Library Online
A publication for the employees, associates, and friends of the Syracuse University Library
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Staff News
Events
Library Community
Personnel Announcements
Training & Development
Meetings
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Architecture Reading Room Goes "Downtown"
Photos
by Barbara Opar
The Architecture Reading Room, along with the School of Architecture, has moved to the Downtown Warehouse location. The Reading Room has everything it had in Slocum, from study areas to books and periodicals, all in a new, bright and open space downtown. Some additional technologies have been added including a new photocopier and a large-format scanner. Barbara Opar, along with a number of student workers, Click here for complete story |
Littlejohn and Merrihew Share Chancellor’s Vision for Community EngagementGreg Griffin At successive SULA presentations, Associate Vice President for Community Engagement (Southside Initiative) Linda Littlejohn and Associate Vice President for Community Engagement Chuck Merrihew outlined Chancellor Cantor’s actions to date in engaging our local community. At each presentation, the 1916 Room was filled to capacity with SU Library staff. Littlejohn kicked off the Library’s two-day discussion by listing economic development projects and initiatives that are underway to revitalize the neighborhoods bordering Syracuse University to the south and west in partnership with these neighbors. Click here for complete story |
Library Introduces New Online CalendarMary Beth Hinton
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Internship Opportunities SoughtSeveral MLS students from the School of Information Studies are looking for internships here at SUL. This is a superb opportunity to collaborate with IST, share your knowledge and experience with a new librarian, and gain insight into current library science curriculum topics. You'll probably also get to meet some pretty amazing young people! If your department would be interested in learning more about hosting an intern either this semester or in the future, please contact Gerri McCarthy at ext 3855. |
Providing Service to IT-Savvy Library UsersMary DeCarlo and Lydia Wasylenko On November 30, a panel of Library staff members offered a Peer to Peer Dialog session with information to help the service desk staff deal with technologies popular with students and faculty members. The panel included Anthony Bottari, Dawn Havill, Charlene Martin, and Yuming Tung, and Adina Mulliken was a special guest. The audience consisted of approximately two dozen Library staff members. The Peer to Peer program focused primarily on four topics: (1) wireless access; (2) USB (thumb) drives; (3) file downloading on public workstations; and (4) adaptive technologies for library users with disabilities. Click here for the complete story |
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North Star Conspiracy Author Speaks
Miriam Grace Monfredo, author of this year's Central New York Reads book, North Star Conspiracy, spoke in the Library's Hillyer Room on January 19 to an audience of 65 people. Her talk was titled "The Female Protagonist in Contemporary Literature: Glynis Tryon, Prototype of a Heroine." SU Library Associates is leading the Central New York Reads Consortium, which includes representatives from many local organizations. |
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Update on 1916 and Spector Rooms Cindy Cost, AUL for Organization Services reports that although renovation continues to convert the 1916 room into the Peter Graham Scholarly Commons, the work has fallen a bit behind schedule. Therefore the room will not be available for use during the month of February. Work is also continuing on the Spector room to complete the installation of new A-V equipment. This is also expected to be completed by the end of February. If you have events planned for these rooms during this month please contact Nancy Cohen to see about rescheduling. With these two room out of service please be mindful of group size when requesting a meeting room. Room 503, the Cave, and Room 123 are all available to accommodate smaller groups. Library staff may also schedule the corner seminar rooms for small group meetings. Hillyer should be reserved only for larger groups. The ETC may also be available on some "even" days when it is normally used by ITS (formerly CMS). Check with Julie Belle in Instructional Services for availability. Finally, please try to remember to cancel your reservation if you find that you do not need a room that you scheduled, so the room can be made available to others. |
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SU Prepares for Race for the CureGerri McCarthy
Even if you've haven't run a step in the last 20 years you can still participate. There's a 1 mile walk, Click here for complete story |
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Upcoming Events of Interest Friday, February 17, 4 p.m. - "Growing up with Books: Young Fanny Seward's Library, Journals and Writing in 19th-century Auburn, New York" Deirdre Stam, Executive Director, New York Center for the Book Hillyer Room Friday, March 3, 4 p.m. - "Why the 'Fifties Wanted the 'Thirties to be More Like the 'Twenties: Poetry, Anticommunism, and the Archive" Alan Filreis, Kelly Professor of English, University of Pennsylvania Room 114 |
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Community Folk Art Center Celebrates Opening The
Community Folk Art Center and the Paul Robeson Performing Arts Company
will celebrate the official opening of their new facility at 805 East
Genesee St on Saturday February 4 beginning at 5:45 p.m. Admission is
free and open to the public. For a listing of upcoming events click here. |
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New Faces Rosemarie Romano started as a Temporary Reference Librarian on the reference desk for Professional Programs and Reference Services on 1/5/06. See the Getting to Know You section of this newsletter for an introduction to Rosemarie. Michael Herrick has accepted the position of Office Supervisor in the Social Sciences and Area Studies Department, effective March 1. We are also pleased to announce that Anntonette Carbone has accepted the position of Personnel Assistant effective February 23. Farewells
Christian Dupont Leaves for U of V. On Thursday morning, January 26, friends and colleagues bid farewell and good luck to Christian Dupont, director of the Special Collections Research Center (SCRC). Christian left SUL the following day for the University of Virginia where he has been named Director of the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library. All our best to Christian in his new position.
