January 2003
Volume 18
(back issues)
In this Issue
New Library Employees
Doreen Powers
Beinecke Library
1/21/03
Qazi Azam
Cataloging
1/13/03
Carla Heister
Forestry & Environmental Studies Library
1/6/03
John Nann
Law Library
1/2/03
Departing Employees
Barbara Rockenbach
Arts
1/10/03
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Staff
and Department Highlights
Beinecke Evening Hours
On January 6, the Beinecke
Library instituted extended evening hours for both the reading room
and exhibition gallery Monday through Thursday. The new hours are:
Monday through Thursday
8:30 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
(reading room and exhibitions)
Friday
8:30-5:00 p.m.
(reading room and exhibitions)
Saturdays when
Yale is in session
10:00 a.m.-5:00pm
(exhibitions only; reading room closed on Saturday)
Full paging and reference
services are offered during the new evening hours on Monday through
Thursday. We hope the new schedule will be a convenience to students
and faculty, who are often busy with classes and labs during business
hours; we know it will benefit scholars who travel from afar to
do research in our collections.
Professional
Development Grants 2003
SCOPA is pleased
to announce the following Professional Development Grants
awarded for 2003:
"State
Legislative Journals: The Reconstruction and New Deal Eras"
Scott Matheson and
Bonnie Collier
"Digitization
of Hearings of the House Committee on Un-American Activities"
Sandra Peterson and
Jennifer Weintraub
"XML
Encoded Finding Aids of Holocaust Survivor Testimonies"
Stephen Yearl and
Joanne Rudof
Please
join us in congratulating the recipients!
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A
Word From the University Librarian
At January 8ths “Focus Forward”
meeting, we took ambitious and very successful first steps towards making
the Yale University Library a higher performing organization.
Over one hundred and fifty members
of the Yale University Library Staff participated in this history-making
activity, a very important component of our Strategic Planning Process.
We want to extend to them our appreciation for their efforts, both personally
and as they represented the Library as a whole. We encourage them to share
their experiences, thoughts, and reflections on this process with their
colleagues.
There are many others to thank,
including the Goal Group Members, who gave so generously of their time and
spirit to the Strategic Planning Process.
We also want to thank those who,
while not in attendance yesterday, made it possible for so many to participate
in the “Focus Forward” event. Without your extra efforts to accommodate
their daylong absence from the Library, we could not have achieved as much
as we did.
Communications regarding these
activities will be issued to all very shortly. Your suggestions and ideas
for our Strategic Planning Process are always welcome, and we are looking
forward to hearing from you.
With warmest, best wishes,
Alice Prochaska
Microcosm Group
Staff
Member in Focus
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This month I am featuring
HR People and News.
As Diane announced I will be
going on maternity leave, starting on January 16th, 2003. I am due on
January 22nd and hopefully delivering around that date (wishful thinking).
I will be sending information regarding the new family member so it can
be announced to the Library staff. I appreciate all of the warm wishes
I have received from staff members. My thoughts will be with each of you.
To assist Library Human Resources
in my absence, Miriam Perez will be available to assist in the areas of
student and casual employment. Miriam has been training with me for the
past week. I will be consulting with Miriam as needed during her stay
her at LHR.
Miriam will be available
and covering employment and several other functions in Library Human
Resources daily between 9:00am-12 noon. She will continue to spend
her afternoons in her position in Central Human Resources. You can
contact her in LHR at 432-1810, direct line 436-0393 or by email at
miriam.perez@yale.edu.
Feel free to also contact Diane
Turner with employment or other matters during myabsence. Diane will also
be accepting any articles or ideas you would like posted in Library Links.
I will continue to edit Library Links at my return from leave. Thank you
for making Library Links what it is today.
Jessica
Jessica Linicus
Human Resource Coordinator
Editor of Library Links
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Highlights
of Staff Events
The Staff Holiday Party
This year the party was held on December
17th from 4:00-6:00 in the Beinecke Messineze. The staff enjoyed music, food,
and company. Steve Bernstein was "Santa" this year. We also had a
wonderful variety of prizes that were won.
Library Shelving Facility
Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
The ribbon cutting ceremony at
the Library Shelving Facility was a very festive event. Thanks to our colleagues
at the Art Gallery for hosting the ceremony and allowing us to visit their
area before materials arrive there and by necessity it will be very restricted.
View more photos
at:
http://www.library.yale.edu/lsf/ribboncutting.htm
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Join Alice,
The University Librarian
for Tea Time
@ Spoon
Monday, January 23th
10:00-11:00
Divinity Library
~tours beginning at 11:00~
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
Staff Library Art Expo
New exhibition in the Sterling corridor.
SCOPA forum of 2003
Abe Parrish, our colleague from the Map Collection,
will give a talk on "Geographic Information Systems:
Managing a Computer-based Reference,
Instruction, and Production Service."
Thursday, January 16 at 2:30 p.m.
SML Lecture Hall
Manuscripts and Archives present the first annual open screening
of films from its collections:
College Life
Small College, ca. 1952
To Be a Man, 1966
Thursday, January 16th
12:00
SML Lecture Hall
College Life Changes
Co-education at Yale, 1970
Bright College Years, 1971
Thursday, January 23rd
12:00
SML Lecture Hall
New exhibit at Art &
Architecture
Entitled "Bruegel as Muse:
Poetry Inspired by the Paintings of Pieter Bruegel,"
curated by Tanya Allen
Displayed now-February.
