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Staff News Events Library Community Announcements Training & Development Meetings & Minutes
Annual Holiday Party and Awards Ceremony HeldIt may not have looked anything like Christmas outside, but on December 21 it was all eggnog and holiday cookies inside the Goldstein Alumni and Faculty Center, as Library staff, past and present, gathered for the annual holiday luncheon and presentation of awards. Syracuse University Librarian and Dean of Libraries Suzanne Thorin welcomed everyone and announced service awards to fifteen employees. Headlining the group of recipients this year were Dorcas MacDonald and Gurnek Singh, who have both dedicated 35 years to Syracuse University Library. Also recognized were:
20 years of service
15 years of service
10 years
5 years of service
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Disability Mentoring Day at SULby Chet Machlin and Adina Mulliken This year, four SUL employees, Chet Machlin, Nicole Morrissette, Uma Sharma, and Adina Mulliken, volunteered to be mentors for Disability Mentoring Day. (Unfortunately, Uma was home sick on the day of the event, but she tried!) According to the Greater Syracuse Disability Mentoring Day website, http://www.disabilitymentoringday.org/mentor.htm,
In Syracuse, the SU Office of Human Resources, in conjunction with a local Disability Mentoring Day organizing committee, arranges an event for the day. The day kicks off early with a breakfast at Drumlins, which Nicole and Chet attended. From 10 a.m.-12 p.m., four mentees visited the Library and saw where the mentors work, some of the tasks we do, and other parts of the Library. We didn't plan activities ahead, but tried to find out what interested the mentees once we met them and they had a chance to see and hear about what is available at the Library. Two of the mentees, Shaina Booker and Tammy Sterpe, are good friends, so they stuck together during the visit. |
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Giving Back To the Community |
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Food for Fines On November 30, students with overdue fees were able to pay them not in cash, check, or charge, but in corn, beans, and noodles. For that one day, each non-perishable item brought to the Library was worth $1 off overdue fines. The items were then donated to the Downtown Emergency Services food pantry for distribution to needy families throughout Onondaga County. For the first time this year the program was offered at all of the campus libraries. The H. Douglas Barclay Law Library joined SUNY-ESF's Moon Library and all SUL libraries, branches and reading rooms. The planning for the event was done by Wendy Bousfield, Bevin Angier, Sean Hogan and Gerri McCarthy fromSUL; Bonnie Charity and Jill Winter from Moon Library; Greg Ewing from Barclay Law Library; and Patti McMahon from the food pantry. Bevin Angier reports that nearly 250 items were collected by Sci-Tech and the Math, Physics and Geology branches during the amnesty day promotion. |
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Holiday Sharing Sharing Family This holiday season, Syracuse University continued a 15 year tradition in helping out local families in need through the Holiday Sharing Program. This year 51 families were "adopted" by departments all over campus and hundreds of children found gifts of clothing and toys as well as a traditional holiday meal waiting for them. Each family also received additional groceries which can make a difference for children during school breaks when they are not receiving breakfast and lunch at school. Families are chosen by school counselors and social workers who look for families who have had some type of financial crisis this year - newly arrived immigrants, wage earner out of work, family illness, etc. One interesting story from this year is about a woman whose family was helped a couple of years ago when she was being treated for cancer. She said that it had meant so much to her family that she wanted to "adopt" a family this year herself. Syracuse University Library staff members assisted three Holiday Sharing families in 2006. Thank you to all of you who helped out and contributed. |
United Way Winners Thanks once again to the tireless efforts of the Library United Way team of Dorcas MacDonald (Chair), Carol Cavalluzzi, Sue Ehlers, Ann Horan, Pat Hunt, and Jo Scanlon, the 2006 campaign was another successful one. The final fund raiser of the year, the annual triple auction extravaganza, netted nearly $1,000 to help families in our community. As a "Thank You" to all United Way donors, their names were entered into the SU United Way raffle, and here are the lucky Library winners
Congratulations and thank you to all. |
Second Annual Library Lock-in to Be PlannedInstructional Services is recruiting interested staff to assist in planning the second Annual Library Lock-in, a collaborative event with Syracuse University’s Office of Residence Life. This event will take place in E.S. Bird Library on February 23, 2007 from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m.
