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NIDL Fall Meeting
November 4, 2005
Oak Park Public Library
Attendees:
Trish Akin - Oak Park
Walt Baumann - DePaul
Marjorie Bengtson - U of I
James Chipala - Poplar Creek
Beth Clausen - Northwestern
Gloria Hamilton - U of C
Raizel Liebler - John Marsahall
Kevin McClure - Chicago-Kent
Bob Pruter - Lewis U
Aimee Quinn - U of I
Barbara Sheffki - Poplar Creek
John Schuler - U of I
RoseAnn Vonesh - Oak Park
Notes from Kevin McClure :
--- Notes from "around the table"
Kevin, Chicago-Kent College of Law -- no major new projects underway.
Working on weeding federal fiche, cataloging UN materials into LC, and
adding links to electronic versions into existing catalog records for
print docs.
Univ. Chicago - Maria and Gloria both attended. Maria will take on more
oversight of the gov docs collection. The collection is about to lose
a
substantial amount of space to offices. Currently weeding the
collection down to one on-campus copy, in coordination with D'Angelo
Law
Library
Bob Pruter, Lewis Univ. - Position moving toward reference with less
emphasis on government documents. Heavy weeding of paper collection is
ongoing.
Beth Clausen, Northwestern - The gov docs department has hired a new
international documents librarian. They are currently searching for a
new federal documents assistant. The University Librarian is retiring
next year.
Oak Park Public - Now receiving little in paper. Currently weeding
CD-ROM and paper docs collections
John Shuler, UIC - Gov docs department is now three years into working
from a merged desk with reference, though it remains a separate
department. They have a new map librarian, who was previously head of
the American Geographic Society library in Wisconsin. UIC is close to
a
deal with the Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission (which has been
merged into CATS - Chicago Area Transit Study) to take over their
library. Will start receiving their 40,000 volumes soon and will
receive subsequent material on something like a depository basis. Part
of an overall shift in emphasis away from federal and more toward state,
local, and regional documents. Census project undertaken in 1990
probably won't be repeated for 2000 census. Loss of Geography
Department and poor funding have made it difficult to pull the needed
institutional resources together.
Raizel Liebler, John Marshall Law - Raizel works with Anne Abramson
and
will be taking over more of a gov docs role. JMLS has searches on for
both a new dean and a new library director.
Walt, DePaul Law - New library director is in place. Library has
instituted a liaison program. The law school's Human Rights Institute
is involved in reconstructing three law school libraries in Iraq.
---Comments on Illinois Depository Libraries Meeting (September)
Aimee reported on the September meeting in Springfield for Illinois
depository libraires. TC Evans of the GPO spoke and took questions.
The meeting was brief but well attended.
---Comments on Depository Library Council Meeting (October) and
FDLP
issues
The DLC meeting in Washington devoted time for depository librarians
to
prepare their "vision" for their role in the FDLP. Aimee thought
the
meeting reflected more acceptance by librarians that we're going into
an
online program, and less clinging to reliance on print.
John and Aimee agreed that the pilot project on email reference, which
UIC participated in, shows that the idea works. John Shuler thought
that institutionally, GPO failed to seize on the idea that it could be
discussed at the October meeting as a model for how depository libraries
could work together. DLC wants to see email reference fully
implemented. Now that the concept is proven, depositories need to
embrace the kind of organizational work that is needed to pull it off.
Aimee noted that depository librarians still tie themselves to
collections rather than marketing themselves as experts. Need to move
focus from containership to expertise.
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Walt brought up the two dates in May , May 5 or 12, that Julie
suggested for the Fall meeting. Bob Pruter pointed out that we
can't make a final decision till we know when the DLC meeting
will be happening. Aimee reminded us that Sally Holterhoff
would also like to host a future meeting in Valparaiso.
At about 5:30PM we adjourned & several folks went for dinner
at a nearby restaurant.
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