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 August
2002
Volume 13
(back
issues)
In this Issue
New Library Employees
Michael Forstrom
Beinecke 8/19/02
Rowena Griem
Cataloging 8/5/02
Brian Parker
Lewis Walpole 8/5/02
Kathleen Burns
Beinecke 8/1/02
Julie Cohen
Judaica 8/1/02
Susan Odell Walker
Lewis Walpole 8/1/02
Departing Employees
Brian McDonald
Cataloging 8/2/02
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Staff
and Department Highlights
Births
Riley Kate Wilcox was born at 2:33 am on July 14th to JoAnn and
Matt Wilcox. Riley weighed in at 8 lbs. 8 oz., and is 19 3/4 inches
long. Mom JoAnn, dad Matt, baby Riley, and brothers Jake and Scott
are all doing well.
Congratulations
to Matt and JoAnn!
Reconstruction
of the Sterling Divinity Quadrangle
The reconstruction
of the Sterling Divinity Quadrangle enters its final phase, the
Yale Divinity Library is in the process of moving into its new facilities.
To accommodate the move and the construction schedule, the Yale
Divinity Library will be closed to the public August 13-14. August
15-30 the Circulation Desk will be open for patrons to retrieve
paged material and the Special Collections Reading Room will be
open for those using non-circulating materials. We will not be able
to provide direct access to the collections, or on-site reference
services. During this period we will respond to reference questions
by telephone
(432-6374), fax (432-3906), or email (divinity.library@yale.edu).
The Divinity
Library will reopen with limited services on
September 2. Full reference services will resume, and patrons will
be able to browse the core collection. There will be limited seating
capacity, and a limited number of public computer workstations.
As construction is completed in the remainder of the Library, we
will move from temporary quarters into our permanent facilities.
We understand that we will be completely moved by the end of October.
Please
contact me if you have any questions.
Paul
Stuehrenberg
American Library Association's Spectrum Scholarship Initiative
Alice Prochaska (University Librarian, Yale University), James Welbourne
(City Librarian, New Haven Free Public Library) and Brinley Franklin
(Director, University of Connecticut Libraries) cordially invite you
to a private reception to support the American Library Association’s
Spectrum Scholarship Initiative at:
The Lewis
Walpole Library
154 Main Street
Farmington, CT 06032
Thursday,
August 29, 2002, 4 p.m. - 6 p.m
ALA’s Spectrum Initiative program is designed to improve library
service at the local level through the development of a representative
workforce that reflects the communities served by all libraries
in the new millennium. Each year, ALA awards $5,000 Spectrum Scholarships
to students of color for graduate programs in library and information
studies. To date, the ALA Spectrum Initiative has provided support
for more than 200 individuals.
Guests of Honor at the Private Reception Include Two Spectrum Scholars:
Astoria
Howard Ridley, Government Documents Librarian, New Haven Public
Library and
Soraya Magalhaes-Willson, Social Sciences Librarian/Social Sciences
Catalog Librarian, Yale University Library
Remarks
by Kendall Wiggin, Connecticut State Librarian
Directions
to the Walpole Library are available at www.library.yale.edu/Walpole/visit.htm
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LSF Library Shelving Facility
A few more photographs have
been added to the LSF website as progress continues on construction of
the remaining modules. Those interested may wish to click to:
http://www.library.yale.edu/lsf/photos%202nd%20module.htm
Danuta Nitecki
Associate University Librarian
A
Word From the University Librarian
I send my warmest congratulations
and thanks to all of you who have worked SO hard to make a success of the
ORBIS 2 migration. It has been a tremendous privilege and source of pride
to me personally to work with Audrey Novak and the Migration Management
Team, and to witness the energy and commitment which almost everyone in
the Library has given to training in the new system.
Audrey has already sent her thanks
to all of the many groups who have made special contributions to the successful
migration. Let me list them again, and add my own, heartfelt thanks:
Migration Management
Criteria
Criteria Response Review
Demo Situations
Demo Evaluations
Site Visits
Data Migration Planning
Add-On Products Analysis
SFX Implementation
Implementation Teams for:
- Data Migration
- Systems Installation and Operations
- WebVoyage/OPAC
- Circulation
- Cataloging
- Acquisitions
- Serials Support
- Training
- Unicode
- URL Searches and Linking
Countless testing and load review groups
I would like to add special thanks
to David Gewirtz and his team at ITS, and to Fred Martz and everyone in
the Library Systems Office, for their untiring work and support. Above all,
Audrey Novak's management of the project has been quite extraordinary. She
deserves huge credit, and it was really lovely to witness the spontaneous
applause for her at the impromptu celebration party in SML lecture hall
yesterday afternoon.