The Library Lock-in planning group will meet weekly until the event and will communicate frequently by e-mail. The group’s tasks will include updating existing planning materials , providing new ideas for the competitive research questions, and setting up staff support services for the evening. If you are interested in participating in the planning group, please contact Michael Pasqualoni or Sue Miller by January 12. Librarians, support staff, and administrators are encouraged to volunteer. We will need six people for the group. Please obtain your supervisor’s approval before volunteering. |
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National Student Employment Week Announced by Lori Sliwa The National Student Employment Association (NSEA) has set aside the week of April 8-14, 2007 as National Student Employment Week. To coincide with this week of recognition for our student employees, the Student Employee of the Year Reception will be held on April 12, 3:00-5:00 p.m. in the Schine Student Center.
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Manhattan Culture, 4th floor, Bird Library. Now through the end of the holiday break
"The Book of Origins: A Survey of American Fine Binding," 6th Floor, Bird Library. Now through March 14.
Faux Naturel, Gallery Warehouse. Now through January 27th
Artist Talk by Alex Da Corte, Gallery Warehouse. January 25 Library Associates Lecture , Peter Graham Scholarly Commons. February 8, 4 p.m.
History of the Book Lecture, Peter Graham Scholarly Commons. February 23, 4 p.m.
Meaning and Metaphor, SU Art Galleries. Now through March 11 WAR NEWS & STRANGE BREWS: The Art of Boris Artzybasheff, SU Art Galleries. Now through March 11. American Woodblock Prints, SU Art Galleries. Now through January 15 |
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IST Professor Named Top Information Systems ResearcherMargaret Costello/SU News Ping Zhang, an associate professor at the Syracuse University School of Information Studies, was named a top information systems researcher in a study published this month in Communications of the Association for Information Systems (CAIS). Syracuse University also made the list of universities that produce the most information systems resources in the same article. For the complete story see: http://sunews.syr.edu/story_details.cfm?id=3728 |
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Syracuse University Press Save 25% on Regularly Priced Books |
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New Faces Andrea Catroppa joined ILL as a Library Technician III. Adam Kerr has accepted the Administrative Secretary position in the Administration Office. Catherine Johnson and Scott Juskiewicz have joined Professional Programs and General Reference as temporary librarians. Welcome to All Farewells Michael Herrick has resigned his position as office supervisor in Social Sciences & Area Studies Services. Eun Chin (Celine) Lee has left the Physics Library where she was a Library Technician III. Position Changes John Smith is now Library Technician III in Access and Preservation Services. Randy Money has accepted the position of Access Services Supervisor. His new extension will be 2415. Laura Lesswing, Library Technician III, has moved from the Math Library to Physics. Her new extension is 2692. Jackie Allred has accepted the position of office supervisor in Business Services. In that capacity she will directly oversee the Supply Room and Mail Room in addition to providing assistance to Dale King and support for the business office. Jackie will soon relocate to the Business Services office on the lower level. For the immediate future her extension will continue to be 5533. Terry Belzak will soon be relocating to the administrative offices area where she will continue to support Greg Griffin, Sr. Director of Development, and will also provide support to the Associate University Librarians. Annette Carbone has moved to the office at the east end of room 219. Her extension remains 5532. Susan Beitz and Anne Murphy are now located outside of Annette's new office. Their extension is still 5531. Dale King is now located in the Business Services Office on the lower level of the Library. His extension remains 6136. The room formerly occupied by Dale and Susan has been returned to a conference room for Library staff only. It is now listed on web event as "fishbowl" and is available for scheduling. Condolences Our sincere condolences are extended to Associate DeanBill Garrison, whose father, William Garrison, recently passed away in Indiana. Staff Recognition and News In October, Peter Verheyen attended the iPres Conference on the Preservation of Digital Objects that was held at Cornell University. "The theme of the 2006 iPRES was Words to Deeds: Collaboration in the Realm of Digital Preservation. Following on the successful iPRES 2005 held September 14-16 in Goettingen, Germany, iPRES 2006 Plenary Sessions kicked off with a keynote presentation by Ian Wilson, Librarian and Archivist of Canada. Plenary Sessions explored topics in Preserving Multimedia Objects, e-Journal Preservation, Certification, and National Efforts in Digital Preservation. Concurrent sessions on Tools of the Trade, eScience and Digital Preservation, Repositories, and New Initiatives were also held." Peter reports that "The wide mixture of presentations made the conference very accessible to a wide audience, and the international mix provided some interesting perspectives. What was very interesting to me is that some of the national libraries are not much bigger than our own in staff and collections, and are subject to similar constraints." All presentations from the conference are online at (http://ipres.library.cornell.edu/program.html).