The exhibit's web page is
at
http://www.library.yale.edu/art/bruegelexhibit.html
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Yale Photos
For more
photos Click Here
HR Updates
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Yale Holiday Calendar
Official
Yale Holidays 2003
M.L. King Jr. Holiday
Monday, January 20, 2003
Good Friday
Friday, April 18
Memorial Day
Monday, May 26
Independence Day
Friday, July 4
Labor Day
Monday, September 1
Thanksgiving Day
Thursday, November 27
Recess Day
Friday, November 28
Recess Day
Wednesday, December 24
Christmas Day
Thursday, December 25
Recess Days
Friday, December 26-January 1, 2004
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Find
It
Hr News
Extreme Weather
Policy
Please be advised that the Library's inclement weather policy can be found
online at: http://www.library.yale.edu/lhr/policies/Extweather.html
If you have any questions, please
contact Diane Turner at 2-1810. Her absence, please contact Danuta Nitecki
at 2-1812.
Staff On-line
Resources
http://www.library.yale.edu/CDCpublic/
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.
While I am on leave please contact Diane Turner with any questions.
jessica.linicus@yale.edu
Wellness
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Mental
Wellness:HUMOR
Wellness Now
Seasonal Affective Disorder
(S.A.D.)
Winter Depression/The Winter Blues
What is SAD?
SAD stands for Seasonal Affective Disorder.
Animals react to the changing season with changes in mood and behavior and
human beings are no exception. Most people find they eat and sleep slightly
more in winter and dislike the dark mornings and short days. For some, however,
symptoms are severe enough to disrupt their lives and to cause considerable
distress. These people are suffering from SAD.
How does it affect people?
Sufferers have to endure most of the following:
Sleep Problems - oversleeping but not refreshed, cannot out of bed,
needing a nap in the afternoon
Overeating - carbohydrate craving leading to overweight
Depression - despair, misery, guilt, anxiety, normal tasks become frustratingly
difficult, hopelessness
Family Problems - avoiding company, irritability, loss of libido, loss
of feeling
Lethargy - too tired to cope, everything an effort
Physical Symptoms - often joint pain or stomach problems, lowered resistance
to infection
Behavioral Problems - especially in young people
The symptoms tend to start from
around September each year, lasting until April but are at their worst in
the darkest months.
Who does it affect?
The standard figure says that around 2% of people in Northern Europe suffer
badly, with many more (10%) putting up with milder symptoms (sub-syndromal
SAD or the winter blues). Across the world the incidence increases with distance
from the equator, except where there is snow on the ground when it becomes
less common. More women than men are diagnosed as having SAD. Children and
adolescents are also vulnerable.
What causes it?
The problem stems from the lack of bright light in winter. Researchers have
proved that bright light makes a difference to the brain chemistry, although
the exact means by which sufferers are affected is not yet known. It is not
a psychosomatic or imaginary illness.
What treatment is there?
As the cause is lack of bright light, the treatment is to be in bright light
every day by using a light box or a similar bright light therapy device. (Going
to a brightly-lit climate, whether skiing or somewhere hot, is indeed a cure).
The preferred level of light is about as bright as a spring morning on a clear
day and for most people sitting in front of a light box, allowing the light
to reach the eyes, for between 1/4 and 3/4 hour daily will be sufficient to
alleviate the symptoms. The user does not have to stare at the light, but
can watch TV or read or similar, just allowing the light to reach the eyes.
Outside In have a complete range of suitable lights, all in line with the
research findings from medical and academic facilities. They are all available
on our pioneering HOME TRIAL system, and most of them VAT FREE for personal
users.
Should I talk to my doctor?
We encourage SAD sufferers to seek the support of their doctor.
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Tip
of the Day
Everyone says, "How the time flies." The days
go by and they are years, and the years finally become our whole life.
Each daily portion can be wasted, or it can be a pleasure, before it is
gone forever. If a bedtime review of the day concludes that we were too
stressed, too busy, didn't accomplish anything, didn't have any fun, then
it has been another lost piece of precious life.
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Think
Now
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Some Tips On How To Save
Taxes
Don’t expect a lot
of free tax advice or tips as part of doing your tax return.
The best tax planners are
seldom the best tax preparers - and vice versa.
Tax savings comes primarily
from premeditated tax avoidance .
Getting more deductions
is seldom the most profitable way to save taxes
Most tax savings involves
the deferral or avoidance of taxable income
The best form of tax deferral
is a tax deductible retirement plan
The new Roth IRA is most
useful for those in a low tax bracket
The second best form of
tax deferral is capital appreciation
Some tax savings is achieved
by splitting income among family members
For the self employed,
some tax benefits may be be available
from owning a corporation
Low income housing is one
of the few tax shelters that are left
for passive investors
Some limited tax breaks
are available for owning and
managing rental properties
Buying and fixing up a
residence is now an attractive tax shelter
Employees who work outside
the U.S. can make up to $80,000 a year -
tax free
For the well to do with
substantial assets, charitable gifts can be used to save taxes
There are many kinds of
businesses that offer current tax shelter benefits to the owners
Sometimes it’s better
to pay the income taxes in order to avoid the estate taxes
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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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