There is still a lot of work
to be done to take full advantage of all that Voyager can offer us, and
many of you will be involved in the continuing program, as well as working
to sort out unforeseen problems and glitches. The end result is going to
be a truly excellent platform for advancing every aspect of the Library's
work during the next ten years or so. Meanwhile, everyone involved should
feel immensely proud of having got Orbis 2 up and running. It has been a
highly professional project, extremely well run, with all of Yale's share
of the work performed on time, within budget, and to the highest standards.
The Library of course, expects nothing less of itself. CONGRATULATIONS on
a superb piece of work.
Alice
Highlights
of Staff Events
ORBIS Party
The
celebrate of the Orbis2 "We Made It! Let's Take a Break" Party
was held on Tuesday, July
23rd at 2pm , SML Lecture Hall
Everyone was asked to come and
relax after this final conversion and our first day up on all Voyager modules.
There was a huge turnout for this festive event. The employees enjoyed fruit,
dip, cheese, crackers, soda and chocolate (the official Orbis2 food).
A few Words about
the Orbis2 Project.
This project began two years
ago in July 2000, and although it will
continue until Dec 2002 (we still have a lot to do in order to take full
advantage of the Voyager system) today is, by far, the most significant
project milestone.
All Voyager modules are up and
running in production. All staff and all
readers are now using Voyager. Overnight our faithful NOTIS system has
become an archive. Voyager is now Orbis, and the NOTIS system is OldOrbis.
I've had the fun of managing
Orbis2 (and yes, it really is fun), but the
real work of this project was done by the 167 members of the Orbis2
workgroups. We had a lot of Orbis2 groups:
Migration Management
Criteria
Criteria Response Review
Demo Situations
Demo Evaluations
Site Visits
Data Migration Planning
Add-On Products Analysis
SFX Implementation
Implementation Teams for:
- Data Migration
- Systems Installation and Operations
- WebVoyage/OPAC
- Circulation
- Cataloging
- Acquisitions
- Serials Support
- Training
- Unicode
- URL Searches and Linking
Countless testing and load review groups
And it's the members of these
groups who made literally 1000's of
decisions, tested and re-tested system functionality, designed training
programs, reviewed data loads and together shaped our new Orbis.
I want to thank you for making
Orbis2 happen. It has been a real pleasure
working with all of you.
-Audrey
Celebration of The RECON MILESTONE
at the Annual ICE CREAM SOCIAL
The event was held on Thursday,
August 1, 2002 from 4:00 - 6:00 pm in the Selin Courtyard. It was a beautiful
day for ice cream (everyday is good for ice cream). The staff and their
families joined together to enjoy a variety of ice cream flavors such as
Chocholare Mint Oreo, Cookie Dough, and Butter Pecan. If that wasn't enough
we also had warm hot fudge, Heath Bar, M& M's and Sprinkles to top our
cones.
A group of Recon members baked
cookies in the shapes of OCLC to symbolize Ohio College Library Center a
not-for-profit membership organization that provides its members with computer-based
products, services and systems designed especially for libraries and other
educational organizations. Comprised of over 18,000 affiliated libraries
in the United States and 52 other nations, OCLC is the largest library information
network in the world.
Family, co-workers, and ice cream
were not the only celebration, OCLC completed the Retrospective Conversion
(Recon) of the Official Catalog and the Serials Catalog! They sponsored
a fun contest to win cool giveaways.
For Winners go to: http://www.library.yale.edu/cataloging/icecream
Yale's Information Technology
Services (ITS) Presentation
Colleagues from Yale's Information
Technology Services [ITS] gave a very informative presentation about their
activities to a well attended audience of library staff in the SML Lecture
Hall. For those of you unable to attend, or those who would like to review
their comments, Chuck Powell has posted the Power Point slides used that
day at:
http://research.yale.edu/~cp98/Overview_ITS.ppt
http://research.yale.edu/~cp98/library_pitch.ppt
Please feel free to send Chuck
or me any questions you may have from this discussion. I will forward to
the yulib list updates on our next steps in continuing our discussions with
the ITS about collaborative activities and planning future services.
