ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries C&RL N ew s ■ N o v e m b e r 1 9 9 9 / 815 M a ry Ellen Davis S ta n fo rd ’s G ree n L ib ra ry re op e n e d Stanford University Libraries reinaugurated its old m a in library as th e B ing W in g o f th e Cecil H. G reen Library, follow ing a n extensive restoration and seismic upgrade. T he 172,000-square- foot Bing Wing occu­ pies a 1919 building, designed by the famed San Francisco archi­ tectural Ann Bake well & Brown. The recon­ struction, which used Fields & D evereaux Architects a n d Engi­ neers, and cost neatly $ 5 0 m i l l i o n , i n ­ v o lv e d a full e a rth ­ A decorative arch o f the q u a k e retrofit o f the Bing Wing at Stanford. m ain library b u ild ­ ing, restoration o f the interior spaces altered du r­ ing earlier renovations, a n d the installation of elec­ tro n ic c ap a b ilitie s. T h e n e w s p a c e a ls o o ffers in cre ased exhibit capacity fo r curatorial d e p a rt­ ments. M ic h a e l K e lle r, u n i v e r s it y l ib r a r i a n a n d d i r e c t o r o f A c a d e m i c I n f o r m a t i o n R e ­ s o u r c e s , s a id , “In th is r e c o n s t r u c ­ t i o n o f S t a n f o r d ’s o r i g i n a l M a in L ib ra ry , w e h a v e a t t e m p t e d to b e tru e to th e sim p le , R o m a n e sq u e Re­ v i v a l g r a n d e u r s o f t h e b u i l d i n g , w h ile a c c o u n tin g f o r th e in c re d ib le c h a n g e s in th e u n iv e rs ity , its lib ra r­ i e s , a n d t h e w o r l d a r o u n d in t h e in te rv e n in g y e ars sin c e its c o n stru c ­ t io n . W e h a v e t r i e d a s w e ll t o a c ­ c o m m o d a t e u n f o r e s e e a b l e p o s s i ­ b i l i t i e s o f t h e f u t u r e . ” S o u th e rn M e th o d ist Univ. u n v e ils n ew o n lin e syste m S o u t h e r n M e t h o d i s t U n i v e r s i t y (SMU) h a s in stalled a n e w o n lin e sy ste m c a lle d PO N I (P u b lic O n lin e In fo rm a tio n ), w h ic h is p o w e r e d by th e V o y a g e r In te g ra te d L ibrary Sys­ te m softw are p ro d u c e d b y E n d ea v o r System s. P O N I i n c lu d e s th e r e c o r d s o f all o f SMU’s m a in lib ra rie s, in c lu d in g g o v e r n m e n t docum ents. T h e P O N I s y s t e m e v e n t u a l l y w ill a ls o s e a rc h th e c a ta lo g s o f o t h e r lib ra rie s, a llo w ­ in g t h e u s e r to c h o o s e th e in s titu tio n s t o b e s e a r c h e d , a n d w ill r e tr i e v e a c o n s o l i d a t e d list o f t h e i r h o l d in g s w ith s e a m le s s a c c e s s. “W h e n s o m e o n e u s e s t h e P O N I s y s te m , t h e y d o n ’t h a v e t o l e a r n t e n d if f e r e n t w a y s to s e a rc h a n d lo o k a t t e n d iffe re n t l ib r a r ie s ’ c a t a l o g s , ” s a i d S y s te m s L ib r a r ia n M a ry Q u e y ro u z e , w h o le d th e im p le m e n ta tio n e f­ f o r t. “W e f e e l P O N I w i l l b e a s t r o n g p l a t ­ fo rm fo r d e v e lo p in g n e w p a tr o n se rv ic e s fo r m a n y y e a r s to c o m e b e c a u s e it is c o n s i d e r ­ a b ly m o r e p o w e r f u l a n d f l e x i b l e t h a n t h e o l d e r s y s te m .” T h e c o n v e r s i o n t o P O N I w a s t h e c u lm i­ n a t i o n o f n i n e m o n t h s o f i n t e n s i v e e f f o r t b y SMU l i b r a r y s t a f f t o t r a n s f e r d a t a f r o m t h e u n iv e r s ity ’s a g in g N O TIS s y s te m (w h ic h w a s n o t Y 2K c o m p l i a n t ) t o t h e n e w d a t a ­ b a s e s e r v e r ( w h ic h is). J u illia r d re o p e n s lib ra ry T he Ju illiard S chool r e o p e n e d its Lila A c h eso n Staff at the College o f W illiam and Mary’s (W&M) Earl Gregg Swem Library, Williamsburg, Virginia, welcomed freshm en w ith fo rtu n e cookies, wishes fo r “ good fo rtu n e ” at W&M, and a “ Welcome Freshman” banner. Staff also presented an overview o f the library and held a reception fo r freshmen orientation aides. N e w s f r o m t h e F i e l d 816 / C&RL N ew s ■ N o v e m b e r 1999 Developing Web pages fo r professional communication In 1996, t h e lib ra ry a t th e U n iv e rs ity o f Illinois, U rbana-C ham paign, d e c id e d to m ak e p r o fe s s io n a l h o m e p a g e s fo r a ll o f its lib ra r­ ian s, a n d b rin g its c o lle g ia l c o m m u n ic a tio n in to th e e le ctro n ic age. W ith th e a id o f th e T im C ole, S ystem s Li­ b ra ria n fo r D igital P rojects, a n d h is staff, th e s ix lib r a r ia n s in t h e A c a ­ d e m ic R e s id e n t L ib ra ria n P r o g r a m t o o k o n t h i s project. T h e result w a s th e L ibrary F a c u lty D ire c to ry ( h t t p : / / w w w . l i b r a r y . u iu c .e d u /f a c u lty /). T h e tra d itio n a l m e a n s o f c o m m u n i c a ti n g w ith o n - a n d o ff - c a m p u s c o l ­ lea g u es for librarians at the university w a s a p rin te d university library a n ­ n u a l re p o rt. B ut th e p u b lic a tio n h a d a sm all circulation, g o in g o n ly to a se lec t few in e a c h d e p a r tm e n t, a n d e v e n th a t sm a ll a m o u n t o f e x p o su re c eased in the 1980s w h e n the a n nual p u b lic a tio n died. W ith th e a b s e n c e o f a c u r re n t, a ll-in c lu ­ sive source sh o w in g librarians’ professional ac­ tivities, R o b e rt W ed g e w o rth , t h e n u n iv e rsity lib ra ria n , w a n te d to d e v e lo p s u c h a n o n lin e p ro file /b ib lio g ra p h y fo r lib ra rian s th a t c o u ld d o w h a t th e o ld p a p e r a n n u a l re p o rts c o u ld not: p ro v id e to c o lleagues o n - a n d o ff-cam pus a co n cisely visible a n d easily acc essib le in d e x o f p u b lic a tio n s b y lib ra ry fa cu lty , a n d a d e ­ scription o f th e library faculty’s services. W hile th e library m aintains tw o w o n d e rfu l resources, th e “L ibrary F a c u lty R e se arc h In te re sts D a ta ­ b a s e ” a n d t h e “R e ce n t L ibrary F a c u lty P u b li­ cations D atabase,” th e professional h o m e p a g e s p r o v id e th e o p p o r t u n it y fo r d ire c t a c c e s s to e a c h fa c u lty m e m b e r, a n d o ffe r d a ta o n a p e r s o n ’s re s e a rc h in w h a t is p e rh a p s th e first location in w h ic h colleagues w o u ld search for any inform ation. T h e r e a r e 116 lib ra ry f a c u l t y p a g e s , a n d , o f t h e s e , m o r e t h a n 54% g o b e y o n d directo ry inform a­ tio n a n d g iv e a lib ra ria n ’s p ro fessio n al d u tie s, activi­ t ie s , a n d p u b l i c a t i o n s . D u rin g a s n a p s h o t p e r io d o f a c a d e m ic y e a r 1997 th o u g h su m m er o f 1998, the faculty p ag es r e c e iv e d m o r e t h a n 3 2 ,0 0 0 h its . M o re t h a n 48% o f th o se hits w e re from c am pus, b u t m ore th a n 51% c a m e fro m o u ts id e th e u n iv e rs ity , in c lu d in g o th e r states a n d co u n tries. W e b e lie v e o u r W eb p a g e s h a v e s tre n g th ­ e n e d o u r lib ra ria n s’ c o m m u n ic a tio n w ith th e c a m p u s a n d w ith c o lle a g u e s e ls e w h e re , a n d w e h o p e t h a t o t h e r l i b r a r i e s w ill l o o k at s u c h p ro je c ts fo r t h e i r lib r a r ia n s .