Contents


Introduction: THE NEW MILLENNIUM BEGINS
THEME I: ON BROOKLYN'S GREEN FIELDS: A YEAR IN TEMPORARY QUARTERS
The Move
Settling In & Sorting Out
The Bread Crumb Trail
The Paging Operation
Doing Business Via E-Mail
THEME II: THE ONCE & FUTURE LIBRARY
The Groundbreaking
Construction Begins!
Interior Changes
Planning for Technology & Telecommunications
The Art Committee Begins Its Work
Keeping the Campus Fully Involved
A New Building Suggests Organizational Changes & New Work Schedules
Fund-Raising for the New Library
The Topping Off Party
THEME III: A NEW PRESIDENT & A NEW VISION FOR BROOKLYN COLLEGE
Christoph M. Kimmich Comes Home
Briefing the New President
A New Strategic Planning Initiative for Brooklyn College
The University's 2000-2004 Master Plan
The Library & AIT Staffs Participate in the Strategic Planning Process
President Kimmich Considers the College's Administrative Structure
THEME IV: ELECTRONIC INFORMATION RESOURCES
Electronic Information at Brooklyn College
Pricing Models for Electronic Information
Expanding Access to E-Resources: The Proxy Server
Electronic Information Resources: Sorting It All Out
New E-Resources Generate High Levels of Faculty Satisfaction
New Kid on the E-Block: The E-Book
E-Metrics: Measuring the Use of Electronic Information
THEME V: INCORPORATING TECHNOLOGY WITH TEACHING
Blackboard
CUNY Online
Crafting a New Model for Faculty Development With Blackboard at Its Center
The Content Modules Project (ICE)
Teaching with Technology: The College Adopts Performance Goals
Guidelines for Successful Teaching on the Web
Guidelines for the Distribution & Replacement of Faculty Computing Equipment
Marketing AIT
Faculty Partners for Teaching with Technology
Task Forces, Local & University-Wide, Address Distance Learning
Faculty Development Opportunities for Web-Assisted Teaching
Support for Faculty Developers
Academic Information Technology's Facilities for Faculty Training & Development
The Faculty Guide to Computing
Service Level Agreement
THEME VI: THE MORTON & ANGELA TOPFER LIBRARY CAFE
Dedicating the Morton & Angela Topfer Library Cafe
Playing to a Packed House
Success Breeds Success: A New Pavilion for the Library Cafe
Laptops Go Live
The Library Cafe Expands Its Services for Students & Faculty
Going 24/7
Section I: CREATING 21ST CENTURY ACADEMIC PROGRAMS
The Minor in Archival Studies & Community Documentation
The New York State Documentary Heritage Program Grant
Section II: ENHANCING TEACHING & LEARNING
Library Collections: Levels of Funding
Growth in the Size of the Collections
Collecting Strengths
Collecting Responsibilities
Endowed Book Funds
Gifts to the Collections
Library Services
  • Information Services

  • Instruction

  • Information Literacy
  • Access, the E-Zine of the Library & Academic Information Technologies
    Audiovisual Services: A New Approach for A New Library
    Photocopy Services
    Government Publications & Microforms
    Music Library
    Electronic Reserves
    Library Systems
    Interns
    Section III: BROADENING RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES
    Document Delivery
    Interlibrary Loan
    The Library & AIT Websites
    Enhancing Access to Collections
    Section IV: IMPROVING CAMPUS LIFE
    Library Week
    Electrifying the Book: Evolutionary or Revolutinary?
    The Student Essay Contest
    The Author Party
    Section V: BUILDING BRIDGES TO THE COMMUNITY
    The Borough of Brooklyn
    The General Public
    Alumni & Alumnae
    Campus Constituencies
    The Middle States
    The People's Republic of China
    Section VI: STAFFING, 1999/2000
    New Faculty & Professional Staff
    Position Upgrades
    Retirements, Resignations, Deaths
    Recruiting, 1999/2000
    Recruiting: The Future
    Section VII: STAFFING BY UNIT, 1999/2000
    Section VIII: TRENDS, 1999/2000
    Section IX: PLANNING EFFORTS, 1999/2000
    Section X: THE FUTURE
    Section XI: PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
    Committee Memberships
    Professional Reassignment Leaves
    Professional Activities
    Section XII: TABLES, 1999/2000
    Table 1:       Library Materials Budget
    Table 2:       Library Hours
    Table 3:       Circulation Statistics
    Table 4:       Reserve Collection Statistics
    Table 5:       Collection Growth Statistics
    Table 6:       Library Instruction Statistics
    Table 7:       Database Searching Statistics
    Table 8:       Interlending Statistics
    Table 9:       Cataloging Statistics
    Table 10:     Audiovisual Center Requisitions