Danuta Nitecki
Associate University Librarian
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Join Alice,
The University Librarian
for Tea
Time @ Spoon
Tea
with Alice
Friday, August 30
2:00-3:00pm
second-floor Sociology Lounge of Urban Hall
140 Prospect Street
Tea
with Alice
Thursday, September 12
10:30 - 11:30 am
Remember
Alice has Office hours
every Monday between 8:30-9:30.
Please call Katy for an appointment @ 21810.
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Calendar of Events
Invitation
to a Fund-Raising Event for the
ALA Spectrum
Thursday,
August 29, 2002
4 p.m. - 6 p.m
Lewis Walpole Library
154 Main Street
Farmington, CT 06032
Orbis2:
Acquisitions Module
Aug 22 2002(Thu) 9:00 AM- 4:00 PM
SCML, Mudd Library
Sep
17 2002(Tue) 9:00 AM- 4:00 PM
SCML, Mudd Library
Orbis2:
Cataloging Module:
Aug 8 2002(Thu) 9:00 AM- 4:00 PM
SCML, Mudd Library
Sep
24 2002(Tue) 9:00 AM- 4:00 PM
SCML, Mudd Library
Orbis2:
Circulation Module:
Aug 14 2002(Wed) 9:00 AM- 4:00 PM
SCML, Mudd Library
Sep
12 2002(Thu) 9:00 AM- 4:00 PM
SCML, Mudd Library
Click
Here to Sign up
Sept. 11th Hope and Remembrance
The Sterling Memorial Lecture Hall
130 Wall Street
from 9:00am-4:00pm.
The Beinecke Library exhibition opening for A publisher's portraits
of his authors
Arthur W. Wang photographs
Beinecke Library
http://highway49.library.yale.edu/arthurwangphotos
New
Date:
Library
Orientation Program
for New Employees
August 29, 2002
Sterling memorial Lecture Hall
Tea with Alice
Friday, August 30,
2:00-3:00pm
second-floor Sociology Lounge of Urban Hall
140 Prospect Street
Tea
with Alice
Thursday, September 12
10:30 - 11:30 am
Sterling Spoon
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Yale Photos
For
more photos Click Here
HR Updates
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The Professional Mentor
You And
Your Five Vital
Relationships
It is often said that the essence of man is formed from a web of
relationships. If this has any truth for you, then it is equally true
that to know yourself, you must know and understand your relationships.
Every professional has five relationships that have an impact on his
or her ability to work successfully
and to achieve satisfaction in the process. Your
first relationship is with yourself. This is your most important relationship.
If you feel good about yourself most of the time,
you have a certain kind of relationship. You believe in your ability
to learn and succeed. You get along with others and are open to other
people.
Go to Promemtor
for more details on this topic
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Find
It
Yale Holiday Calendar
Official
Yale Holidays 2002
Labor
Day
Monday, September 2
Thanksgiving Day
Thursday, November 28
Recess Day
Friday, November 29
Recess Day
Tuesday, December 24
Christmas Day
Wednesday, December 25
Recess Days
Thursday, December 26
Friday, December 27
Monday, December 30
Tuesday, December 31
New Years Day
Wednesday, January 1, 2003
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Staff
On-line Resources
Feature of
the Month: 
Click below:
http://www.yale.edu/opa/yb&c/index.html
Hr News
Relocation Guide: Beginning with Yale
Welcome to the Yale University
Library. We hope the resources below will aid you
in settling into your new home in the New Haven Area.
Please do not hesitate to contact Library Human Resources at (203) 432-1810.
We can assist you with any of your needs that are not met by the information
provided.
Again, welcome to our organization
and we look forward to you
joining the Yale University Library.
 
Relocating
Housing
International Resources
Maps & Directions
Opportunities for Family Employment
Transportation
Settling
In
Banking
Connecticut Information
Education
Local Services Information
Yale Benefits and Other Resources
Living
Here
Culture, Entertainment & Recreation
Healthcare
New Haven Information
Religious Centers
Stores/Shopping
Resources
By Category
All resources alphabetically by category
To
view the actual page please go to http://www.library.yale.edu/lhr/relocation/.
We hope that staff can also utilize and enjoy this site. If you have questions
or comments about the site please contact Jessica
Linicus or Andrew Gray through
email or at ext. 21810.
Third Annual Service Quality
Award Program
We are pleased to announce the
third annual Service Quality Award Program.
Awards will be given to individuals, students, and teams or groups who
have demonstrated excellent service quality and commitment to the Library
and University during the 2001-2002 fiscal year.
We invite all staff to take part
in this program by submitting
nominations. During this particularly momentous year, your nominations
and testimony about colleagues' achievements will help us appropriately
recognize staff involved in large-scale projects and more modest, but
equally important, activities.
