ALAO News

President's Report

Anybody out there?? Well of course you are …

I've just returned from the February ALAO Board meeting where I found out that the number of renewing members in ALAO is drastically down from previous years. I think this probably has a lot to do with the conscious decision made by the 2002 Program Committee to not differentiate between the conference registration rates for members and non-members, in order to perhaps attract additional non-member attendance from around the Cleveland area. We also found out that many folks depend on the Fall ALAO Newsletter insert for conference information. With the transition to an increasingly more electronic newsletter, the conference insert went missing this year, and with it, another chance to renew your ALAO membership.

The Board will be discussing options for making it clear when a membership is lapsing and how to urge folks to renew their memberships. Clearly, the annual conference, our interest groups, the newsletter and voting in ALAO elections are the things that make ALAO valuable to the membership. Since these are of value, the Board doesn't want to make it difficult to become an ALAO member, nor does it wish to withhold the values of membership from you. Later this month, ALAO members will have the opportunity to choose ALAO officers for the coming year. If your membership has lapsed, Marcia Suter, Past President and Chair of the Nominating Committee, has given you another chance to renew your ALAO membership while you vote for new ALAO officers. Please vote and please renew your membership in ALAO.

At the February Board meeting, the Board adopted a revision to the ALAO Strategic Plan. The Plan will be made available on the ALAO web pages as time allows. The Plan actually ends up as page A.3.1 in the ALAO manual. Yes, I know … finding it may not be intuitively obvious at this point, but I can assure you that the Web Team and Communications Review Committee are working to review and establish links on the web pages, as well as a redesign for the web pages themselves. ALAO's next step in the process will be to work on, or complete 3 or 4 strategic initiatives by the time of the Board retreat in May. Though the year has flown by, I feel we can still make improvements in ALAO's strategic position if we concentrate on 3 or 4 key objectives. More on this will show up on the ALAO listserv in coming weeks.

I particularly want to draw your attention to an important diversity initiative coming up soon. ALAO is a co-sponsor of the Ohio Spectrum dinner to be held in the Kilgour Building at OCLC on Tuesday, March 18. Emma Bradford Perry, an academic librarian from Southern University, will be the guest speaker. Tickets start at $50 and 100% of the cost of the ticket goes to the Spectrum fund. OCLC absorbs the costs of the meal, entertainment and the speaker: a wonderful contribution on OCLC's part in diversifying the profession. I will be attending, and hope you will consider it. The reservation website is credit card friendly and located at: www.oclc.org/institute/spectrum/. It is also linked from the ALAO web pages. Check it out/

Finally, take a good look through this newsletter to see what the rest of ALAO is doing right now. Several workshops are coming up in the Spring. The deadline for the ALAO Diversity Workshop is March 21 with registration info on the web site. ALAO will again be a supporter of the Ohio Library Support Staff Institute (OLSSI) which will be held August 3-6 at Kenyon. Reports on these and other things are in this newsletter.

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Dates to Remember 2003

April 4	Crossing Boundaries - Diversity Committee Spring Workshop @ The University of Toledo
April 10-13	ACRL 11th National Conference, Charlotte, NC Learning to Make a Difference
April 24	ALAO Board Meeting @ Ohionet
April 25	ALAO Annual Conference Presentation Proposal Deadline
May 1	ALAO Research Grant Proposal Deadline
May 1, 8, & 9	Support Staff Interest Group Spring Workshop May 1 @ Shawnee State (Portsmouth) May 8 @ University of Toledo (Toledo) May 9 @ Ohio Wesleyan University (Delaware)
May 15	ALAO Newsletter Submissions Deadline
May 15	Collection Management & Technical Services Interest Groups Spring Workshop @ OCLC (Dublin)
May 16	Curriculum Materials Centers Interest Group Workshop @ The University of Ashland
June 15	ALAO Newsletter Published
June 30	ALAO Annual Conference Poster Session Proposal Deadline
July 31	ALAO SSIG Nominations Deadline for: Ohio Library Outstanding Support Staff Award Ohio Library Outstanding Supporter of Support Staff Award

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2003 Conference Update

Sally Gardner Reed chosen as Keynote Speaker for the 2003 ALAO Annual Conference

Plans are progressing for the 2003 Annual Conference. The Conference will be held on Friday, November 14, 2003, at the Wyndham Hotels and Resorts in Dublin, Ohio. The title of the Conference is "Information, Innovation, Inspiration - Making the Connection."

