Volume 51, Number 4, February 2, 1995

CONTENTS: 02/23/95 issue

Staff News

Ethnotes from the LAUC Cultural Diversity Committee

Down here by the Paper Attachments

Library Unit Heads and Supervisors are encouraged to submit short introductions of newly appointed personnel so that the Library's staff can get to know them. Announcements of staff promotions, reclassifications, awards/publications, transfers, departures and other staff news are also welcomed by the CU NEWS editor.

Map Room Open House
February 10, 1995

We have moved into new quarters, and the Library Map Collection is more accessible and easier to use. Please come to our open house, hear Peter Lyman, get a tour, view our displays of paper and electronic maps. Enjoy refreshments.

OPEN HOUSE 3 pm - 6 pm
PETER LYMAN 4 pm - 5 pm
THE MAP COLLECTION
40 GIANNINI HALL

The UCB Library Staff Development Committee (SDC) is sponsoring and coordinating the Soaring to Excellence Teleconferences on the UC Berkeley campus. UCB will be joining another 250 sites in this series of learning teleconferences. The teleconferences will be held one Tuesday per month for five consecutive months, from 9:00 am - 12:00 pm with a thirty minute break. It's not mandatory to attend each part or every session. Enrollment is limited and required.

Please sign up via e-mail to: mturner@library.berkeley.edu ASAP, Library employees are free, Affiliate Library employees and others will be $10.00 per part, personal check or IOC.

Name:____________________

Library:_________________

Dept.:___________________

Phone number:____________

Dates and part(s) desired:

The 'Soaring to Excellence' teleconference series is focused on the specific requirements for library assistants in all types of environments. These teleconferences will be of vital interest to library workers from small and large, rural and urban, public, school, and academic libraries, as well as library students. The topics will specifically address issues that affect the library assistant in today's library. Participation in the conference will promote the viewer's growth as a contributing partner in the library.

All of our 'Soaring to Excellence' teleconferences are guaranteed to provide viewers with at least three specific skills or strategies that may be applied by library assistants.

Each viewer will have access through each local site coordinator to materials supporting each of the topics.

TELECONFERENCE PROGRAM:

#1 Tuesday, February 14, 1995 (Valentine's Day) Dwinelle 4
Part 1 9-10:15 am
"Professional" is an attitude.
What is this attitude and how is it conveyed to others? How can it help you serve your library patron? Issues affecting library assistants such as self-esteem, team-building, and accepting and giving criticism will be explored.

Dwinelle 4
Part 2 10:45-12
Libraries Then and Now: What does the Future Hold?
A brief history of libraries. Trends and issues for the future of libraries. Continued emphasis on individualized service and the unique needs of each person. What part do you as a library assistant, play in all of this?

#2 Tuesday, March 7, 1995
Dwinelle 117
Part 1 9-10:15 am
Technology and the Library Staff
How technology affects the inside operation of the library. Exploring the Internet, and other automation trends that affect your work within the Library.

Dwinelle 117
Part 2 10:45-12
Technology and the Library User
Issues that affect the library user; expectations and fears. Exploring CD-ROM, Self Check out, Internet, and looking toward the future. How to help patrons accept and use new technologies.

#3 Tuesday, April 4, 1995
Dwinelle 117
Part 1 9-10:15 am
Tools of our Trade: Reference Sources for Real-Life Issues Library workers need practical, useful lists and tools to assist in the area of science, health and nutrition., and consumer information. Leave this session with something you can take back to your library and use immediately!

Dwinelle 117
Part 2 10:45-12
Individualized Library Service for a Diverse Population: Is it Possible?
Defining diversity. How to survive in the face of many different views. Dealing with diverse clientele including ethnic groups, different age groups, and people with special needs.

#4 Tuesday, May 2, 1995
Dwinelle 117
Part 1 9-10:15 am
Communication in the Library: Up, Down and All Around
Learning effective communication techniques to use when dealing with patrons, colleagues and supervisors. Techniques dealing with difficult people in the library.