— N i n a C. D a v is , U n i v e r s i ty o f I l l i n o i s a t U r b a n a - C h a m p a ig n , c a r o n @ n in c .e d u a n d J e a n M. D i c k i n s o n , N e w M e x i c o S t a t e U n iv e r s ity , jedickin@ lib.nm su.edu W a lla c e L ibrary; o n e o f t h e first fu lly c o m ­ p l e t e d p ro je c ts o f t h e s c h o o l ’s $ 1 0 0 -m illio n campaign. The renovation, m ade possible by a $3- m illion g ra n t from th e P e ter Ja y S harp F o u n d a ­ tion, e x p a n d e d th e library’s c o m p u te r netw ork, c re a te d th e P e ter Jay Sharp Special C ollections room — w h ic h p rovides environm entally secu re storage for rare materials— increased shelf, exhibit a n d staff space, renovated the m ain reading room, a n d p ro v id e d n e w lighting, carp e tin g , a n d fur­ nishings. All the library’s seats are w ired for p o w e r a n d data so that laptop users can p lu g in. D uring th e first y ear o f its 5-year, $ 100-million cam paign, th e Julliard School h a s already raised $52.2 mil­ lion. A C R L m a k e s in fo rm a tio n lite ra c y re so u rce s a v a ila b le on W eb ACRL’s In stitu te fo r In fo rm a tio n L iteracy h a s c re a te d a p rim e r o n inform ation literacy for fac­ ulty a n d academ ic administrators. This prim er is l o c a t e d o n t h e IIL W e b p a g e a t h t t p : / / w w w .a la .o rg /a c rl/n ili/w h a tis.h tm l. T h e site is d e s ig n e d to p ro v id e a b a sic in ­ tro d u c tio n to in fo rm a tio n lite rac y b y a n s w e r­ in g fo u r b a sic q u e s tio n s : 1) W h a t is in fo rm a ­ tio n literacy?; 2) W h a t s h o u ld fa c u lty a n d a d ­ m in istra to rs k n o w a b o u t in fo rm a tio n literacy program s; 3) Are th e re so m e m o d el pro g ram s I c a n e xam ine?; a n d 4) W h e re c a n I fin d m o re info rm a tio n ? uiuc.edu/faculty/ mailto:caron@ninc.edu mailto:jedickin@lib.nmsu.edu http://www.ala.org/acrl/nili/whatis.html C&RL N e w s ■ N o v e m b e r 1 9 9 9 / 8 17 Librarians trying to e d u c a te their faculty a n d adm inistrators a b o u t in­ fo rm a tio n literacy will fin d th is site helpful. Suggestions for improving the site are w e lco m e a n d sh o u ld b e sent t o T o m K irk , e - m a il : k i r k t o ® e arlh am .ed u , w h o is resp o n sib le for the page. W ESS 20th a n n iv e rs a ry p a p e rs o n W eb T h e p a p e r s fro m th e ACRL W e s t­ e r n E u ro p e a n S p ecialists S e c tio n ’s 2 0th a n n iv e rs a ry p ro g ra m , h e ld at th e 1999 ALA A n n u a l C o n fe re n c e , a re n o w a v a ila b le o n th e W e b at h ttp ://w w w .lib ra ry .y a le .e d u /w e ss/ w e s s p ro g . T h e p r o g r a m f e a tu r e d p r e s e n ­ t a t i o n s b y B a r b a r a W a ld e n , E u r o p e a n H is ­ t o r y l i b r a r i a n a t t h e U n i v e r s i ty o f W is c o n ­ s i n , o n “L o o k in g F o r w a r d a f t e r 20 y e a r s ” a n d b y J a m e s J. O ’D o n n e ll, p r o fe s s o r o f C las­ s ic a l S tu d ie s a n d v ic e p r o v o s t fo r I n f o r m a ­ t io n S y s te m s a n d C o m p u ti n g a t t h e U n iv e r­ s ity o f P e n n s y l v a n ia , o n “R e - in v e n t in g E u ­ ro p e : O ld C o m m u n itie s a n d N e w , R eal C o m ­ m u n it i e s a n d V ir tu a l.” Im m e rsio n ’00 o ffe re d a t