Our keynote speaker is Sally Gardner Reed, Executive Director of the Friends of Libraries, USA (FOLUSA). She is the author of the book, Making the Case for Your Library. According to Newsupdate: A Friends of Libraries USA publication, "Sally G. Reed has been involved with libraries all her life. Her father, Charles Gardner, was an academic librarian all his adult life, and Sally says that his love for his profession definitely influenced her career direction." … "Sally graduated from Colorado State University in 1979 with a bachelor's degree in English, and then earned her master's degree in library science at Northern Illinois University in Dekalb." Sally has served as a children's librarian and a library director at three different public libraries. She has written six books and many articles. "She is the year 2000 recipient of ALA's Herbert and Virginia White Award given annually to the librarian who has distinguished him or herself in promoting libraries and librarianship." (Newsupdate, 25, no. 1, Feb. 2002, p. 1). Her qualifications and experiences are a good match to the theme for the next conference.

The theme was chosen based on the Program Committee's belief that as a resource, gathering place and learning center, today's library is truly at the heart of the institutions it serves. Although the core philosophies have remained largely unchanged, new situations and demands are forcing libraries today to rethink their role and transform their practices. Rising to the challenges of diminishing resources and escalating costs, libraries continue to provide vital services using information, innovation and inspiration.

How do we:

• Justify our value to our campus and community?
• Promote and market our resources, services and expertise?
• Increase staff satisfaction?
• Provide development and training opportunities?
• Effectively connect and communicate with others?
• Recruit, retain and reward student employees?
• Creatively implement fundraising initiatives?
• Enhance outreach and collaboration??
• Tap into un-mined resources such as Friends groups?

Help us as we explore these issues and others. ALAO invites you to present your ideas, experiences and views at the 29th Annual Conference.

Sessions may take the form of contributed papers, demonstrations, workshops, or panel discussions. Poster session proposals addressing the conference theme and presenting innovative ideas, practical solutions, original research and/or creative approaches to issues and challenges facing libraries are similarly encouraged.

A pre-conference is not yet planned, but space is available to hold a pre-conference on Thursday November 13, 2003. Let Lois Szudy, (614) 823-1414, LSzudy@otterbein.edu know if you are interested in organizing a pre-conference.

For further details regarding the conference and proposal forms, go to the ALAO website: alaoweb.org. Look under ALAO 2003 Conference. The conference pages will be continually updated as new information becomes available.

Thanks to the committee members for all their help: Lois Szudy, Otterbein (chair); Heidi Beke-Harrigan, Malone; Betsy Blankenship, OSU/Marion; Colleen Boff, BGSU; Kellie Clark, Otterbein; Miriam Conteh-Morgan, OSU; Susan DiRenzo, Akron; Deberah England, Wright State; Rajinder Garcha, Toledo; Douglas Morrison, OSU/ATI; and Kelly Shook, Kent.

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ALAO Elections

Ballots for the 2003 elections were mailed on February 17 and were due by March 15.

The candidates were:

Election results will be announced at the April Executive Board meeting, on the web site, and in the next newsletter. Newly elected officers will take office in June at the Leadership Retreat.

Thanks to all the candidates for their willingness to be a part of the future of ALAO. And thanks to all members who took the time to vote.

Nominations Committee members were Cliff Glaviano, Cindy Kristof, and Marcia Suter.

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ALAO Treasurer's Report

The Association ended the 2002 fiscal year in good financial standing. For the year, our total income was $31,327.20, and our total expenses were $30,270.35. Since most of our income comes from dues and conference and workshop registration, the association makes every effort to spend its funds on programming that is of benefit to the membership. In 2002, the association spent $20,346.14 on program expenses and $3,354.47 on other expenses such as the minority scholarship, the continuing education grants, and support of the Ohio Support Staff Institute. Operating expenses (supplies, printing, postage, etc.) totaled only $6,569.74.

In fiscal 2003 to date, ALAO has total income of $23,761.06, and total expenses of $23,503.59. We have spent $19,029.38 on program expenses, $2,250.00 on other expenses. and $2,224.21 on operating expenses.