More information regarding the awards is available at
the following link.
http://www.library.yale.edu/Administration/SQIC/about.htm
The nomination form is available to print at the following
link.
http://www.library.yale.edu/Administration/SQIC/revisedform.pdf
Nominations should be returned to the attention of Bernadette
Cioffi in Library Human Resources
by Sept 16th, Sterling Memorial Library. All nominations are strictly confidential.
Suggestions and Comments
Send all comments to the Editor, Jessica Linicus
If you
would like something or someone featured in the next Library Links, please contact
me. Library Human Resources hopes you enjoyed this issue of Library Links.
jessica.linicus@yale.edu
Wellness
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Mental
Wellness:HUMOR
Signage task force hires design consultant
The Libraries
Signage Task Force has hired renowned consultant Martha Stewart to assist
in creating the perfect atmosphere for learning and research in the
entire UW Libraries System. Ms. Stewart will begin with Suzzallo Library
as the prototype and each floor will receive what Martha refers to as
"hues and tones that make you smarter!"
Each floor
will receive signage in appropriate colors: Basement: Shrimp Bisque;
Ground Floor: Baby's First Summer; First Floor: Taupe Temptress; Second
Floor: Cayenne; Third Floor: Coyote; Fourth Floor: Aubergine; Fifth
Floor Conference Room: Bland Beige.
To add to
the ambience, Martha has designed major destination signs for the libraries
that will be in the shape of puffy cumulus clouds. "They're heavenly!"
sighed Betsy Wilson, director of UW Libraries. Our corporate sponsor
for this effort is K-Mart, whose logo will now appear on all signage.
Found by Kim Parker in the
College & Research Libraries News
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Wellness Now
       
Signs to Bring
Your Child to the Doctor
If your child has the
signs and symptoms of infection that are listed below, you should bring your
child immediately to the doctor. Although some typical symptoms of illness differ
depending on a child's age, some are the same for all children. Whenever
your child has a symptom that concerns you, you should not hesitate to call
your child's doctor, even if the symptom does not appear on this list.
Signs and Symptoms - Birth to
3 Months
- Any
change in the baby's color, especially paleness or bluish color around the
mouth and in the face
- Fever
(rectal temperature of 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit)younger than 3 months prompts
a call to the doctor
- Baby
suddenly becomes "floppy" with loss of muscle tone, or becomes stiff
- One
or both eyes are pink, bloodshot, have a sticky white discharge, or eyelashes
that stick together
- Diarrhea
in newborns - more than six to eight watery stools per day
- Redness
or tenderness around the navel area
- White
patches in the mouth
- Nose blocked by mucus so baby
can't breathe while feeding
- Forceful vomiting
- Vomiting that lasts for 6 hours
or more
- Vomiting with fever and/or diarrhea
- Baby stops feeding normally
- Crying for an abnormally long
time
- Any blood in the stools
Signs and Symptoms
- 3 Months to 1 Year
- Fever
(rectal temp. of 101 degrees F, ages 3 to 6 months, and 104 degrees F in a
child 6 months or older)
- Baby
refuses to eat and misses several feedings
- Baby is unusually cranky and irritable
or unusually sleepy
- Any blood in the stools
Signs and Symptoms - Infant to
Adolescent (All Ages)
- High
fever (Depends on the age of the child, the illness, and other symptoms with
the fever.)