Position Changes Shane Sutliff transferred from the Acquisitions Department to Cataloging Services on 1/26/06. His extension ( 3319) and office number (550) remain the same. It has been announced that William LeMoy will serve as interim director of SCRC. For the past two years, Will has served as SCRC's curator of rare books and printed materials. His primary duties have encompassed collection development, instructional outreach, exhibitions, and publications.
Staff Recognition Isabella Arezzo, Media Services, received a letter of thanks from the Beyond Compliance Coordinating Committee for her contributions to supporting the Committee's 2005 film series, "Beyond Borders: The Illusion of Normalcy in Film." Michael Pasqualoni, Instructional Services, will once again be a moderator at this year's SU campus tournament of "College Bowl," the well-known academic trivia competition, Saturday - Feb. 4 at Schine Student Center. Quick - for 10 points - Who was TV's "GE College Bowl" host from 1959 - 1962? Answer Robert Cleary, assistant department head – Acquisition Services, recently learned that his 2002 master’s thesis is required reading for a graduate course in education at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. Robert spent four years researching and writing “The Education of Mexican-Americans in Kansas City, Kansas, 1916-1951,” for his M.A. in American History, which he completed ten days before starting work at SUL. Professor Stuart McAninch explained, “I am the historian of education on faculty at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. Approximately a year ago, I read your master's thesis. What particularly struck me about it in terms of how I might use it in my teaching is that it would enable me to discuss issues of race and schooling in the Kansas City metropolitan area in terms other than the traditional black/white dichotomy (particularly in light of the rapidly growing population of Latino children in area schools). While I have referred to your analysis in my courses and have included the thesis in my bibliography for the historical foundations course, I have not used it as a text. However, this semester I will ask the students in my Ed.D. seminar (who are all area school teachers or administrators) to read your thesis in conjunction with work by Sherry Schirmer and Kevin Fox Gotham.” The entire thesis can be found at http://www.kckps.org/disthistory/dist- history/ethnic_history/mexican_american/news_publications/rcleary_mexkck /mexkck_index.htm There are also short excerpts at this site. Getting to Know You Rosemarie Romano Temporary Reference Librarian PPRS - Reference Desk Rosemarie has also been a Librarian/Archivist and Assistant Curator of Education at the Everson Museum of Art, and worked on state-funded Records Management and Archives projects for the City of Auburn and the Cayuga-Onondaga BOCES for several years where she wrote grants, arranged and described local government records, and planned and implemented records management and archival preservation projects. She is a member of the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) and a member and Past President of the Association of Law Libraries of Upstate New York (ALLUNY). Personnel Announcements Our sincere condolences are extended to Lee Radigan, ITS, whose mother, Jean Wigner passed away on January 3 after a long illness. Everyone is reminded to exercise special care when walking on the sidewalks. The downside to our "snowless winter" is an abundance of clear sidewalks which easily become ice covered with a bit of rain and colder temperatures. A number of people have already discovered how quickly you can lose your footing under those conditions. If you do have a fall and believe you may have injured yourself, ask someone to call for help. Please don't try to walk and possibly do more damage. The number to phone in an emergency from a cellular phone is #78 (#SU). |
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Organization Services is pleased to be able to offer a variety of instructor-led training classes for SUL staff. Enrolling in these classes is done by visiting the Staff Web page http://libweb.syr.edu/ and clicking on the Training link or directly at https://libtrain.syr.edu/. You will need your netid and password to access the site. Please speak with your supervisor before enrolling and enter the date and time on your personal calendar. While we do understand that emergencies do occur, we must ask that you let Gerri McCarthy know 2 days before the class if you are not going to be able to attend. This allows us to offer the seat to someone else if the class is full, or reschedule the class if we have dropped below a minimum number of participants. |
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RES - TDC Offers Look at Special Collections With many professors requiring students to include primary sources in their references, the Special Collections Research Center (SCRC) becomes an invaluable resource for many our patrons. Join SCRC staff Feb. 7th from 2:30-4:00 PM in Hillyer for an informative session designed to give you the current answers to the questions often asked of reference desk staff. Topics include:
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ACRL Webcast to be Presented February 23rd The ACRL Webcast "Successful Reference Interview Strategies: at the Desk, Chat Reference or on the Phone" will be presented on February 23 from 3:00 - 4:30 p.m. in Hillyer. The webcast will also be repeated at a later date. The presenter will be Diane Kovacs. For a complete description of the seminar and information on Ms. Kovacs click here. To register, go to http://libweb.syr.edu/ and click on training. You will be required to log in using your netid and password. Click here for help with a forgotten netid or password. |
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New Listserv Available for ITS/CMS Classes Kara Patten of ITS/CMS has announced the creation of a new computing training listserv sponsored by Information Technology and Services/Computing and Media Services. The listserv presently includes staff members who have previously enrolled in any of the workshops that are presented by ITS/CMS and who have expressed an interest in being notified of future classes. Information about upcoming classes, which was previously distributed through the former SU Hotnews system, will be e-mailed via this listserv (ITS_CLASSES@listserv.syr.edu). Class schedules and registration information is posted on the ITS/CMS staff training Web site at: http://cms.syr.edu/training/workshops/staff.cfm. If you have not received a notice that you have been added to this listserv and would like to receive information about available computer training classes offered by ITS/CMS, you can subscribe to the Training Listserv by sending an email to listserv@listserv.syr.edu. The subject line should be left blank and the text of the message should be: sub its_classes firstname lastname The spring schedule is now available. If you have any questions, please send an email to training@syr.edu. |
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New Employee Orientation Sessions Each session is designed to introduce new employees to the personnel and functions of one of the Libraries departments. All staff who have joined the Library within the last year are strongly encouraged to attend. More veteran employees may attend if there is room. Click here for more information on each of the sessions and to register. You will be required to log in using your netid and password. Need help with netid? February 15 - Digital Library Development Services March 1 - Belfer Audio Laboratory and Archive |
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GroupWise Training Whether you're new to GroupWise or just feel there must be easier ways to work with our email software, check out one or all of the GroupWise, hands-on training sessions scheduled during February. Click here for more information on each of the sessions and to register. You will be required to log in using your netid and password. Need help with netid? February 9 - GroupWise Email Functions February 15 - GroupWise Calendaring February 21 - GroupWise Writing Rules |
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The following groups and committees have posted minutes of their meetings on the Library's shared F: drive. If you would like your groups information to appear here please email gcmccart@syr.edu with the location of minutes. Assessment Team F:\Committees\Standing Committees\Assessment Team\Minutes Cabinet F:\Committees\Standing Committees\Cabinet\Cabinet Minutes\2005 SULA Business F:\Committees\SULA\Minutes\Business Meetings SULA Executive F:\Committees\SULA\Minutes\Exec. Com. Meetings\2005-2006 Supervisor's Forum F:\Committees\Supervisors' Forum Web Development F:\Committees\Standing Committees\Web Development\Agendas_Minutes |
As part of the University's new system for publicizing events, the Library
now has an online events calendar. You can see it by clicking the new
"Library Events" button from the Homepage (lower right side
of page). Our online calendar links to the online Syracuse University
Events Calendar. Likewise, people can click on the "SU library Calendar"
link form the SU Events Calendar. 
Last
year, in it's first year of participation, Syracuse University's Caring
in Motion team was recognized for making the largest team donation
to the CNY Affiliate of the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation's
Race for the Cure®. Caring in Motion was 161 members strong
and raised over $14,000. This year's race is scheduled for Saturday,
May 13th, and plans are underway for the 2006 SU team, co-captained
by June Quackenbush and Paula Maxwell (ITS/CMS). Last year's SU captain
Deb Nosky did such a fabulous job they put her in charge of the whole
race this year!
Rosemarie
(or Romy) received her B.A. in French and an M.L.S. in Information Studies
from Syracuse University. Prior to accepting this position at SUL, she
was Access Services Librarian at SU's Barclay Law Library from 2002-2005.
Although that title may suggest otherwise, Rosemarie says she spent
half of her time doing original cataloging and the other half as a reference
librarian. Her job duties also included collection development and faculty
liaison work. Before that time she worked as a contract cataloger for
the Law Library while simultaneously holding a full-time job as Librarian
at the law firm of Scolaro, Shulman, Cohen, Fetter & Burstein, P.C.