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Library Receives Delmas Foundation Grant to Digitize Cylinder Recordings
SU Library has received a grant from the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation to support a project to digitize, preserve and provide access to the cylinder collection of the Belfer .
Cataloging Department Prepares for the 21st Century Library
When you look at the Library’s strategic directions and initiatives, more than half of them include a path running right through room 550. If you’re looking to “create and deploy library technology offerings that meet users' needs and expectations” and to “build library services and add resources based on identified academic program needs”; then you’re probably talking about e-resources and new digital projects. If you want a “more inviting physical environment with space for collaborative areas and smart classrooms as well as quiet space”, that will necessitate an off-site storage facility. And before that can become a reality all materials headed there will need to be fully cataloged and bar coded. These new directions have brought about changes in the departmental structure which were announced last month.
The cataloging team had been hard at work over the years producing records for new projects, keeping up with the always challenging e-resources, working on converting old card file records to online ones and still processing the constant influx of new materials. That was before a new learning commons, Belfer cylinder digitalization, and an off-site storage facility became more than just a nice idea. With all these new projects to be completed some rethinking and realignment needed to be done.
Insights Incite Change: SU Capital Campaign
Chancellor Nancy Cantor launched the public phase of Syracuse University's capital campaign, November 2, 2007 in the Goldstein Auditorium with the announcement that over half of the$1 billion goal had already been raised by individual private donors and foundations. To learn more about this campaign, the largest in SU's history click on the links below.
The Vision of Scholarship in Action
Want a behind the curtain sneak-peek at how the cafe is coming along?
It's been another busy United Way season at Syracuse University Library with three fund raisers in the past month.
Reading Room Moves
The Special Collections/University Archives reading room has temporarily moved into the Tolley Room to allow for construction of the new Antje Lemke Seminar Room.
More on this next month.
Kim Belanger will be returning to the Library on a part-time basis on Dec. 17. Kim has made remarkable progress following her motorcycle accident in August and is excited to be coming back to work. She would like to thank everyone for the many cards, visits, and well wishes she has received during her time away. There will be refreshments served in the Hillyer room from 10:30 a.m. until noon on the 17th. Please stop by to welcome Kim back.