Volume 26, Number 3 (2007)

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    Cover
    (H.W. Wilson Company, 2007) Indiana Libraries
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    Table of Contents
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    A Look at Today's Library Students and Faculty
    (H.W. Wilson Company, 2007) Comer, Alberta Davis
    Many articles have been written about the changes that have occurred in libraries in the past thirty years. A number of changes also have taken place within library schools during this same time frame. In this series, we will talk to a SLIS faculty member and a current student to find out about today’s Indiana library schools. In this first installment, I traveled to Indiana University-Bloomington (IUB) to visit with Debora Shaw, associate dean and professor of library and information science, and Emily Cooper, first year SLIS student. My questions to them are in italics, with their answers following.
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    Academic Library Residency Programs: An Avenue of Success for Newly-Minted Librarians
    (H.W. Wilson Company, 2007) Morgan, Leslie L.
    Library residency programs are invaluable sources for recruiting and developing professional librarians in academic libraries. In academia, some residency programs offer candidates the opportunity to work towards obtaining their M.L.S. degrees while working for a small stipend and health insurance up to a maximum period of two years as a student librarian. Other academic library programs offer the post M.L.S. degree residency position within the first year of obtaining the degree. Often, a first year librarian salary is offered with an excellent benefit package that may include a line item to cover moving expenses. A well designed residency program can be a window of opportunity and not just a crafty human resources recruitment tool. From the perspective of the M.L.S. student seeking an academic librarian position, the process of obtaining a position may seem daunting because most position descriptions found in academic libraries require one to two years of professional experience. Going through a residency program can help fill such a requirement. Residency programs encourage professional development of new librarians and allow them to learn from colleagues who can enrich their knowledge base of this profession.
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    An HR Perspective: A Series on Management in Libraries -- Are There Weeds in Your Garden? Can They Be Cultivated or Should They be Plucked?
    (H.W. Wilson Company, 2007) Stanley, Mary J.
    Comparing your organization to a garden may seem ludicrous but let’s take a closer look at your “garden.” When an organization is truly successful, every employee is a high performing individual. Unfortunately, most organizations have a few “weeds” and what happens when these are left unattended? The weeds in this instance aren’t the problem employees. Those you can handle through discipline procedures or termination. The weeds here blend in somewhat and aren’t as easily identified. They are the marginal or mediocre employees. By definition, marginal means “on the edge.” In organizational terms, marginal employees are those employees who live on the edge of “being productive." They exist because the organization has allowed them to do so.
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    Art History Dissertation Trends As a Selection Approach for Art History Collections
    (H.W. Wilson Company, 2007) Hérubel, Jean-Pierre V. M.
    Collection management in art history requires a diverse and multifaceted approach to collections activity. Not only does the librarian require a strong grounding in art historical and fine arts librarianship, but a sound appreciation of research and publishing trends inherent to art history. Among various approaches to selecting for art history, mapping dissertation research trends may not always come to mind. Often the art history or fine arts librarian relies upon publishers’ catalogs, book reviews, and other library-related venues for making decisions and final selections for inclusion. Not to be forgotten are museum catalogs and the contemporary art press, where advance notice of fine arts books and other materials appear in timely fashion. Reliance on these canonical collection tools is to be encouraged as they have proven to be core tools and approaches to collection activity in the fine arts in general and art history in particular. For the librarian dedicated to art history, there is another possible approach for useful collection oriented knowledge.
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    Coming Soon From Your Local Library... Family Literacy!
    (H.W. Wilson Company, 2007) Mathews, Alice
    We librarians sometimes like to imagine that everyone is highly literate and loves words as much as we do. But within our cities, suburbs, and rural areas are children who don’t grow up wanting to read books and parents who don’t understand the implicit and awesome value of words when spoken or read to their children. These are the families for which the decades-young term “family literacy” has been created.
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    Communicating Mission and Building Library Brand Using Taglines, Slogans, or Logos
    (H.W. Wilson Company, 2007) Hafner, Arthur Wayne, 1943-; Akers, Susan G.
    We live in a visual society. Everywhere you go, you can see various eye-catching logos, trademarks, service marks, and other identifying marks for organizations. These extend to the Internet, perhaps the most eye-appealing resource ever, where librarians increasingly use its power and reach to communicate with their publics using Flash, animated GIFs, and both audio and video messages.
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    Forthcoming Issues of Indiana Libraries
    (H.W. Wilson Company, 2007) Indiana Libraries
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    From Program to Punch List: Planning a New Academic Library Building
    (H.W. Wilson Company, 2007) Miller, Ruth H.
    The original David L. Rice Library was the second structure built on the University of Southern Indiana (USI) campus. Opening in 1971 at a cost of $2,500,000 for a student body of 2,624, the three-story facility was built to house 150,000 volumes and to provide reading and study areas on the two upper floors. The lower level initially accommodated general purpose classrooms and faculty offices. The library building was long overdue for expansion or replacement by the mid-1990s, and by the time the new library building opened in the fall of 2006, the student population had grown to 10,021 students.