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ALAO Archives

ALAO, a long-standing leader for academic librarianship in Ohio, has a rich history deserving preservation. You can help if you have any items to submit to the ALAO archives from past ALAO events, committees, conferences, etc., please send electronic copy to Jacky Johnson, Secretary ALAO at johnsoj@muohio.edu or hardcopy via US Mail to: Jacky Johnson, Miami University, King Library, Walter Havighurst Special Collections, Oxford, OH 45056

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Legislative News

Gail Marredeth, Health Sciences Librarian at Cleveland State University, has been awarded the ALAO Legislative Travel Award. Gail's interest in advocacy activity began early in her undergraduate days as a senator for her dorm at a state university. Her most recent activities include work for the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), and she is enthusiastic about becoming involved with library advocacy. Gail will join the ALAO Government Relations Team members, Susan Scott, Ann Watson and Cindy Kristof in attending ALA's National Legislative Day in Washington, DC, May 12-13, 2003. For further information about National Legislative Day, please see the ALA web site at: www.ala.org/washoff/legislativeday.html.

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2002-2003 ALAO EXECUTIVE BOARD ROSTER

www.alaoweb.org/officers/board.html has complete information.

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Interest Groups

Collection Management

CMIG is hosting a spring workshop to be held at OCLC on May 15, 2003 in conjunction with the Technical Services IG. The topic will be electronic serials management. Registration begins this month--watch your email for details and see the TSIG news below for more details.

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Curriculum Materials

Plans are underway for the ALAO CMCIG spring workshop. Ashland University's Instructional Resource Center will host this year's workshop on Friday, May 16, 2003.

The program will include:

• Adelaide Phelps and Kristine Condic, librarians from Oakland University Rochester, MI speaking on Reading Undergraduate Education Majors.
• Diane Schrecker from Ashland University will present on using counters and metatags to track resource center web traffic.
• Professor Linda Billman from Ashland University will discuss the CMC's role in assisting education students with preparing for the Praxis exam.
• Gary Lare from the University of Cincinnati will lead a discussion about the newly approved ACRL Curriculum Materials Center guidelines.

The CMCIG's Steering Committee is discussing the possibility of a 2004 Ohio/Michigan joint curriculum materials center spring workshop. To learn more about the ALAO CMCIG visit the web page at: www.alaoweb.org/comsigs/cmcig/index.shtml

If you would like to become involved with steering committee activities, or have questions about the CMCIG, please feel free to contact Sara Bushong, Chair, ALAO CMCIG 2002-2003, sbushon@bgnet.bgsu.edu

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Instruction

The Instruction Interest Group will present its spring workshop on Problem-Based Learning. The date and location are being confirmed at the present time. Our speaker will be Dr. Philip G. Cottell, Jr., Professor in Accountancy in the School of Business, Miami University. Dr. Cottell uses problem-based learning in his classes, and will present an address, followed by hands-on sessions. He has written extensively in the areas of cooperative learning and classroom assessment, and regularly presents workshops on these topics. He has co-authored the book Cooperative Learning for Higher Education Faculty published by Oryx Press in 1998. Please watch your mail for details, and join us at this informative workshop. Please direct any questions to Judy Perella, jperella@ashland.edu, or Lisa Santucci, santucle@lib.muohio.edu.

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Support Staff

SSIG Workshop

This year's SSIG Program Planning Committee is making the final touches to the SSIG Spring Workshop, "Preparing and Motivating Ourselves for Success in the Library." The featured speaker, Douglas Morrison, the Reference and Serials Librarian at The Agricultural Technical institute of Ohio State University and the 2002 recipient of the ALAO Jay Ladd award, will speak on motivation and then moderate a panel discussion on the topic. The panels will be comprised of four people, representative from both staff and administrative levels of public and academic libraries.

The workshops will be held in 3 different parts of the state: May 1, 2003, Shawnee State University, Portsmouth; May 8, 2003, University of Toledo, Toledo; and May 9, 2003, Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware. For more details and registration forms please go to the following URL: www.alaoweb.org/comsigs/ssig/.

Anyone who is interested in becoming a part of the SSIG or the SSIG Program Planning Committee, please contact Kelly Shook at kshook@lms.kent.edu or John Burke at: burkejj@muohio.edu.

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Technical Services

TSIG now has its own web site up and running on the ALAO web site. Check it out at: alaoweb.org/comsigs/tsig/. In addition, we are planning a spring workshop to be held at OCLC on May 15, 2003, in conjunction with the Collection Management IG. The topic will be electronic serials management. Registration will be conducted by email starting this month. Watch the ALAO discussion list and other technical services lists for more information. And, as always, if you have ideas or questions, please contact Cynthia Whitacre (whitacrc@oclc.org) or Kevin Furniss (furniss@denison.edu), co-chairs of the IG.

