Slavic Librarian Mentoring

[Marcus Levitt]

(forwarded by M. Levitt)

Dear colleague:

I am writing on behalf of the Slavic and East European Section
(SEES) of ACRL to inform you of a mentoring program organized
by SEES for librarians working with Slavic and East European
materials.

Established in 1963, more than 300 librarians participate in the
Slavic and East European Section. Information related to Russia
and East European studies, the Baltic, Central Asia and the
Caucasus is disseminated to members through the section
newsletter, programs, committee meetings, mailing lists and our
Web site. Recent projects initiated by the section include a
directory of Slavic catalogers, the development a frequently asked
question page for Slavic cataloging and the exchange of reports on
preservation initiatives at various institutions. The SEES
Newsletter, which averages 75-80 pages, is distributed
internationally and includes a bibliography of recent publications
relevant to the area of Slavic librarianship, information on new
grants and acquisitions and profiles of special library collections.
To learn more about SEES please check our home page at:
www.gwu.edu/~sees/.

The mentoring program is aimed at assisting librarians who may be
new to the field or new to Slavic area studies. Many of the mentors
have a great deal of experience working in public and technical
services. Their knowledge is a valuable resource, and they have
volunteered to advise librarians and/or students who are new to the
profession or new to this area of librarianship.

The SEES Continuing Education Committee is pleased to
announce that this year it is co-sponsor of a Slavic cataloging
workshop to be held during the Twelfth Annual Slavic Librarians'
Workshop at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, from
June 26-28, 2002. The workshop will cover LC subject
headings/geographic headings, authority control, diacritics,
metadata, cataloging in CORC, and use of macros in cataloging.
We welcome prospective Slavic catalogers to join us at this year's
event. More details on the Slavic Librarians' Workshop and on the
special cataloging workshop can be obtained by contacting the
Inna Gudanets, Chair, SEES Continuing Education Committee,
Catalog Department, Stanford University, at:
igudanet at stanford.edu, or Janice Pilch, Slavic and East European
Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, at:
pilch at uiuc.edu.

If you know of someone who would benefit from the mentoring
program and/or who might be interested in participating in the
Slavic and East European Section, please share this information
by forwarding this letter electronically to all students, or posting it
on a bulletin board for everyone’s information. Interested persons
should contact Inna Gudanets, Chair of the SEES Continuing
Education Committee, at: igudanet at stanford.edu. Many thanks for
your help.


Sincerely yours,
Inna Gudanets

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