The Scoop

To Library staff -

All services hosted by the library's web server, libwww.syr.edu, will
be briefly unavailable between 6 and 7 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 16 due to a
hardware upgrade.

The SUMMIT public catalog, library web pages, and associated electronic
resources will not be available during this outage.

All Voyager staff modules including acquisitions, cataloging, and
circulation, will be fully operational during the upgrade.

Thanks for your patience,

Integrated Library System Management Group
E.S. Bird Library
Syracuse University
ILSM@syr.edu

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Fine Arts Librarian: Ann Shincovich who started April 5, 2004. She has an MLIS (University of Pittsburgh, 2003), MA in the History of Art (Ohio State University, 1998) and a BA in anthropology (Penn State University, 1993). At the annual conference of the Art Libraries Society of North America in New York, April 15-22, 2004, she was awarded the Gerd Muehsam Award in recognition of her graduate paper "An Examination of Copyright Issues Related to the Creation of a Digital Resource for the Artists' Books Collection at the Frick Fine Arts Library, University of Pittsburgh to be published in ART DOCUMENTATION in the fall 2004. She has previous experience working at the Frick Fine Arts Library at the University of Pittsburgh and the Fine Arts Library at the Ohio State University.

Visual Resource Specialist: John Puckett (known as Mike) started on April 12, 2004. He comes with extensive cataloging experience on a wide range of projects most recently at the University of Colorado. He has a wealth of expertise in digitization as well - in his spare time he is an artist producing digital works which were recently on exhibit at the Delavan Gallery in Syracuse, NY. With background degrees in the arts, we are pleased to welcome him to SUL. Mike will be working closely with Glen Wiley on the new digital projects in the Slide Collection.

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Library staff -

On Saturday, March 13, ILSM staff will regenerate the SUMMIT keyword index. To accomodate this work, the Voyager cataloging module will be unavailable all day on 3/13. It will be reactivated when the new index files are in place.

All other Voyager modules, including the SUMMIT catalog, will be available throughout the index regeneration period.

Integrated Library System Managment Group
SU Library

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Library staff --

Please be advised that all Voyager services (including SUMMIT public catalog) and library web resources will be unavailable from 6-7am on Wednesday, Feb 4.

The purpose of this outage is to allow CMS to perform network maintenance.

The Voyager system and library web resources should be fully operational at the conclusion of this outage, and users should notice no difference in system behavior.

Integrated Library System Management Group
E.S. Bird Library
Syracuse University
ILSM@syr.edu

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On December 17, LibChat hours will change for the intersession. LibChat will be open from 11-1, Monday through Friday, December 17 through January 12.

Also, the reference services web page (libwww.syr.edu/information/reference/index.html) will change on December 17 when we implement a "smart button" to better inform patrons about the availability of LibChat. With the "smart button," the LibChat icon and link to the service will only appear on the page when the service is staffed.

As always, if you have questions about LibChat please contact Tasha Cooper, nacoop01@syr.edu, or Tom Keays, htkeays@syr.edu.

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I am pleased to announce the Library's Staff Training and Development web site for SUL staff is up an running.

To access it go to the Library Staff Web Site at http://libweb.syr.edu/ and then click on the link labeled Training. It contains information on training courses offered for SUL staff on a month to month basis, course descriptions of the courses offered, a yearly training calendar depicting courses offered month by month, their times and locations, and much more.

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This year's annual holiday party and staff recognition event will be held on Friday, December 19 from 11:45 to 2 p.m. in the 1916 room. Lunch, beverage and cookies will be provided. If you would like to bring a dessert or special treat, please advise Nancy Cohen. Hope to see you there!
Cindy Cost

Cynthia G. Cost
Director of Library Administrative Services

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Randy Bond, Librarian and member of Syracuse University Library's (SUL's) Fine Arts department, has announced his intent to retire effective January 7, 2004. Randy joined Syracuse University Library in March,1979, when he accepted the position of Fine Arts bibliographer. In addition to his numerous outstanding professional accomplishments as a Fine Arts reference librarian, selector and faculty liaison, Randy is complimented for his personal scholarly pursuits and research. He describes himself as a "life-long learner" and passionately speaks of his interests in teaching and research.

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The Scoop is a new communication vehicle for the Staff of the Syracuse University Library.

This service is intended to supplement, not replace library@listserv.syr.edu. Use it to announce your events, downtimes, training opportunities, team or departmental accomplishments, or anything else you would like to share with the entire staff. Any staff member can submit an item to The Scoop using the Submit News form located on the main index page.

For more information about the service and how you can post news items contact any member of the Web Team.

Enjoy!

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The Web Development Action Team is pleased to announce that the new Syracuse University Library Staff Web Site will be released on Monday, 11/17/2003. The site will replace the existing http://libweb.syr.edu .

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Thank you to everyone who helped with the Parents Weekend Library Expo, which took place on Friday November 7, from 1 to 5 p.m. and Saturday, November 8, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. It’s amazing how many people—even more than I’ve listed below—were involved in this event. Your contributions are valued, and your feedback is requested. How can we make the Library Expo even better next year?

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McAfee has issued a new virus warning. This virus steals credit card and other information via an email with the format that is detailed below. If you receive such an email, DELETE it. Do not click on the attachment, enter any personal information into the form provided, or respond in any way. Your copy of McAfee cannot yet detect this virus -- LISD will be rolling this update out on Monday morning.

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Posted by at 11:58 AM | Permalink

I would like to thank the many generous people who participated and supported our United Way Auction this year.

We had a total of 19 theme baskets donated by all areas of the library and a few individuals. THey were very creative and interesting. They were definitely a big hit. Our resident artists out did themselves as always. We raised close to $1100.00 . This does not include moneys raised from the bake sale and the bowling party. You continue to demonstrate why the library staff is so fantastic. Thank you!!!!!!!

I would like to also thank the United Way Team for another job well done. Carol Cavalluzzi , Diane Cooter ,Ann Horan,
Pat Hunt, Cathy Mulford and Adina Mulliken.

Dorcas MacDonald
United Way Area Chair

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Microsoft released a new security patch this week. LISD will begin rolling out this patch to staff workstations at 8:00 am on Friday, Nov. 14.

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Posted by at 8:46 AM | Permalink

The extended-study area on the first floor of E.S. Bird Library
will be offering a twenty-four hour study schedule from Nov. 16
through Dec. 15.

Continue reading "24-Hour Study Area at E.S. Bird Library" »

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At noon, Tuesday, Nov. 11, SU's Computing and Media Services will "throw the switch" on the new mailbox server to turn on Brightmail spam-fighting software. The software has the capability to analyze and filter every piece of e-mail sent through the University's network. E-mail that is identified as spam will be deleted by the server and will not be sent to your "inbox." That means faculty, staff, and students should receive significantly lower amounts of spam e-mail.

Continue reading "Spam be gone: CMS will turn on spam-fighting software Nov. 11" »

Posted by at 8:29 AM | Permalink

There will be no morning mail service this morning, as Brian will be out. If you have something that needs to get out this morning, please drop it off to Howard in the mailroom.

Thanks
Michele

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For Friday evening's Homecoming 2003 activities free public
parking will be offered on a space-available basis after 5 p.m.
in the Stadium, Henry, Fine and Standart lots west of the
Carrier Dome and at Manley Field House.

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