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Feature Stories

ALAO SSIG Support Staff and Supporter of Support Staff Awards

The ALAO SSIG is sponsoring the Ohio Library Outstanding Support Staff Award. The winner of this award will be a person who shows excellence in job performance and has the ability to work with staff and patrons. The person must be willing to grow in a support staff position by attending or presenting at workshops and conferences, taking classes, or being published. The person must also be active in a library association(s).

The ALAO SSIG is also sponsoring the Ohio Library Outstanding Supporter of Support Staff Award. The winner of this award will be a person who demonstrates his/her appreciation of support staff and has encouraged support staff to grow in their positions. (Examples: providing attendance to workshops, conferences, and classes; encouraging activity in library associations and interest groups).

Nominate yourself or someone else for one or both of these awards by submitting an essay of no more than 500 words that gives solid examples of how you or a co-worker perform outstanding support staff activities. All nominees must be employed in the state of Ohio. Provide both the nominee's and nominator's names, contact information (phone number, address and e-mail address), their institution(s), length of service, and title. Persons who choose to self-nominate must provide one reference. Send an application to:

Application deadline is July 31, 2003. Winning nominations will automatically be submitted to COLT and ALA for their spring competitions.

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ALAO Research Grant Proposal Deadline - May 1st

The deadline for applying for the ALAO research grant is May 1, 2003. Last year (2002) there were no applications, and no award was made. Therefore, I would like to encourage ALAO members who are actively engaged in research projects to apply for funding. Up to $500 may be awarded. Further details, and an application form and instructions, may be located on the Research and Publication Committee's pages within the ALAO web site, www.alaoweb.org/comsigs/respub.html. The winner will be notified by September 1, 2003. All proposals will be evaluated using a blind review process so applicants remain anonymous to the reviewers.

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Ohio Dinners for Spectrum

The Ohio Dinners for Spectrum, benefiting the ALA Spectrum Scholarship Initiative, will be held on Tuesday, March 18th at 6:00 p.m., at OCLC. This year's featured speaker is Emma Bradford Perry, Dean of Libraries, Southern University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The title of her talk is: "Diversity and Commitment: A Blueprint for Success." Further information and registration is available at: www.oclc.org/institute/spectrum/.

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Crossing Boundaries - Diversity Committee Spring Workshop - A Grant Winner

ALAO is the recipient of the 2003 Cultural Diversity Grant from the Library Administration and Management Association, a division of ALA. The goals of the grant program are to support the creation and dissemination of resources that will assist library administrators and managers in developing a vision and commitment to diversity, and in fostering and sustaining diversity throughout their institutions; to increase the representation and advancement of people of color in the field of library administration and management and to establish productive partnerships between LAMA and major national organizations representing minority interests; to strengthen the diversity of LAMA membership, committees, and officers and integrate diversity into all aspects of the Association's work.

The $1,000 grant will be used to support the Diversity Committee's spring workshop that will be held April 4, 2003, at The University of Toledo. Entitled "Crossing Boundaries," the workshop will feature speakers Dr. Blake Michael and Mr. Nur Hussen. Dr. Michael is Swan-Collins-Allen Professor of World Religions and Christian Missions at Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware, Ohio. Dr. Michael's presentation will focus on helping library employees increase their understanding of the culture of the Middle East and the Muslim religion. In this session, he will explore the contrast between sacred texts and secular writings of Islam, the role of the Holy Qur'an in Muslim life and faith, and Western works that interpret Islam to non-Muslim audiences.

Mr. Hussen is the Social Program Developer-Cultural Competency Coordinator for the Franklin County (Ohio) Department of Job and Family Services. He will speak on Somali culture, customs and education and will share insights into Somali culture and the assimilation process and how libraries can better serve refugee populations. The speakers will involve the participants in an interactive session that examines each person's knowledge of diversity issues and preconceptions through the use of a "Diversity IQ Quiz."

Registration for the workshop is online at: library.utoledo.edu/events/alaodiversity03/

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The Joys of Working with A Kent State SLIS Graduate Student

Like the other members of the Five Colleges of Ohio consortium (Denison University, Kenyon College, The College of Wooster, Ohio Wesleyan University and Oberlin College), we were fortunate over the last three years at Denison to have Mellon grant funds to employ an individual to assist with the work of librarians who were involved in the work associated with our Information Literacy Grant.

