June 2007 News

Searches

We are currently recruiting for an Information Services Librarian for the Borland Library. ‘Nita is the Chair of the search committee and the deadline for applications was May 8.

In Gainesville, we are searching for 2 positions, Access Librarian and Head of Reference & Instruction.

See http://www.library.health.ufl.edu/about/jobs.htm for the vacancy announcements of these 3 jobs.

We will be recruiting for a new supervisor for ILL/DD. (But can we really replace DennisJ?) It should be posted soon.

Budget

In March, Management (DH and Beth) created budget documents for the VPHA Office to make a case for additional funding in staffing, collections and facilities.

Facilities

1st floor: We are looking for new furniture (tables & seating). We will also look into adding new electrical outlets—in the long wall and on the column.

Dean of University Libraries Visit

Judy Russell visited the HSCL on 5/29 from 2-3:30 and talked with us about UF Libraries.

Development—Fund Raising

Jerry Kidney of the VPHA Office has been working with Ann Braun (College of Medicine Development Officer) regarding fundraising. The following giving opportunity will be listed in the annual giving envelope in the next edition of Florida Physician.

HSC Library Acquisition and Technology Fund — The fast pace of new discoveries requires that our library resources and technology be updated to meet the demands of training tomorrow's medical professionals.

The next edition of Florida Physician will be sent out this summer so results from the mailer could be seen into the fall.

The Division Heads sent a second suggestion that will be added to the list of needs.

HSC Library Librarian Endowment Fund — Endowed chairs are sought for the burgeoning areas of health care and biomedical research and education: bioinformatics, cancer, medical informatics and medical education.

• Endowed Chair in Bioinformatics Librarianship
• Endowed Chair in Medical Informatics Librarianship
• Endowed Chair for Cancer Librarianship
• Endowed Chair for the College of Medicine Librarianship

Borland Library

Beth and others have visited Borland to orient Kathy Moeller. Kathy and staff have visited Gainesville to attend meetings and meet with staff.

MLA Meeting

A number of librarians attended the MLA Meeting in Philadelphia. For me, the meeting started with a class on the building and ended with conversations with colleagues. In the middle, we heard Mark Funk suggest that we Only Connect! Mark is the new MLA President and he suggested that we use the new technologies to connect with our colleagues.