U n iv e rsity o f W a sh in g to n T h e U niversity o f W a s h in g to n will h o s t ACRL’s In stitu te fo r In fo rm a tio n L iteracy’s Im m e rsio n ’00 p ro g ra m , A u g u st 4 - 9 , 2000. T h is f o u r - a n d - o n e - h a lf - d a y p r o g r a m p r o ­ v id e s in te n siv e tra in in g a n d e d u c a ­ tio n f o r in stru c tio n lib ra rian s in tw o trac k s: T ra c k I is fo r n e w lib ra ria n s o r in stru c tio n lib ra rian s w h o a re in ­ te re ste d in e n h a n c in g , refreshing, o r e x te n d i n g th e i r in d iv id u a l in s tru c ­ tio n skills, w h ic h c a n b e a p p lie d to i n s t it u t io n a l p r o g r a m s . T ra c k II is d e s i g n e d fo r in s tr u c tio n lib ra ria n s w h o s e e k to f u r th e r d e v e lo p , i n te ­ grate, o r a d v a n c e a n in fo rm a tio n lit­ e ra c y p r o g r a m w ith in th e ir in s titu ­ tion. P a rtic ip a tio n is lim ite d to 90 to e n s u r e a n e n v iro n m e n t th a t fo ste rs g ro u p in te ra c tio n a n d a ctive p artici­ “ I th i pation. A cceptance to th e Im m ersion Program is com petitive. T he d eadline fo r a p p ly in g is D e c e m b e r 1 5 ,1 9 9 9 . A pplication instructions a n d a form are available o n th e W eb at h t t p : / / w w w . a l a . o r g / a c r l / n i l i / in it i a t i v e s .h t m l . M olesworth Institute to g iv e hum or award T h e M olesw orth Institute h a s e stab lish e d a n e w a w a rd to h o n o r o u tsta n d in g c o n trib u tio n s to li­ brary hum or. N am ed after E dm und Lester Pearson, th e lib ra ry h u m o ris t w h o a u th o r e d The O ld L ibrarian ’s A lm a n a c k a n d w h o s e colum n, “T he Librarian,” a p p e a re d in th e B oston E vening T ran­ sc r ip fw e e ld y from 1906-20, th e first a w a rd will b e g iv en for th e m o st d istin g u ish e d w o rk s o f li­ Library Assistant Margie Roblin speaks to a guest attending th e New Faculty Orientation Program held at the Delmar T. O viatt Library, California State University, Northridge. More than 100 guests attended the popular annual event, designed to introduce new faculty members to library resources, services, and personnel. n k h e s a id , ‘ T h e R e s e r v e D e s k is c lo s in g ! T h e R e s e r v e D e s k is c lo s in g ! ’” earlham.edu http://www.library.yale.edu/wess/ http://www.ala.org/acrl/nili/ 8 18 / C&RL N ew s ■ N o v e m b e r 1999 brary h u m o r in 1999. Any a n d all k in d s o f contributions are w el­ c o m e . N o m in a tio n s should b e sent no later t h a n F e b r u a ry 29, 2000, to N o rm a n D. S t e v e n s , d i r e c t o r , M olesw orth Institute, 143 H anks Hill Road, S to r r s , CT 0 6 2 6 8 . N o m in a tio n s n e e d only include the piece A Bibliosmiles post­ b e in g n o m in a ted ; in card from the Moles­ th e case o f W eb sites w o rth Institute. o r o th e r e le c tro n ic p u b l i c a t i o n s , e l e c t r o n i c s u b m i s s i o n s to norman.stevens@ uconn.edu will suffice. The w in­ ner, w h o s e aw ard will b e tailored to th e subm is­ sion, will b e an n o u n ce d o n April 1,2000. N ew M in n eso ta a rc h iv e s n am ed O n th e o c c a sio n o f h is 9 0th b irth d a y , th e U ni­ v e rs ity o f M in n e s o ta (U M ) h a s r e n a m e d t h e L ibrary A rc h iv e s/A c œ ss C e n te r (c u rre n tly u n ­ d e r c o n s t r u c t i o n ) th e E lm e r L. A n d e r s e n Li­ brary, in h o n o r o f fo rm e r M innesota G o v e rn o r A n d e rs