Also in October, Elaine Coppola attended the Federal Depository Library Program Conference in Washington, D.C. She would like to pass along the following interesting items:
For those of you who would like to review all of the proceedings they can be found at:: http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/fdlp/pubs/proceedings/06fall/index.html Getting to Know You Sean M. Quimby (November 2006) Sean's scholarly interests include the history of design, technology and the experience of "modernity". Between 1997 and 2000 Sean was a Hagley Fellow in the History of Business, Society and Technology at the University of Delaware. Upon completing his studies he worked as a Project Archivist with Hagley Museum and Library in Wilmington, Delaware. In 2000 he joined the staff of Stanford University Libraries (Palo Alto, California) as Assistant Manuscripts Processing Librarian. There he was the principal steward of 20th century American polymath R. Buckminster Fuller's collection of personal papers and artifacts. In this capacity, he arranged/described the Fuller papers, coordinated exhibitions, taught graduate-level seminars focusing on Fuller and his milieu and helped to build Stanford's design collections. At Stanford Sean also oversaw the Public Services division of the Department of Special Collections and University Archives. Most recently, he completed an MLIS at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sean and his wife Lisa have a 7-month old daughter, Allegra. When he is not reading, he enjoys photography and a wide range of outdoors activities, including hiking, surfing and canoeing.
Adam Kerr (December 2006) Before joining the staff of Bird Library in December, Adam was a member of the Human Resources Department at Syracuse University. He received his B.A. in Business Management from St. John Fisher College in Rochester in 2005.
Upcoming University Holidays Monday, January 15, 2007 - Martin Luther King Day |
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New Training and Development Listings If you are looking for a seminar, webcast, on-line course, article, book, or whatever to enhance an existing knowledge or skill, or to learn a new one, visit : https://libtrain.syr.edu/documentation/TrainingandDevelopmentOpportunities.html. You can also access the SUL training web site by clicking on Training Resources on the left and selecting a topic under Development Opportunities. Additions to the list are always welcome. |
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Contribute Training to Be Offered Two levels of Contribute Training will be offered beginning January 29. The first level, "Beginning Contribute," will cover obtaining access to Contribute, creating text pages, and submitting them for review or publishing. The second level, "Advance Contribute," will deal with enhancing pages with images, tables, and various types of links. For more information and to register, go to the training web site at https://libtrain.syr.edu/. |
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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 group's information to appear here please e-mail gcmccart@syr.edu with the location of the minutes. Access Services Concerns Group: F:\Committees\Access Services Concerns Group Library Management Group F:\Committees\Library Management Group\Summaries\2006 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 |
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25 years of service
Last year’s event was a tremendous success. 100 students enjoyed an evening of competition, fund, food, and even dancing in the Library!
More details will follow in early January including information on how to access the nomination form and the deadline for submission. To help you plan, students are evaluated using the following categories:
