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Sandy Sechrest Retires
Sandy Sechrest retires
Sandy Sechrest, Assistant Professor
ILLiad interlibrary loan
and Government Documents
Farewell to Finnegan
Librarian, will retire this May. When
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Sandy was first appointed, during
Budget cuts
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Digitization efforts
the fall term of 1976, she came to a
Support Opportunities
Murphy Award
government documents depository
Distance education
that was much different than it is
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today. During her tenure at UW-L,
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government information has
transformed from paper and
microfiche to digital resources such
as CD-ROMs, Internet documents,
and DVDs. Government documents
records have also been integrated
with the online catalog, providing much wider and more convenient access. Sandy worked with Randy Hoelzen to bring
GIS (Geographic Information Systems) software to the library for mapping data sets. In the midst of these changes, the
Government Printing Office (GPO) has consistently awarded the depository library very high marks.
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Beyond managing the Government Documents department, Sandy was also the library liaison
to students with disabilities. She was centrally involved in setting up the first adaptive
workstation in the library. A respected teacher, Sandy also taught an extensive range of
classes for the library’s information literacy program; many of these classes supported upper
division and graduate level courses. Her extensive knowledge of federal and state documents
and legal materials was invaluable to these students.
Sandy has an impressive service record spanning many campus and civic groups. She served
on the Faculty Senate and a number of its committees, including the Scholarship Committee,
and she held a number of leadership roles in the Organization for Campus Women. She was an active member of TAUWP,
the UW-System advocacy group. Her community service record is extensive and includes the Bike-Ped Advisory
Committee, League of Women Voters Board, the Friends of the La Crosse Public Library Board, and many years on the La
Crosse Community Theatre Play Committee.
Sandy is well known by her peers in the Wisconsin Library Association where, among other things, she served as a longterm member of the Literary Awards Committee. Nationally, Sandy was active with GODORT (American Library Association
Government Documents Round Table), and her articles on government document resources appeared in issues of Library
Journal.
Sandy is a bibliophile extraordinaire. She has checked out thousands of books from the university and La Crosse public
libraries. In her retirement, she will have more time to add to that number. As someone who has been very much
connected to the community, Sandy will undoubtedly maintain her campus and civic involvement in the years ahead.
We invite you to a retirement reception for Sandy at the Cleary Center on May 8th from 2:30 – 4:00 p.m. (brief program
at 3:00).
by Anita Evans, Library Director
Farewell To
Finnegan
Brian Finnegan,
Electronic Resources
Librarian, has accepted a
position as Reference
Librarian at the
Marshfield Clinic in
Electronic Fine Print
Welcome to the first
electronic issue of the
Fine Print. In these
times of tight budgets
and cost-saving
measures, an
electronic newsletter
makes sense for
Murphy Library.
For
those
people
who
prefer
paper, a simple,
printable copy is
also available.
What do you think
about this format?
Please let us know.
The Fine Print is
published fall and
spring terms for
UW-La Crosse
faculty, staff,
students, and
friends of Murphy
Library. Stefan Smith and
Jenifer Holman,
Editors
Cristine Prucha,
Department Chair
Anita Evans, Library
Director
Murphy Library
University of
Wisconsin - La
Crosse
1631 Pine Street
La Crosse, WI 54601
ILLiad:
The Chronicle of Improved
Interlibrary Loan Services
This chronicle does not describe tragic Greek drama, but rather a quest for improved services.
Launched at the beginning of spring term, a new interlibrary loan management system known as
ILLiad is being used at Murphy Library. The Interlibrary Loan/Document Delivery Department is very
excited and optimistic about this new system, which offers additional functionality for the user, builds
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Marshfield, Wisconsin.
Brian came to Murphy
Library in 2000, from the
Gundersen Lutheran
Health Sciences Library.
His last day at UW-L will
be May 16.
Brian's contributions to
the library and to the
campus will be missed.
He was involved in many
activities, including
technology, web
development, database
development, reference,
instruction, training,
collection development,
and many other library
and campus-related
endeavors.
We will all miss Brian's
sense of humor and
pleasant personality, and
we wish him the best in
his new position.
You can reach Brian to
wish him well at Murphy
Library 112, at 7858738, or at
finnegan.bria@uwlax.edu.
in automated efficiencies behind the scenes, and furthers the goal of working in a paperless
environment. Library users are already benefiting from the feature that allows them to track the
status of their requests online. ILLiad also allows users to amend and resubmit requests that may
have been canceled because of missing information or other problems without having to fill out a new
request.
Perhaps most importantly, ILLiad will eventually allow people to receive articles via desktop delivery.
Once this desktop document delivery system is in place, electronic delivery will become the default
delivery method. When a requested electronic document is available, users will receive an email
notifying them that the item is available at a web site. They will follow a link to that site and
download the article using the free Adobe Acrobat Reader software. Several other enhancements are
on the horizon, including a single click method of requesting articles from article databases.
ILLiad also brings additional functionality behind the scenes in the ILL office. It is much more
“seamless” in its ability to transfer data from the patron request form to the ILL administrative
module, and then to an electronic ordering system.
People who use the ILLiad system will need to check their UW-L email accounts on a regular basis.
ILLiad automatically generates emails to users to let them know when their materials arrive. The
Interlibrary Loan office also uses campus email to announce the arrival of books and articles and to
request further information from library users. Therefore, we ask that users of this system check their
campus email accounts on a regular basis.
The ILLiad system has been up for approximately three months at this time. We have seen an
increase in utilization of ILL services and an improvement in speed of delivery. We are hopeful that
these positive trends will continue.
By Randy Hoelzen, ILL/Document Delivery Librarian
Maintaining Quality while Sustaining Budget Cuts
AskWisconsin
Virtual Reference
AskWisconsin is a virtual
reference service provided
by a consortium of 19 public
and academic libraries from
across the state of
Wisconsin. Librarians from
each of these libraries take
turns answering reference
questions via an
interactive chat session.
If the patron enters a valid
email address, they will
receive a transcript of their
chat session.
AskWisconsin Chat is offered
Monday through Thursday,
11:00 am to 9:00 pm, and
Friday, 11 am to 5 pm.
Murphy Library reference
librarians staff the chat
room at various times
during the week including
Mondays from 6:00 to 7:00
pm; Tuesdays from 12:00
to 1:00 pm; and
Wednesdays from 12:00 to
1:00 pm, and 7:00 to 9:00
pm. This service is currently
being offered on a trial
basis until December of this
year.
Murphy Library has not escaped
the challenges posed by the
current budget situation.
Projected base budget reductions
are the worst seen in over a
decade, and librarians at Murphy
Library face the difficult task of
maintaining quality services and
collections while at the same
time cutting budgets by large
strokes.
All campus units, including the
library, were asked to outline
how they could accomplish
budget cuts at levels ranging
from 2.5% to 10%. Even at the
5% level, the library will have to
bear losses in many areas.
Library hours, which have been
consistent at just over 97
hours/week since 1992, will need
to be reduced in fall 2003. A
half-time position in the
Circulation Department will be
lost, and student worker hours
will be cut. Operations such as
shelving and new book
processing may be slowed. The
budget for summer library faculty
appointments will be reduced,
and consequently some services
including summer reference
assistance will be reduced.
Additionally, the modest
continuing education/travel fund
will be reduced. At the same
time that the library is projecting
cuts in services, costs for many
For example, the AskWisconsin
reference chat service and the
greatly improved ILLiad
interlibrary loan service have
been funded initially at the UW
System level. A significant
portion of these costs will fall to
the individual institutions next
fiscal year, with full campus
funding required in 2004-05. The
library catalog was enhanced a
few years ago with a service
that adds searchable tables of
contents to catalog records. With
a significant cut in the supplies
and equipment (S&E) budget,
the library will need to weigh
the value of such programs
against what can be afforded in
an austere budget environment.
Although some equipment ( such
as public copiers, microfiche
printers, and some public
computers) was recently
replaced, the library will now
have to struggle to maintain
aging equipment based on a
slower replacement cycle. The
current library budget has been
sufficient only to purchase a few
furniture items each year. As
more time passes since the
1994/95 remodeling project,
there will be an increasing need
for furniture refurbishment and
replacement. At the reduced
budget level now projected,
equipment and furniture deficits
In addition to the unit-wide cuts
described above, the library
faculty and staff have been
creative in devising cost saving
measures that will lessen the
impact of the budget cuts. The
Circulation Department has
implemented e-mail notices for
fines, and more information
produced by the library will be
provided digitally—including the
Fine Print. In addition to these
measures, supplies expenditures
are being scrutinized rigorously.