At Denison, because we had previously employed a recent graduate of the Kent State University Library School in a temporary position and because we were so impressed by her work with us, we felt we would be well served by looking once again to Kent State. Thus, over the last three years, we, at Denison, have had the pleasure of employing a second year Kent State University graduate student.

Each student we employed, even short of taking all of the classes required for graduation, was well prepared. Certainly they had more to learn, pedagogically. And that is precisely what made each of them a wonderful employee: they were eager to learn. Since they were already on the way to becoming professional librarians, our effort was minimal to bring them up-to-speed with our specific policies and procedures.

Dr. Scottie Cochrane, Library Director at Denison comments: "I hope we can always have SLIS interns here because they keep us on our toes. Not only do they do good work, but they bring a new perspective to those of us who've been at this for 30 years and occasionally can't see beyond our own experiences. I also think it's a way for us to give back to the profession by mentoring those who will come after us; helping them to start forming a network that will sustain them for the rest of their careers.

Kent State University Library Science students may take, for credit, a 100 hour practicum so this is a good way to share in a wonderful working relationship with a Kent graduate student that would benefit both your library and our profession as it's a great way for practitioners to positively influence the education of Library Science students.

If you are interested in hosting a student doing a practicum, contact Rhonda Filipan, rfilipan@slis.kent.edu, at the Kent State University Kent Campus or Mary Kim kim.1@osu.edu at the Columbus campus.

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ACRL News

It's not too late to register for the ACRL 11th Annual Conference in Charlotte, April 10-13, 2003! Charlotte, N.C. is the location and Learning to Make a Difference is the theme.

Maybe this will entice you:

And for your reading and study pleasure, some of the newest publications from ACRL:

• Standards and Assessment for Academic Libraries: A Workbook
• 2001 Academic Library Trends and Statistics, now online
• Recruitment, Retentioning, Restructuring: Human Resources in Academic Libraries
• Clip Note #32: Assessment in College Library Instruction
• Clip Note #31 and Making the Grade: Academic Libraries and Student Success

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Update on UCITA

On February 10, 2003, a resolution recommending approval of UCITA by the American Bar Association (ABA) House of Delegates was withdrawn by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws (NCCUSL), the body responsible for drafting UCITA. The withdrawal of the UCITA resolution followed in the wake of increasing opposition to this controversial act within the ABA. The American Bar Association is one of the two organizations that normally approves proposed model state laws before they are considered by state legislatures. The other, the American Law Institute, withdrew its support in 1999. The withdrawal of the resolution indicates that UCITA lacks the consensus and support needed for successful passage of a uniform state law. Currently UCITA is an active bill in Oklahoma.

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People and Library News

Cedarville University

At Cedarville University, Tonya Fawcett has been promoted from Instructor of Library Science to Assistant Professor of Library Science, and Susan Winn has been promoted from Instructor of Library Science to Assistant Professor of Library Science.

Cincinnati State Technical and Community College

Brigid Almaguer has joined the staff of the Johnnie Mae Berry Library at Cincinnati State Technical and Community College as an adjunct reference librarian.

Clark State Community College

Carol Brown is the new Director of Library Resources at Clark State Community College. Carol was Assistant Head of Reference & Instruction at Wright State University's Dunbar Library. She will continue as the copy editor for the ALAO newsletter.

Cleveland State University

The Cleveland State University Library hired three new positions this past Fall, 2002. These positions were created because of the impact technology has had upon the library. David Lodwick was hired as a Systems Librarian who will focus on the SCHOLAR online catalog and as a computer support person. Mr. Lodwick formally worked at the Stow-Monroe Falls Public Library where he developed their web pages. Ken Burhanna is currently the Instructional Design Librarian who will be developing online library instruction tools for students and faculty. Jeff Beuck is the Computer/Multimedia Technician who takes care of the maintenance of the multimedia equipment, wireless laptops, and electronic classrooms in the library. Jeff formally worked at Kent State University, College of Education as their Systems specialist. All three brought skills that have already become an integral part of the daily operations of the Cleveland State University Library.

College of Wooster

Wes Tree, science library associate in the Timken Science Library at the College of Wooster, is the author of the chapter on Photography and Imagery in the new ninth edition of Van Nostrand's Scientific Encyclopedia, which is published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Beginning with the sixth edition, he has contributed sections of chapters and full chapters about the technology of photography, motion pictures and imaging to the Van Nostrand's.

