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Seventeen Honored at Holiday Awards Luncheon

     The annual Holiday Celebration and Awards Luncheon was held December 16th at the Goldstein Faculty Center. In a much appreciated deviation from the scheduled program, Suzanne Thorin suggested an "eat first and present later" approach to the festivities.  As always, the Faculty Center Click here for complete story

 

Library’s 15th Annual Distinguished Service Award

The DSA Selection Panel

(Sue Miller – Chair, Wendy Bousfield, Diane Cooter, Betty Johnson-Adair, Charlie Russo)

     When Randy Money began duties as the Library's computer trainer back in the late 1980s, the technology was in its infancy here. Randy introduced the staff to "new" programs such as email, word processing, and spreadsheets in the days before GroupWise and Microsoft Office and the modern Internet browsers. DOS and its complicated system of commands was king.

     Later, Randy became the Library's first Technology Associate, dealing with the large number of PCs and printers in the Information Management Services Department, "assisting a large, diverse staff whose information technology skills have ranged from novice to power-user level."Click here for complete story

 

Instructional Services Hosts 2nd Annual End-of-Year Party

Abby Kasowitz-Scheer and Susan Miller

     Instructional Services hosted a party on Monday, May 23 to recognize all SUL staff that participated in instructional events (e.g., classes, tours, information fairs, etc.) during the 2004-2005 academic year. The party offered an opportunity to thank the many people who contributed to the Library’s Instructional Services over the past year.

     The Library presented 479 sessions to 8,803 participants in 2004-2005. Click here for complete story

 

News from Digital & Electronic Resource Management Services

Nancy B. Turner, IMSS – Digital & Electronic Resource Management Services

     A new service has been added to the Library web site’s E-Journal Locater at http://library.syr.edu/research/ej/index.html

     This is the SULinks Citation Linker, a form that lets you search our electronic holdings by article name or journal title (any part of the citation you have). It takes you to an SULinks menu that looks and works the same way the SULinks button works in other contexts

     We also have or will have shortly the following new databases accessible via the Databases Main Menu available remotely also:

   AnthroSource

   ARTstor

   Classical Music Library

   Foundation Directory Online

   NewspaperARCHIVE Elite

   Web or Knowledge

   JSTOR (Arts & Sciences Complement Collection)

   IOP Archive

   SCOLA

   Smithsonian Global Sound

 

Positive Ways of Coping with Change:  A Library Peer to Peer Dialog

Lydia Wasylenko, SULA

     Although this program, presented May 11, was prompted by Syracuse University Library’s recent reorganization, the content was relevant for anyone undergoing any kind of change or transition in life. Pat Demyan, Director of Syracuse University’s Faculty and Staff Assistance Program (FSAP) and Susan Winkert, FSAP Staff Therapist acted as co-facilitators.

     Pat and Susan provided a conceptual framework to inform discussion, starting with the key ideas of “change” (“what happens”) and “resiliency” (“who you are”). When change happens, one of the most important areas you can control is yourself, focusing on how you react, what you do, and how you feel.

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Media Services Student Assistants Named Class Marshal

Charlie Russo, RES – Media Services

     Media Services student assistant Paul E. Dimoh was selected as one of two Syracuse University seniors to represent the Class of 2005 as senior class marshals at the University's 151st Commencement. Paul, along with Jessica Cordova, led the procession of graduates during the May 15 ceremony in the Carrier Dome.

     A second Media Services student assistant, Lara Jeremko, was selected to represent the Martin J. Whitman School of Management as that school's 2005 college marshal. Click here for complete story

 

Homepage News on the Library’s Web Site: A Marketing Vehicle

Greg Griffin & Mary Beth Hinton, LDERS

The Office of Library Development and External Relations has assumed responsibility for maintaining Homepage News, which we will use as a vehicle for marketing the Library. The guidelines for this procedure can be found at F:\Policies & Procedures\Homepage New.doc.

On My Own Time

Diane McKenney, CS – Access & Preservation Services

Four library staff had pieces in the On My Own Time exhibition at Hendricks Chapel in April. Penelope and Stephen Singer, John Olsen, and Lisa Bankert.  Steve and Penelope's pieces were selected to go on to the city-wide show at the Everson Museum: Penelope for black-and-white photography and Stephen for printmaking. My husband, David McKenney’s, stained glass window and Jim De Witt’s (our janitor) leather piece were selected for in-house awards. Congratulations!

On My Own Time is sponsored by the Cultural Resources Council in cooperation with the Everson Museum of Art.

Librarians Attend 12th National ACRL Conference in Minneapolis

Janet Pease, RES – Science & Technology Services

     Several SUL Librarians attended the 12th National ACRL Conference in Minneapolis from April 7-10, 2004. The title of the conference was “Currents and Convergence: Navigating the Rivers of Change.”  Besides having unusually terrific weather (sunny and mid-60’s to 70’s) every day, the conference itself was very interesting and informative. There were seven conference theme tracks from which participants could choose: Changing Environments and Cultures, Changing Political Realities, Converging and Collaborating, Evolving Modes of Scholarly Communication, Managing Electronic and Digital Information, Redefining Traditions, and Teaching and Learning. There were also workshops and excellent poster sessions and exhibits to view. Click here for complete story

 

Chancellor Cantor Meets with SUL Staff Members

Lydia Wasylenko, Arts & Humanities Services

     At the invitation of the Syracuse University Library Assembly (SULA), Chancellor Nancy Cantor visited E.S. Bird Library to meet with SULA membership on March 22, 2005. Chancellor Cantor began by indicating that she concurs with the sentiment that “the library is the heart of an academic institution,” and expressed hopes that this would be the first of many conversations.

     The Chancellor cited a quotation from a card she had received upon her arrival at Syracuse University:  “An academic institution at its best looks inwardly and opens up a window unto the world.”  Click here for complete story

January 19 - "The Female Protagonist in Contemporary Literature: Glynis Tryon, Prototype of a Heroine", Miriam Grace Monfredo, Author and Historian

February 17 - "Growing up with books: Young Fanny Seward's Library, Journals and Writing in 19th-century Auburn, New York", by Deirdre Stam, Executive Director, New York Center for the Book

March 3 - "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

For more information on these events and others, Check out the new Library event calendar. Hint: Use the tabs and the >>> on either side of the date to navigate through the calendar.  The click on an event in the calendar to learn more about that event.

Books on Ice: British and American Literature of Polar Exploration

Curated by David & Deirdre Stam

For daring adventurers in both North and South Polar regions, books seem to have been as essential as pemmican, primus stoves, fuel, and furs.  Exploration ships had large libraries, and sledging journeys often included a few books for idle times. They were routinely hauled to the far reaches of cold regions, and were even found with the frozen bodies of those unlucky enough not to return.

On December 7, 2005, the Grolier Club will open to the public a major exhibition of polar materials entitled "Books on Ice: British and American Literature of Polar Exploration." The exhibit will include many of the classics of Anglo-American expedition literature as well as more unusual materials related to the Western perception of the Arctic and Antarctica, ranging from historical materials to the printed ephemera of polar expeditions. Several rare books and other materials from SCRC collection, the library's general collections, and the Belfer Audio Laboratory will be on display. The show is curated by Prof. Deirdre C. Stam, Long Island University and Director of the New York Center for the Book, and Dr. David H. Stam, University Librarian Emeritus at Syracuse University. Click here for complete story.