Dwinelle 17
Part 2 10:45-12
Library Learning Over a Lifetime
What is the library assistant's role in programs such as literacy, pre-school story hours, job centers, retirement programs? From school readiness to retirement. Strategies for serving the patron who wants to learn.

#5 Tuesday, June 6, 1995
Dwinelle 117
Part 1 9-10:15 am
Meet the Library Assistants!
Library workers from academic, public, school, and special libraries will discuss their duties, how they fit into their organization, and how they see their future.

Dwinelle 117
Part 2 10:45-12
Staff: The Key to Library Service
The variety of staff roles in the library. How do you fit in? Support organizations and programs to empower you to be the best library worker you can be. Coping with change. Pay equity and security. Just what do MLSs do? Showing your worth.
--Michelle C. Turner, Teaching Library

CURRENT LIBRARY EXPEDITERS

Library Expediters search for materials which get lost in the process of cataloging, binding, or mending, or which become lost en route to their shelving location(s). If you suspect that material in any of these categories is lost, you may request a search for it by sending a Tracer form (MU0105) or its electronic equivalent, to the appropriate Expediter. Section II.B of the Branch Processing Manual gives a full explanation of tracing procedures.

• Send tracers for new monographs received and in process to the Technical Services Expediter for copy cataloging, Alice Strickland, Catalog Department. Alice will trace material in the process of being copy cataloged. If the material in question is receiving original cataloging, Alice will route the tracer to the appropriate person in that division.
• Send tracers for serial material likely to be in process in Serials Cataloging to the Serials Expediter, Jane Kelley, Catalog Department. If there is already an "f"-level record for the material's most recent title on Gladis, but the material has not reached its shelving location, send the tracer to Judith Walker, Acquisition Department.
• Send tracers for material sent for binding or repairs to the Conservation Expediter, Althea Marion, Conservation Department.

Tracers are also required when using the SPRMB fund to replace material which is lost in Technical Services or lost in transit. Forthcoming revisions of the Branch Processing Manual will explain when and how to use the SPRMB fund.

JOB ANNOUNCEMENT

HEAD, REFERENCE SERVICES, RIVERA LIBRARY
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, RIVERSIDE

Position Title: Associate Librarian - Librarian

Full Salary Range $36,108 - $67,296
Appointment Range $36,108 - $48,540

The Rivera Library welcomes applications for the position of Head of Reference Services. The Library is seeking a creative, innovative librarian capable of providing both vision and direction to its Reference Services Department which provides specially tailored access to information resources and services in support of the campus academic program.

Library Environment:

The University Library of the University of California, Riverside, is a member of the Association of Research Libraries. Its collections include 1.7 million volumes and 13,500 current serials housed in five libraries: the Rivera Library, serving the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, the School of Education, and the Graduate School of Management; the Bio-Agricultural and Physical Sciences libraries, serving the College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences and the College of Engineering; the Music Library; and the Media Resources Library. Through the MELVYL Online Catalog, the Library has cooperative access to the collections of the other eight University of California campuses, a total of 27 million volumes. Librarians at UCR have the opportunity to work collaboratively with the 500 librarians of the UC System through a variety of systemwide committees and cooperative projects.

Campus and Community Environment:

Located 60 miles east of Los Angeles and 50 miles west of Palm Springs, the 1,200 acre park-like campus was recently cited for its natural beauty in a New York Times Magazine article. The campus is experiencing a growth boom under a vigorous campus administration which is committed to library excellence. Several new buildings are recently completed or under construction, and ground breaking is expected soon for a new Science Library. Over 500 faculty members teach and advise UCR's student body of 9,000 undergraduate, graduate, and professional students. Various specialized research centers and institutes, the California Museum of Photography, and the Botanical Garden are attached to the campus.