With the squeeze on library
budgets, Murphy Library and
other UW System libraries feel
pressured to look for additional
revenue streams. In the late
1980s the library had a minimal
charge for interlibrary loan
transactions. It is our hope that
we will not need to revert to this
type of fee to offset budget
reductions.
The library will be challenged to
maintain quality programs as we
enter the next biennium. We will
continue to respond to the budget
reductions proactively in targeting
cost savings; identifying sources
of outside funding, including
engaging in new fundraising
endeavors for the Library
Endowment; and exploring
opportunities to recruit volunteers
for library projects.
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Please call Randy Hoelzen at
785-8398 to let us know
how you like it or if you are
experiencing any problems.
Give it a try from your
office or home. But don’t
forget that reference
librarians are still available
to answer your questions
via email, phone and in
person at the library.
library resources are increasing,
and vital new technologies, all
with costs, are emerging to
replace or enhance older
systems.
will be in much greater evidence
a few years out.
by Anita Evans, Library Director
By Randy Hoelzen, ILL/Document
Delivery Librarian
Digitization Efforts Underway
Murphy Library has begun digitizing library
resources and making them available via the
Murphy Library Web site. The library has
provided digital journal articles and books for
many years, and is now pleased to offer
more local resources in a digital format.
These digitization projects are intended to
provide better access to important historical
and local information resources.
The first two projects, the Great Lakes
Maritime History Project and the
Wisconsin Pioneer Experience: A Digital
Collection of Original Sources
Documenting 19th-Century Wisconsin
History were collaborative. The Department
of Public Instruction’s Division for Libraries,
Technology and Community Learning
coordinated and funded the Maritime Project,
and University of Wisconsin - Madison provided technical support. Images were supplied from the
library collections of Wisconsin Historical Society, University of Wisconsin - La Crosse; University of
Wisconsin - Superior, Milwaukee Public Library/Wisconsin Marine Historical Society and Door County
Maritime Historical Society. The Wisconsin Pioneer Experience is one of the early projects of the
University of Wisconsin Digital Collection (UWDC) sponsored by Council of University of Wisconsin
Libraries (CUWL) and supported through UW System funding. Both of these collections offer a
wonderful view of life in Wisconsin and La Crosse through primary resources such as photographs,
diaries, and oral histories.
The Murphy Library Endowment funded Murphy Library's first two independent projects. The Early
Parade Film of La Crosse (1 minute, 39 seconds) shows a clip of a parade at the corner of Main St.
and 5th Ave. in downtown La Crosse. In part four, the Majestic Theatre on
the south side of Main St. is at the extreme left and the Boyer-Furber
Furniture store is on the right. It was a hot summer day with many flags
waving. One pennant carried by some boys reads “Retail Merchants
Association.” Although the origin of the parade is not known, it may be a
4th of July parade. Judging by the cars, street signs, and streetlights, the
parade probably dates between 1913 and 1918.
The second independent project was to digitize the Wisconsin Labor
Advocate. Murphy Library owns the only known original copy of the
Wisconsin Labor Advocate, a newspaper published in La Crosse from 18861887. La Crosse was a hotbed of labor political party activity in the 1880s
and the Labor Advocate was one of at least four La Crosse-area laborrelated newspapers from that time. In addition to Murphy Library having
the only original issues, the Labor Advocate is also most interesting
because of its editor and owner: George Edwin Taylor. Taylor was born in
Arkansas in 1857 and later made his home in La Crosse. As an AfricanAmerican business owner, he was an anomaly in La Crosse in the 1880s.
Taylor got his start in publishing, working at other La Crosse newspapers.
He also became increasingly interested in politics as reflected in his
editorship of the Wisconsin Labor Advocate.
The last existing edition of the paper dates from August 6, 1887, and George Edwin Taylor left La
Montgomery Receives
Murphy Award
Murphy Library is pleased to
announce that Dr. Dale
Montgomery is the recipient of
the 2003 Murphy Library Award.
The award has been given since
1986 to recognize those
individuals or organizations that
have made major contributions
to the mission, program and
purposes of Murphy Library.
Dr. Montgomery joined the
university in 1977 as Director of
the Library and Media Services.
During his tenure he was
instrumental in developing the
Resource Center concept to
consolidate the library, AV
center, and other learning
resources scattered around
campus. The result was a $7.6
million building and remodeling
project completed in 1995 after
a decade of planning.
