Librarian's Word
Here at CeDIR, we often dont get the chance to meet our patrons face to face, so I thought I'd take this opportunity to introduce myself. My name is Christina Wray, and I am an IU alumni (BA 02, MLS 06) with a background in publishing, religious studies and library science. I joined the staff of CeDIR in the position of Librarian in August of last year, and it has been an exciting seven months!
We have updated our collection, reorganized our videos and began new outreach initiatives in the community and beyond. As part of our outreach activities, we will be publishing this newsletter CeDIR Citings semi-annually in March and October. In the future, this newsletter and other occasional information tidbits will be distributed through our new listserv, so be sure to sign up! In this issue, youll find information about a policy change for our audiovisual materials, more about our new listserv and how to sign up, a couple of book reviews, and a select bibliography on Dyslexia.
If you would like more information, contact us at
cedir@indiana.edu. We look forward to hearing from you soon!
-Christina
New Information Tool
Want to know when new resources and services become available at CeDIR? Future issues of this newsletter and other disability-related information will be sent out via our new listserv. This listserv will only be used to send out information to those who have agreed to receive these messages from CeDIR. It will not be used as a discussion tool. Please continue to send mail to cedir@indiana.edu to receive a response.
To sign up for this service, send an email to listserv@listserv.indiana.edu with an empty subject line and the following text in the body of the message:
subscribe CEDIR-INFO-L [First Name] [Last Name]
Example: subscribe CEDIR-INFO-L Christina Wray
Policy Change
In the past, audiovisual materials (videocassettes, DVDs, etc.) that were borrowed from CeDIR could not be renewed. As of January 22, 2007, that policy has changed. Now all of our library materials are eligible for renewal. The only exception is when another patron wants to borrow an item and has requested that we place a hold on it. Once a hold has been placed on any item, renewals are not allowed and the item needs to be returned to us. If you have questions about this or any of our library policies, please feel free to contact us.
Who's at the reference desk?
Have you ever wondered who works at CeDIRs reference desk? Meet our Library Assistants, Masters Students in the School of Library and Information Science at Indiana University, Bloomington.
AnnaLaura Brown
AnnaLaura is in her last semester of the Masters program. She graduated from the University of Utah with a bachelors degree in French and a Masters in French literature. She is planning on working in an academic library doing reference or library instruction.
Taryn Burton
Taryn graduated in 2004 with a BA in Humanities from Brigham Young University. She likes speaking in Russian, black licorice, competitive card games, and knowing useless but fun information. Hopefully these interests will be helpful at some point in her pursuit to become a librarian.
Sarah Junk
Sarah is in her second semester of the Masters program. She recently graduated from Northwestern University with a degree in journalism and a double major in political science. Sarah is glad to be back home again in Indiana where she can go outside, play with her dog, and take photos. She hopes to work in a public library somewhere with lots of grass and trees.