The surrounding community of Riverside (pop. 250,000) offers a variety of cultural activities and is within easy reach of the many cultural and recreational activities of Southern California. The community has always enthusiastically supported and encouraged the growth and development of the campus. Riverside enjoys a moderate cost of living and offers one of the best housing values in California, with the median price of houses at $139,000.

Position Description:

For the Rivera Library, plan, coordinate, promote and provide electronic and traditional reference and instructional programs including reference desk service, research assistance, user instruction, and point-of-service assistance with electronic technologies to a diverse population of faculty, staff, students and off-campus library users. Provide professional and educational leadership to a staff of 5.5 librarians. Supervise the development of the reference collection in all formats. May participate as a selector in building the library's collections.

Qualifications: Graduate library degree. Minimum of four years progressively responsible experience in reference services in a research or large public library. Extensive experience with print and electronic reference sources and services; strong grasp of the current state of information technology and its potential for innovative reference service programs. Excellent organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills. Commitment to professional development. Previous management experience desirable.

Appointment:

The successful candidate will be appointed to the Librarian Series, at the salary level appropriate to the candidate's qualifications and experience. Librarians are academic appointees and accrue vacation at the rate of two days per month and sick leave at the rate of one day per month. The University offers a broad range of benefits and an excellent retirement program.

Applications:

John W. Tanno
Associate University Librarian
University of California
P.O. Box 5900
Riverside, CA 92517

For further information or to arrange an informal visit, feel free to contact John Tanno at (909) 787-3221 or tanno@ucrac1.ucr.edu.

Other Information:

The University of California is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer.

ETHNOTES is a new regular feature of CU News which highlights ethnic/cultural holidays for each month of the year. Sereptha Strong of the Transportation Library will coordinate the collection of texts (not more than 1-2 paragraphs per holiday) and welcomes any contributions from UCB library staff members with information pertaining to particular holidays.

Note: the deadline for submission of articles to CU News is Tuesday noon. Please e-mail them to: sstrong@library.berkeley.edu by the Friday before the CU News deadline.

For sources of information for this column, send e-mail to Sereptha Strong: sstrong@library.berkeley.edu

Notable dates in history for Afro-American History Month - February 1-28

Note: The main source of information for this column is Chase's 1995 Calendar of Events.

Some things you learn about The Library fast:

1. Go to any Early Bird announced (yes, even cataloging) because it means getting paid to sit on soft furniture for an hour and a half.
2. Everyone in The Library has an opinion. No one is shy about its expression.
3. You can tell when the custodians have been through. You wouldn't think your eye could detect the absence of dust particles, but it can. And then there's the re-appearance of toilet paper, happy happy.
4. The Library gets too much mail.
5. If it's 3:00 pm and the afternoon promises never to end, this time for sure, amuse yourself by thinking of a question to stump the Help Desk. Questions about ftp-ing are the best because someone probably will come to your workstation personally and then you'll have somebody to talk to.
6. The fact that Wordperfect won't convert from 6.0 back to 5.2 can bring everything to a halt for a good 45 minutes.
7. If you get a typed-on-a-typewriter letter in the mail, it will be an interesting read.
8. The best thing about The Library is the announcement on Friday at 4:45 that says in 15 minutes you Must go home. Okay.

-- Holly Halligan

PAPER COPY ATTACHMENTS to this week's CU NEWS:
One -- University of California Library Council
dated October 11, 1994

Copies of paper attachments are filed in CU NEWS binders available for staff consultation at the following locations:

Business & Economics Library
Circulation Desk
Haas School of Business

Engineering Library
Reference Desk
110 Bechtel Center

Education/Psychology Library
Reserves
2600 Tolman Hall

Environmental Design Library
Permanent Reserve
210 Wurster Hall

General Reference Service
2nd Floor, Doe Library

Librarian's Office
245 Doe Library

Northern Regional Library Facility
Richmond Field Station

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