Even when he held other
administrative positions on
campus beginning in June 1966,
he continued to be a tremendous
advocate for the library until his
retirement in 1999. His other
contributions include supporting
the Murphy Library Endowment
Fund and highlighting library
resources as part of the
Chancellor’s Inaugural
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Crosse soon afterwards. He maintained a life-long interest in politics and by 1904 had become involved
in an African-American political party called the National Liberty Party. Taylor accepted the nomination
of that party in 1904 as its candidate for the office of the U.S. President. In doing so, Taylor was the
first candidate of a national African-American party for the U.S. presidency. In addition to the digitized
images, the complete text of the newspaper is available and keyword searchable. The library is looking
for a volunteer to assist in correcting the text, which contains errors brought about by the image-totext conversion process. Please contact Bill Doering at 785-8399 if you would like to volunteer.
Several other projects are also underway, including three outstanding grants for digitizing resources. A
full list of Murphy Library's digitized resources is available at
http://www.uwlax.edu/murphylibrary/digitization/digitizedcollections.html. We are actively
soliciting ideas for future digitization projects. Our criteria include: importance for UWL's curriculum;
original item is rare or fragile; an electronic copy enhances the value and/or usability of the item.
Committee in 2001-2002.
A program and reception to
honor Dr. Montgomery was held
on Wednesday, April 23, at 7
p.m. in Murphy Library’s Special
Collection/Area Research
Center.
By Michele Strange, Access Services
Librarian
by William Doering , Integrated Systems & Technology Librarian
Distance Education and Interlibrary Loan/Document Delivery Services
The Interlibrary Loan/Document Delivery Department strives to give distance learners equal access to the same information resources that are
available for on-campus learners. Over the last several years, demand for resources, both those resident in the library and those obtainable via
interlibrary loan, has grown substantially. One large group of distance-based library users are the members of the ME-PD (Masters of EducationProfessional Development) Learning Communities, who are located throughout the state. Stefan Smith, Outreach Librarian, developed a web site
that brings together our policies and explains services available to distance learners. That site is located at
http://www.uwlax.edu/murphylibrary/distance/ Our core service for distance learners is home delivery of needed materials. Mail delivery of library materials is
available to any UW-La Crosse student, staff, or faculty member who lives outside of La Crosse County, has
circulation privileges, and does not have physical access to the library. Examples of those who might be eligible
include students taking distance education courses, students in study abroad programs, graduate students not
currently registered but working on a UW-L thesis, faculty members on sabbatical or temporarily living outside the
area, and students commuting from outside the county whose classes meet when the library is not open or when the
library has severely restricted hours. The service includes delivery of materials Murphy Library owns, as well as those
materials we borrow from other libraries.
Distance Learning
Links at Murphy
Library
Distance Learning
Resources
A Template for Research
We encourage distance learners to use all available local resources before using Murphy Library delivery services.
at a Distance
When the same items are available in both Murphy Library and in the student’s local area, it is usually quicker and
more convenient to use the local resource first. But for most distance learners, especially those living in more remote ME-PD Learning
areas, our service has proven to be absolutely essential. We have been very pleased with the positive feedback we
Communities Links
have received from our patrons. We look forward to future enhancements to these services. One such improvement
to watch for will be the electronic delivery of articles scanned and placed at a web site for downloading. This enhancement will be available soon.
By Randy Hoelzen, ILL/Document Delivery Librarian
Goodbye Dow Jones, Hello Factiva
Murphy Library has held a subscription to the Dow Jones
Interactive (DJI) database for many years. In 1999, the
company that produces DJI, Dow Jones Reuters Business
Interactive LLC, has rebranded this product as Factiva. As a
result of this rebranding, Dow Jones Interactive is being
replaced with a new, enhanced database that will be known
as Factiva.
Factiva
contains
nearly 8,000
sources
(including
scholarly
periodicals)
in a variety of
languages.
Factiva offers nearly 8,000 sources in a variety of languages
focused on, but not limited to, business and financial
information. These sources include: local and regional
newspapers, trade publications, business newswires, press
release wires, media transcripts, investment analyst reports,
company profiles, market research reports, country and regional profiles, and
historical market data. The variety of non-English sources offers a global perspective
on many issues.