- Chills that make the child shake
all over
- Loss of consciousness for any
reason
- Extreme sleepiness or unexplained
lethargy
- Unusual
excitement or hysterical crying
- Sudden weakness or paralysis of
any part of the body
- Seizures (convulsions) or uncontrollable
shaking of an arm or leg
- Severe headache
- Pain, heaviness, or stuffiness
around the nose, eyes, or forehead
- Nasal fluid that is discolored,
bad-smelling, or bloody
- Sudden hearing loss
- Earache
- Fluid discharge from the ear
- Sudden decrease in vision
- Eyes that are red, swollen, and
watery, with or without blurred vision
- Eyes that are extremely sensitive
to light, especially if child also has a fever, headache, or stiff neck
- A yellow color in the whites of
the eyes or in the skin, esp. with pain in the abdomen and dark colored urine
- Stiffness or pain in the neck,
especially with fever or headache
- Severe sore throat, especially
with trouble swallowing or speaking
- Uncontrolled drooling because
of painful swallowing
- Difficulty breathing, especially
with pale or bluish color of the lips or nails
- Unusually rapid breathing
- Severe or persistent cough, especially
if it brings up bloody or discolored mucus
- Vomiting for 12 hours or more
- Vomiting of blood
- Intense or unusual abdominal pain
- Swollen or abnormally large abdomen
- Diarrhea that is streaked with
blood or mucus
- Pain in the middle of the back,
especially with fever or with discomfort while urinating
- Painful or unusually frequent
urination
- Urine that is discolored, bloody,
cloudy, or has an unusual smell
- Discharge from the penis
- Vaginal discharge that is thick
and white, brown or discolored, or smells bad
- Pain, redness, or swelling of
a joint that can't be explained by exercise or injury
- A cut or scrape that oozes pus
or becomes hot, red, tender, or swollen
- A sudden rash, or sudden crop
of blotches or blisters, especially over a large area of the body
Kim Rutherford, MD
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Tip
of the Day
If your child
has a symptom that concerns you, you should not hesitate to call
your child's doctor
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Think
Now
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11 Back to
School Saving Tips
Here are some tips that can
help you avoid burning a hole in your pocket this school year.
1. Don't buy everything
on the teacher's list
Before school starts,
some teachers may send a preliminary list of what school supplies parents
must buy for their kids for the school year. If you do get such a list,
don't rush out to buy everything on it right away.
Start off buying just the essentials
(i.e. pens, pencils, paper, glue, etc.). Only get the specialty items
when really necessary. Sometimes teachers may change their mind and your
kid may not even need that special tool for a specific art class.
2. Check your home school
supplies inventory FIRST
If you keep an updated
list of what school and home office supplies are already available in
the house, check this list first to see what you've already got, and cross
them off your list of things to buy this school year.
If you don't have an inventory,
get everyone, young or old, student or not, to either submit their own
inventory or dump every school supply imaginable in one spot of the house.
Then start noting what is available and what is not.
It's annoying to discover you
had three packages of brand new loose-leaf in the closet but ended up
buying more for back to school.
3. Encourage hand-me-down
supplies
Encourage siblings to share school supplies.
4. Write a precise shopping
list
Make sure to write
a very exact school supplies shopping list after checking your existing
inventory, so that no extra items are bought and money is not wasted.
5. Be on the hunt for coupons
Don't throw out those
flyers! Many stores include coupons for school supplies. This is a good
activity for the younger members of the household. Get a few pairs of
safety scissors and have them cut out any coupon for school supplies.
Even if they don't know how to read yet, they can identify items by their
pictures. It will be a great learning experience for them and you can
save some bucks from it too.
6. Shop around for supplies
Usually stores will
put one item on sale, but most of their other stuff is priced the same
or only slightly lower. Shop around for the right supplies. Plan your
school supply buying route carefully, though so you can get other errands
done on the way too, instead of wasting time and gas just to save a few
cents on a package of pens or markers.
7. Stock up on home office
supplies during back to school supplies shopping
Use back to school
shopping as a time to stock up on home supplies too. Pens, pencil, papers,
etc. are much cheaper at this time of year. Take advantage of the sales
for school and your home office.
8. Use old gift wrapping
paper, newspaper, grocery bags as textbook protectors
Don't spend money
on brand new plastic for textbook covers. Save money and be creative by
using old gift wrapping paper, newspaper, or plain brown grocery bags
which the kids can draw on and decorate after the book is covered.
9. Make home made school
supplies
If you've got a knack for sewing, you can take a piece of material
that is your kid's favorite color and make a pencil case, complete with
their name stitched on it.
You could also create a desk
pencil holder with an old can of frozen orange juice and a book and magazine
holder from used cereal and detergent boxes. Be creative and be on the
lookout for how you can make your own supplies from basic household items.
10. Get the kids to pay
for the most expensive items
This is also a good
way to teach kids how to save money. By making them pay for the most or
one of the most expensive school supply items, they will be more careful
how their money is spent and they will learn something about spending
and saving their own money.
11. Look for old and used
school supplies from last year
If you've found pencils
that have only been used one quarter of the way, or a notebook which only
had a few pages used, keep them.
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Library
Links is
published throughout the year to acquaint the Library Employees
and others of events in the Yale Libraries. Please direct comments
and questions to Jessica Linicus, Editor, Library Human Resources,
Sterling Memorial Library phone: 432-1810, email:jessica.linicus@yale.edu
Copyright 2002
Yale University Library
A Library Human Resource Publication
Jessica
Linicus, Editor
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