@alawash.org mailto:sgandhi@valenciacc.edu