e n . T h is is th e first tim e a UM L ibrary h a s n o t b e e n n a m e d a fte r a u n iv e rs ity p r e s i­ d e n t, a n d it re c o g n iz e s A n d e rs e n ’s m a n y c o n ­ trib u tio n s to a n d s u p p o rt o f th e library a n d th e university. T he $40-million project will b e com pleted early in 2000 a n d will h o u s e e ight UM special collec­ tio n s a n d a rch iv es a n d th e MINITEX In fo rm a ­ tion N etwork offices a n d services; lesser-used m a­ terials from th e university a n d o th e r libraries in th e state will b e h o u s e d in tw o environm entally controlled caverns m in e d for this project. P r o je c t M u se a n n o u n c e s p r ic in g o p t io n s f o r 2 0 0 0 Firm p rices fo r th e 2000 c a le n d a r y e a r a re n o w available fo r Project MUSE, th e ele ctro n ic jour­ nals database m anaged by the Jo h n s H opkins Uni­ versity Press. MUSE n o w offers 112 journal titles from n in e p u b lish ers, su c h as C arnegie M ellon U niversity Press, MIT Press, a n d th e University o f T ex a s Press. A v a rie ty o f p a c k a g e s a n d dis­ c o u n ts a re availab le. D e tails m a y b e fo u n d at h t t p : / / m u s e . j h u . e d u o r c o n t a c t M e la n ie V anderm ark at m elanie@ jhupress.jhu.edu. ■ “Curm udgeon” Madden remembered at CSU Fresno “C u r m u d g e o n , ” “B i b l i o p h i l e , ” a n d “Scholar.” H enry Miller M adden w as re m e m b e re d at a g a th e rin g h e ld o n A ugust 27 at California State University, Fresno, to c o m m e m o ra te th e 50th a n n i­ versary o f h is arrival a t th e library that n o w b e ars his nam e. T h e c el­ e b ra tio n re c o g n iz e d th e c e n tra l ro le M a d d e n p la y e d in th e library a n d in th e p ro fessio n in Califor­ nia. In S e p te m b e r 1949, M a d d e n jo in e d w h a t w a s th e n F resno State C ollege as c o llege librarian; h e re ­ tired in 1979. In 1981, th e library w a s n a m e d for him , a g reat h o n o r re q u irin g a n e x c e p tio n to CSU policy. H e d ie d th e fol­ lo w in g year. M a d d e n b e c a m e a re c o g n iz e d le a d e r in th e library p rofession, particularly in th e area o f intellectual free d o m , b u t his m ost im p o r­ tan t a c c o m p lish m e n t w a s th e d e v e lo p m e n t o f a library c o llectio n that, for its size, is u n ­ paralle led in diversity, quality, a n d d e p th . H e b e lie v ed that a n “a ca d em ic librarian [has an] obligation to b e q u e a th a living institution that will b e a m ainstay fo r g e n e ra tio n s u n to g e n e ra tio n s.” M a d d e n v a lu e d his staff a n d p ro c la im e d th e m as “u n m a tc h e d in c o m p e te n c e .” H e issued u n iq u e m e m o ra n d a w ritten in a n idiosyn­ cratic style ( “D o n o t … c o n c lu d e calls w ith ‘B ye-Bye,’ ‘m m m b y e ,’ o r o th e r m u s h .”). In accepting th e position o f col­ lege librarian 50 years ago, M adden a n s w e re d a tru e calling fo r librari­ a n sh ip . H e c h e ris h e d th e im p o rta n c e o f th e w ritte n w o rd . M a d d e n c lo s e d his last a n n u a l re p o rt with, “T he things that are m ost w ith m e are tilings th at I h ave read, for they b o th o p e n a n d store th e m ind. R eading is th e m e a n s a n d the m easure o f intellectual life.”—-Janet Bancroft, H enry M a d d e n Library, California State Univer­ sity, Fresno■ mailto:norman.stevens@uconn.edu http://muse.jhu.edu mailto:melanie@jhupress.jhu.edu