Joseph Yue, YRL CRIS, is the new Director of Digital Reference for UCLA replacing Elaine Adams. As Director, Joseph serves as the local campus administrator for UCLA’s participation in the Ask a UC Librarian collaborative service, chairs the local Digital Reference Steering Committee, and represents Digital Reference at Public Service Council meetings.

The UCLA Digital Reference Steering Committee composition has also changed. Members Cheryl Bartel (Biomed RICS) and Susan Minobe (YRL CRIS) are moving on to other endeavors after more than two years service. Many thanks to both of them, and to former committee member Richard Davidon (retired), for their hard work and creative ideas. New steering committee members include Rikke Ogawa (Biomed RICS) and Michelle Jacobs (College). Elaine Adams will continue on the steering committee as the liaison between UCLA and the HOPS Digital Reference Common Interest Group (CIG).

Elaine will continue to serve as co-chair of the HOPS Digital Reference CIG, alongside a new co-chair, Ken Firestein (UC Davis). Ken Furuta, who served as co-chair with Elaine since July 2006, is now serving on the HOPS IM Task Force to explore using IM in a collaborative setting to provide reference service.

The Library Staff Association would like to thank the volunteers and vendors who helped make the LSA Winter Party at Powell a great success. An extra thank you goes to Lise Snyder who was the driving force behind the return of the Powell Winter Party, and oversaw every step and detail of this event.

Crafts Fair Participants

• Jan Goldsmith - Jewelry
• Dawn Henney - Paper Art
• Marsha Kmec - Jewelry
• Esther Grassian - Baby Booties
• Lynn Briance - Jewelry
• Lynn Humphrey - Jewelry
• Kay Deeney - Jewelry
• Judith DeLeon - Holiday Cards

Food Volunteers

• Esther Grassian - Cheese cake
• Cathy Brown - Muffins
• Alison Armstrong - Fruit Salad
• Marsha Kmec - Dip
• Debe Costa - Gravlax
• Melissa Beck - Fruit Salad
• Rikke Ogawa - Cookies
• Lise Snyder- Quiche
• Jan Goldsmith - Coffee Cake
• Miki Goral - Pumpkin Bread
• Michelle Jacobs - Sweets, Cake
• Marion Peters - Cookies
• Reynoir I - Salads
• Jeannette Quevedo - Tamales
• Alice Hunt - Tangerines

Planning, Setup, Cleanup Volunteers

• Cathy Brown - Setup, cleanup
• Debe Costa - Setup, cleanup
• Marsha Kmec - Setup, cleanup
• Melissa Beck - Cleanup
• Jeannette Quevedo - Setup, cleanup
• Bob Freel - Cleanup
• Toshie Marra - Setup
• Diane Mizrachi - Setup
• Michelle Jacobs - Setup
• Alicia Reiley - Setup, cleanup
• Dan Palodichuk - Cleanup, check in table
• Kevin Rundblad - Cleanup
• Stephen Sherwin - Setup, cleanup
• Reynoir I - Cleanup
• Alice Hunt - Check in table

We hope you enjoyed the festivities and the chance to enjoy some time with new and old friends.

Interested in Online Tutorials? Check Out ANTS.

ANTS is the ANimated Tutorial Sharing Project, sponsored by COPPUL (Council of Prairie and Pacific University Libraries). All librarians are welcome to join the wiki, which gives access to online tutorials created by other members. The three most recent projects are:

• Academic Search Premier: Basic Searching (by Richard Baer)
• Using Wikipedia Wisely (by Richard Baer)
• Using Google to locate Government Documents (by Richard Baer)

The wiki is available at ants.wetpaint.com.

Learn More About Using Facebook for Instruction

On April 10, Gerry McKiernan of Iowa State University Library will be teaching a post-conference workshop after Computers in Libraries 2008 on setting up Facebook profiles for libraries. (The conference will be held in Arlington, VA from April 7-9.) More information on the class is available at www.infotoday.com/cil2008/postconference.shtml. It is Workshop 19.

Publishing Opportunities

Internet Reference Services Quarterly (IRSQ) is seeking manuscript submissions for its next issue. Some suggested topics related to information literacy instruction are:

• Podcasting
• Facebook and MySpace modules
• Plagiarism
• Web based instruction
• Streaming audio and video

The due date for submission of manuscripts for this issue is February 1, however, manuscripts for other issues are accepted throughout the year. For more information contact Christopher Cox at coxcn@uwec.edu.

Urban Library Journal (ULJ) is preparing an issue title "The Creative Library" to be guest edited by Steven Bell, Associate University Librarian for Research and Instructional Services at Temple University. Some of their suggested topics related to information literacy instruction are:

• Creative patron programming for orientations, cultural events, etc.
• Creative methods to get the library community engaged or passionate about the library
• Creative techniques for leveraging Web 2.0 technology for connecting with library users
• Using creativity to resolve complex challenges
• Creative ways to build great user experiences

Abstracts are due by February 2, and full manuscripts are due by April 4. Full author guidelines are available at lacuny.cuny.edu/ulj. Queries and submissions should be e-mailed to the journal co-editors, Lisa Finer (lfinder@cunter.cuny.edu) and Lauren Yannotta (lyannott@hunter.cuny.edu).

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