Factiva offers personalization options, such as: searching and displaying information in
different languages, selecting the publication types most important to your research,
and the ability to bring it all together on a personalized news page. Factiva offers a
variety of industry and regional news pages in which you can quickly scan the front
pages of the world’s top newspapers and magazines. English, French, German, Italian,
and Spanish interfaces are available with Russian and Japanese interfaces coming
Did you know? The library
now has laptop hookups
at study tables. Three
study tables on the first
floor have been modified
to include network jacks
and electrical outlets. The
tables are located in the
wide center aisle between
the stacks of bound
periodicals.
Did you know? The library
now provides access to
MS Office programs. Because students now
often need to use
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soon.
According to Factiva, some of its features include:
Nearly 8,000 sources from 118 countries in 22 languages.
Group and individual functionality, such as email alerts and tracking sources.
An indexing system (Intelligent Indexing) that works for precise, accurate
results
By Brian Finnegan, Electronic Resources Librarian
PowerPoint, Word, and
Excel to access their
course materials, these
programs have been
installed on several
computers in the
reference area.
Did you know? Library
fines and overdue notices
are being sent via email
only, using student,
faculty, and staff UW- L
email addresses. Notices
that will be emailed
include: overdues, billing
(fines and fees), item
available (holds), and
cancellations. Paper
notices will no longer be
sent.
Support Murphy Library
La Crosse in Light & Shadow
Edited by Ed Hill and Douglas
Connell
Available for $40.00 plus
$3.00 shipping and handling.
Proceeds for the book go to
the Murphy Library
Endowment Fund.
For more information and
purchase instructions, visit
Murphy Library Special
Collections at:
Support Murphy Library
August
Moon by
Michael
Blaser
This magnificent
oil painting,
commissioned
for Murphy
Library, hangs in the library’s Special Collections area.
Limited edition prints are available for sale.
More information is available through Murphy Library,
(608)785-8511, and at the library's August Moon Website at
www.uwlax.edu/ murphylibrary/blaser/
www.uwlax.edu/murphylibrary/
Departments/archome.html
Support Murphy Library
Support Murphy Library
Murphy Library Endowment Fund
Makes a Difference!
Fredricks Memorial Endowment
Fund in Oral History
Maintaining the level of excellence expected in our academic
community creates challenges for today's university
libraries.
The Fredricks Memorial Endowment Fund was established in
1994 in honor of history professor and oral historian Howard
Fredericks. The fund supports the university's oral history
program, which is an active and useful primary resource for
the region.
In 1989, Murphy Library at the University of Wisconsin-La
Crosse established an endowment fund to support and
enhance the special needs of the Library. Help make a
Contributions are greatly appreciated and may be sent to:
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difference in the 21st century!
UW-L Foundation-Fredricks Fund
Murphy Library Resource Center
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
1631 Pine Street
La Crosse, WI 54601-3792
For information and donation instructions, visit the library
Endowment Fund website at www.uwlax.edu/murphylibrary/
endowment/endow.html
Library Hours
Library Contacts
Regular Academic Year Hours
Monday - Thursday 7:40 a.m.– Midnight
Friday
7:40 a.m.– 7:00 p.m.
Saturday
10:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Sunday
Noon - Midnight
Reference Desk (Regular Academic Year)
Monday - Thursday
9:00 a.m.- 9:00 p.m.
Friday
10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Saturday
1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Sunday
1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Acquisitions
7858509
Hours
7858808
Administrative
Office
7858520
Gov.
Documents
7858513
Automation
7858399
Interlibrary
Loan
7858636
Cataloging
7858638
Instruction
7858637
Circulation & Reserves
7858507
Outreach
7858396
Collection &
Res. Dev.
7858567
Periodicals
7858510
Curriculum
Center
7858651
Reference
Desk
7858508
Electronic
Resources
7858738
Special
Collections
7858511
Area Research Center (Regular Academic Year)
Monday - Friday
10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Wednesday
7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Saturday
1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Sunday
Closed
Intersession hours as posted
Finals Weeks
Special hours are in effect. The library will be open until midnight
except on Friday, May 16, when it is open until 7:00 p.m.
During Finals Week Reference Service will be available 10:00 –
3:00 p.m. Intersession hours as posted.
The Extended Hours Study Room will be open from Saturday, May
10 to Thursday, May 15 until 2:00 a.m.
For more detailed hours, visit the Hours link on the library home
page.
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