Jill Coe joined Parkland Library this fall as the new Access Services Coordinator. She comes to us from the Public Libraries of Saginaw, Michigan, where she held the position of supervisor of the local history and genealogy collection at the Hoyt Main Library. She carries a Master's of liberal studies degree from Eastern Michigan University and Bachelor's of science degree from Michigan State University. She's worked for JSTOR (Journal Storage), an online scholarly archive, and was an adjunct instructor at Delta College and Eastern Michigan University. Total wellness and taking an interdisciplinary approach to life are among her interests. 

Pat Ziebart is now a part-time librarian in Information Services, joining the staff in August after graduating with a master's degree from the University of Illinois Graduate School of Library and Information Science (GSLIS). She completed a reference practicum with us last semester and is enjoying her new professional role (and creating wonderful library displays). Pat is an active member and volunteer at Grace United Methodist Church and a native of Champaign. 

Welcome to Parkland, Jill and Pat!

Rena Moore, formerly Access Services Coordinator, began her new duties as Library Technical Assistant for Acquisitions in July. Rena replaces Janet Wilkinson who retired after working 23 years at Parkland Library.

 Leah Broaddus serves on the Parkland College Association Curriculum Committee and Diversity Committee. Jill Coe serves as a member of the recently formed College ID Task Force Committee, a group charged with examining the issues regarding the conversion from Social Security number to college ID numbers. Raeann Dossett has been appointed to CARLI’s Electronic Resources Working Group. Frances Drone-Silvers is the Library’s representative to the Cross-Curricular General Education Assessment working group.
Anna Maria Watkin serves as the vice chair-chair elect of the Board of Directors for CARLI (the Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois). In August she was appointed to the College Development Advisory Committee for grant development and to the Parkland Art Gallery Advisory Board.
Nancy Bode and Cliff Bishop attended Understanding and Using MFHDs at the CARLI office in September. The two also attended Fall Cleaning: Tools and Techniques for Cataloging Maintenance, presented by the IUAG Consortial Cataloging and Authority Control Committee of CARLI in Springfield.
Virginia Stout traveled to Springfield in September to participate in the Reaching Forward South Conference for Library Support Professionals. Sessions included "Open Source Solution," "Weeding 101," and "How to Deal with Unruly Patrons in Your Library."
 Nancy Jeckel attended the Second Annual Audio EBook Expo One Book, Many Formats: The Magic of Multimedia in East Peoria in September. It was sponsored by The Middle Illinois Talking Book Center and the Alliance Library System and provided an array of information about digital audiobooks, ebooks, portable players, and online access.
Jill Coe attended Introduction to Using Microsoft Access to Create Reports from Voyager and Voyager Systems Training at the CARLI office in Champaign. She also participated in Parkland Connection training, a workshop for student employee supervisors and the Identity Theft Workshop in the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL) on the Parkland campus. She also took part in two of the College-sponsored Respectful Workplace series: Safe Zone Part 1: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Awareness, and Safe Zone Part 2: Ally Training.
 Pamela Colvin attended Focus on Student Learning, Perspectives, Cultural Expectations in CETL.
Frances Drone-Silvers in July took part in the ILLINET (now CARLI) User's Advisory meeting at Heartland Community College in Bloomington.
Raeann Dossett and Anna Maria Watkin attended a Coordinating Academic Support taskforce meeting in October. They presented information about how librarians assist students with everything from opening an email account to interpreting an class assignment.
Linda Lippi attended workshops in Excel 2003 at the Business Development Center and a travel forms workshop at CETL.
Anna Maria Watkin and Tod Treat, Dean of Academic Services, attended the first CARLI membership meeting held at Prairie State College in Chicago Heights. The keynote address was given by Kate Nevins executive director of SOLINET.

"Images of England: Watercolor Painting on Location on Isle of Wight" will be the first exhibit to be held in the new Art Gallery Annex at the Library. The exhibit will feature work from a recent trip led by Don Lake, art professor emeritus. The show will run from November 18 through December 6 and is open to the general public during Library hours. A reception will be held in the Library on Tuesday, November 22, 12 noon-1:30 p.m.

National Library Week
April 2–8, 2006

will include the unveiling of the second Parkland Library READ poster. More details to follow in the next newsletter. 

Carpet is Coming

The long anticipated carpet replacement is planned for installation after finals and during the winter break. The third floor carpet replacement project is planned for 2006.