PUBLICATIONS Inside Illinois Vol. 26, No. 2, July 20, 2006

brief notes

Campus Recreation
Take an outdoor adventure to Utah
Campus Recreation’s Outdoor Adventures will host a canoe trip to Green River, Utah, Aug. 8-18. Travelers will enjoy eight days of canoeing and camping on the Green and Colorado rivers in the Canyonlands area of Southeast Utah. Experience in canoe paddling, small boat safety and camping is recommended but not required.

Advanced registration is required. The fee is $550 for UI students and Campus Rec members and $650 for non-members. The fee covers the cost of transportation, food, canoes, group equipment, fees and permits and the trip leaders. For registration, call 333-8747, or visit www.campusrec.uiuc.edu or the Outdoor Center.

Getting the word out …
New online library access for alumni
The UI Libraries and the UI Alumni Association are introducing a new service for UI alumni and are hoping UI colleges and departments can help spread the word among alumni.

Since July 1, Alumni Association members now have online access to more than 4,000 magazines, newspapers, periodicals, scientific and professional journals and trade publications. The database, ProQuest/ABI-INFORM Complete, includes current and archived issues in full text and/or abstract versions. In addition, users can perform basic and advanced queries such as subject and key word searches.

Among the titles contained in the collection are the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Time, Newsweek, U.S.News & World Report, Forbes, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Harvard Law Review as well as more specialized publications.

Although license restrictions prohibit alumni access to all of the databases that the three UI libraries make available to the campus communities, this new benefit will extend the reach of the university’s libraries to UI alumni living in all states and more than 125 countries. Until now, these services have been available only to UI faculty and staff members and students with a university net ID.

To access this service, visit www.uiaa.org/proquest.

For more information on this service or information about membership in the Alumni Association, contact Joe Rank, j-rank@uillinois.edu, 333-1471.

University Library
Library now offers ‘Buy a Book Service’
The UI Library has added a service. The largest public university collection in the world, holding nearly 24 million items, now offers its users a “Buy a Book Service.”

Linked to the library’s Web site, the book-purchase service gives users “easy and quick access to local and online booksellers,” said Lynn Wiley, head of acquisitions, so that when a title is not available through the online catalog, or when a library user prefers to own a book, the option to purchase is only a couple of clicks away.

A small percentage of purchases from select vendors “will help the library add more books to its collection,” Wiley said. More information about the service is available at www.library.uiuc.edu/services/bookreferral.htm.

The University Library’s Web online catalog receives some 235,000 visits a day. The physical collections are held in 38 separate departmental libraries.

Spice Box
Meal to feature locally grown foods
A five-course “Fresh From the Farm” dinner featuring locally grown products will be prepared by UI hospitality management students under the direction of chef Jean-Louis Ledent on Aug. 4.

Guests will be seated at 6 and 6:30 p.m. in the Spice Box, located on the second floor of Bevier Hall. The cost of the meal is $45. Service will include a wine list, but wine is not included in the price. To make a reservation, call 333-6520.

“Proceeds from this event will benefit the renovations of the Quantity Foods Facilities, including the Bevier Café, Spice Box and kitchen,” said Jill North, hospitality management instructor. “The first stage of renovations is under way this summer in the Bevier Café. However, numerous improvements and updates requiring more funds are still needed,” 

For more information on donating, contact Marla Todd at 244-2875 or Kim Morton at 312-575-7805.

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