January 2006
Volume 44
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In this Issue
New Library Staff
Veronica Rodriguez
Library Service Assistant
Manuscripts and Archives
12/20/2005
Nicholas Onofrio
Mail Assistant
Shipping & Receiving
1/3/2006
John-Michael Muller
Library Service Assistant
Beinecke Library
1/9/2006
Weiqing Qiu
Post Doctoral Fellow
East Asia Library
1/9/2006
Xuyu Zhou
Post Doctoral Fellow
East Asia Library
1/9/2006
Departures
Ivaylo Stefanov
Medical Library
1/2/2006
Harvey Hull
Law Library
1/1/2006
Sheila Jennett
Acquisitions
1/20/2006
Promotions
Britta Santamauro
LSF and Science Libraries Catalog Coordinator
Cataloging
12/5/2006
Renee Cawley
Archives Assistant
Beinecke Library
1/3/2006
William Elia
Supervisor, Collections Care
Preservation
1/16/2006
Natalia Sciarini
Library Service Assistant
Beinecke Library
1/9/2006
Transfers
Jennifer Castellon
Sr. Admin Assistant
Beinecke Library
1/10/2006
Staff In Focus
Service Awards
| 5 Years of Service |
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Colleen Brown
Mary Caldera
Christopher Edwards
Mark Engsberg
Marsha Garman
Leigh Golden
Andrew Gray
Yue Ji
Zenaida Lantuch
Julie Linden
Antonioluis Malabag
Anne Marie Menta
Renee Mills
Abdelwhab Mustafa
Tobin Nellhaus
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Harry Neveski
George Ouellette
Ned Pocengal
Melissa Quinones
Diana Quinones
Ahmed Ramadan
Marcia Romanansky
Jae Rossman
Richard Sarcia
Keiko Suzuki
Kari Swanson
Jennifer Weintraub
Eva Wrightson
Stephen Yearl
Cesar Zapata |
| 10 Years of Service |
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James Cassidy
Pamela Clifford
Ellen Ellickson
Carolyn Hardin Engelhardt
Robin Gordon
Anna Gutswa
Brian Kupiec
Ernest Marinko
Frank Mezzanotte |
Julie Niemeyer
Ann Okerson
Anthony Riccio
Andrew Shimp
Luda Smirnova
Peter Spataro
Karen Spicher
Manon Theroux |
| 15 Years of Service |
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David Albert
Marybeth Bean
Alexandra Karyshev
Brian Kolterman
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Alexandra Mashkautsan
Susan Nelson
Simon Samoeil |
| 20 Years of Service |
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Gerald Acquarulo
Dolores Berenda
Kendall Crilly
Diane Ducharme
Joan Duffy |
Elizabeth Johnson
Suzanne Lorimer
Vermetha Polite
Meng-Ghon Tang
Kazuko Yamaguchi |
| 25 Years of Service |
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Maureen Jones
Richard Horn
Tina Evans
George Miles
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Margaret Vincent
Deborah McArthur
Huei-Ju Chang
Mary Sydnor |
| 30 Years of Service |
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Cesar Rodriguez
Mei-Fong Cheng
Marcia Bickoff
Ellen Jaramillo
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Mary Ellen Barbarito
Rolfe Gjellstad
Tomoko Tanaka
Vera Walnycky |
| 35 Years of Service |
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Van-Yen Huynh
Roy Bohlander
Michelle Sullivan
Frederick Martz
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Shirley Armstrong-Thimas
Gloria Robinson
Carol Allen
Judith Parker |
| 40 Years of Service |
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Dora Fasano
Claire Halloran
Margit Kaye
Suzanna Lengyel
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Paul Lukasiewicz
Jeannette Ponzio
Richard Warren |
| 45 Years of Service |
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Judith Schiff
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| 50 Years of Service |
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Helen Chillman
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A Word From Alice
Flooding and Damage in Sterling Memorial Library
As most of you know by now, there was an emergency in the Library over the
weekend. A steam valve in Trumbull College burst, which caused the effect of
forcing steam into the Sterling Memorial Library building. The excessive heat
set off sprinklers, as well as causing condensation which dripped down on to
collections and equipment. Some tiles from the ceiling in Machine City and other
areas fell in. Teams of staff came in very quickly on Saturday and Sunday. The
disaster plan designed by Bobbie Pilette and her colleagues in Preservation
worked extremely well, as did the ITLS emergency plan led by Karen Reardon and
Ernie Marinko to protect our servers. Security led by John Vincenti responded
immediately, and we received great support from Yale and New Haven Police and
Fire personnel, and from Yale Facilities, Custodial and Security staff. The
remediation company Munters, with whom the University has a contract, worked
round the clock to remove damaged materials for treatment, and drying and dehumidifying
rooms and materials. As of this writing we have been able to determine that
overall the damage is far less than we might have feared.
I wish to convey my heartfelt thanks, more than words can express, to all those
staff who worked through the weekend and who will continue to give their best
efforts to making sure that the damage has been kept to a minimum. The dedication
shown by staff in this emergency, as well as by some of our spouses and partners
who also came in to help with moving books, is truly extraordinary.