Kenyon College

Library and Information Services at Kenyon College hired Julie Buchsbaum, Librarian and Technology Consultant, in October 2002. Julie graduated with an MLIS from the University of Pittsburgh in August. She supports the Kenyon Review and the Philosophy Department.

Lorain County Community College

Bridget Faricy-Beredo has joined the staff of the Lorain County Community College Library as Adjunct Faculty Reference Librarian. Her former position was with Beaumont Hospital Library in Michigan.

Miami University

Lianglei "Lily" Qi is currently the Minority Resident Librarian at Miami University.

Ohio State University

Connie Britton, of OSU's Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center Library and Susan Logan, of OSU's Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences Library, received $36,438 to produce the Ohio portion of the National Preservation Program for Agricultural Literature. This long-term program, funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities, is sponsored by the United States Agricultural Information Network (USAIN) and is directed by Cornell University. Britton and Logan will compile a bibliography of literature related to agriculture and rural life, published in Ohio between 1820 and 1945. A panel of scholars will review the bibliography and recommend priorities for preservation. During the second phase of this project, the highest priority materials will be microfilmed. Douglas Morrison, of OSU's Agricultural Technical Institute Library, assisted with the bibliographic searching.

Carol Pitts Diedrichs, the Ohio State University Libraries' Assistant Director for Technical Services and Collections, will become the new Dean of Libraries at the University of Kentucky, effective July 1, 2003. Carol has been a leader in OhioLINK and in the American Library Association, which has honored her with the Esther J. Piercy Award in 1991 and the Leadership in Acquisitions Award in 1999. Since 1991, she has been the Editor-in-Chief of Library Collections, Acquisitions, and Technical Services. In 2001, Carol was selected for the highly competitive UCLA Senior Fellows program, and last year she was promoted to the rank of Professor in the OSU Libraries. Michael T. Neitzel, Provost at the University of Kentucky, says that he is "looking forward to working with Ms. Diedrichs in helping to chart the future growth and direction of the Libraries" at Kentucky.

Leslie Hayden, Ohio State University Diversity Resident Librarian, has been accepted to ACRL's Institute for Information Literacy "Immersion '03," scheduled for August at the University of Rhode Island. "Immersion '03" will be 4.5 days of intensive training for academic librarians on building or enhancing information literacy programs. Application to the institute was a competitive process, as the event is limited to 90 participants.

Anne M. Fields has recently published an article: "Women's Epistemological Development: Implications for Undergraduate Information Literacy Instruction." Research Strategies 18, no. 3 (2003): 227-238/

OSU Event: Happy Birthday, Atom! Celebrating Tezuka's Astro Boy, an exhibition on manga and robots, is scheduled in the Reading Room Gallery of The Ohio State University Cartoon Research Library from February 10, 2003 through May 31,2003. This exhibition, which is curated by Japanese Studies Librarian Maureen Donovan, is being held in conjunction with a series of events to be organized by the Institute of Japanese Studies and University Libraries with support from the University's Office of International Affairs, the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures, Advanced Computing Center for the Arts and Design, the Japan-America Society of Central Ohio. For additional information call 614-292-0538 or e-mail cartoons@osu.edu.

Shawnee State

At Shawnee State, Jonna Cook has joined the staff of Clark Memorial Library as Acquisition Clerk.

Sinclair Community College

Nathan Hellmers is Sinclair's new Reference Librarian. He last served as a Technology Coordinator at the Birchard Public Library in Fremont, Ohio. In addition, Jeffrey Heard has joined Sinclair as the Technical Services Librarian. He was previously the Head of Cataloging/Catalog Maintenance at the State Library of Ohio.

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About the ALAO Newsletter

ALAO Newsletter Publication Information

The ALAO Newsletter is published four times a year by the Academic Library Association of Ohio, in September, December, March, and June. It is made available as a benefit of membership. The purpose of the ALAO Newsletter is to advance the goals of the organization and serve the memberbship.

Deadlines for Contributors:
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Submission Guidelines:
We reserve the right to edit for space and clarity. Please send text copy to the Copy Editor in electronic format, preferably as an electronic mail Word document attachment or within the body of an email message. Include your name as you wish it to appear. If you are past deadline, PLEASE call the Copy Editor!

The Academic Library Association of Ohio assumes no responsibility for the statements and opinions of the contributors to this publication. Editorial views do not necessarily represent the official position of ALAO.

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