THANK YOU.
Alice Prochaska
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Alice,
The University Librarian
for Tea Time
Monday,
January 23
2:30-4:00pm in the SML Lecture Hall
Monday, February 27
9:30-11:00am, place TBD
Remember
Alice has Office hours
every Monday between 8:30-9:30.
Please call Michael for an appointment @ 2-8600
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Library In Focus
Medical Library Collection Development and Management
On September 1, 2005 the Technical Services Department in the Medical Library
changed its name to Collection Development and Management to reflect its new
emphasis on collections and managing electronic resources.
A usage study has conclusively shown that our patrons prefer electronic access
to print. The reorganization will support the continued migration from print
journals to electronic journals. Staff now spend 80% of their time on electronic
resources as compared to 20% before the reorganization. Electronic materials
are now a routine part of everyone's job.
In the new structure Cindy Crooker, as Director, will focus on collection development,
description (i.e. cataloging), and monographic acquisitions supported by three
other staff members. Daniel Dollar, the Associate Director, has primary responsibility
for serials (print and electronic) and supervises three serials staff.
With the reorganization, the department received a whole new look.
Renovation Updates
ILL/Document Delivery Department
The ILL/Document Delivery Department will temporarily relocate to the L&B
Room in May 2006 as a new office is constructed in the basement of SML. The
new office should be finished in early Fall 2006, when the department will move
to its new, permanent space.
Art and Architecture Library
In June 2006 the Art and Architecture Library will move to swing space on Crown
Street, across from Louis' Lunch. The library will reside there for at least 18
months while Paul Rudolph's Art and Architecture Building is renovated and a new
Art History building is built on York Street. Eventually the Drama Library, Visual
Resources Library, and Arts of the Book Collection will be moved to the new Art
History Building. The Art and Architecture Library will connect the two buildings.
Event Highlights
Law School Craft Show
The Yale Law School held a craft show on December 6. Three library staff members
contributed handmade goods to the show. Mickey Koth, from the Catalog Department
at the Music Library, sold several items including beaded jewelry, buttons with
different sayings on them, and music CDs on which she performs. MaryJane Millington,
from the Catalog Management Department at SML, contributed jewelry made from
semi-precious stones, knit scarves and tote bags. May Robertson, from ILL/Document
Delivery at SML, sold stuffed penguins and hippos made from fabrics such as
velvet and cashmere. Shoppers at the show seemed to enjoy seeing the creative
and well-made items their colleagues displayed.
 HR
in Focus
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Upcoming Events
January
75th Anniversary Events
Treasures
of the Stained Glass of Sterling
Guided tours of the beautiful stained glass windows of Sterling Memorial
Library.
Registration required
January 24
2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. (Yale Library Staff only)
3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. (Yale Library Staff only)
January 26
2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. (open to the public)
3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. (open to the public)
Location: Sterling
Memorial Library
"Brilliance All Around: The Stained Glass of Sterling and
Its Maker"
January 27
1:00 p.m.
An illustrated talk by Gay Walker on Sterling Memorial Library's stained
glass and on its maker, G. Owen Bonawit. It will explore the beauty of
the windows within a larger architectural and decorative context. Walker
is the Special Collections Librarian at Reed College Library and previously
Curator of the Arts of the Book Collection and Head of Preservation at
Yale University Library. She is also the author of Bonawit, Stained Glass
and Yale.
Location: Sterling Memorial
Library Lecture Hall followed by a reception with refreshments in the
Memorabilia Room
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MLK
weekend activities at Yale
The Yale Coalition for Diversity
has put together a one-stop calendar of MLK activities for students,
faculty, and staff, hosted at the School of Nursing web site:
http://nursing.yale.edu/Community/mlk.html
(place and event details on the web site)
Strengthening Communities:
Service Opportunities
Various Locations throughout MLK weekend
Thursday January 12, 2006
4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Birthday Party for MLK, Jr
Friday, January 13,
2006
8:00 pm Alturas Duo - A South American Musical Tribute
Saturday, January 14,
2006
7:00 pm MLK Jr. Gospel Extravaganza 2006
Sunday, January 15, 2006
Noon to 4:30 pm Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Legacy of Environmental
and Social Justice 2006
5:00 pm 5th Annual Arnold J. Alderman Memorial Lecture
Monday, January 16,
2006
9:00-11:00am MLK Jazz Brunch
9:30 am -2:30 pm Habitat for Humanity: Building on the Dream
10:00 am to 4:30 pm Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Legacy of Environmental
and Social Justice
3:00 pm On Heroism- A Tribute to Rosa Parks
2:00 pm Realizing Race: Documentary Film Screening
Rose Community Center, Corner of Ashmun and Canal Streets
4:00 pm "Remembering Dr. King: Rekindling Hope"
5:00 pm Strengthening Communities: Closing Reflection
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Service
Quality Improvement Awards
Colleagues,
The deadline for submitting
nominations for Service Quality Improvement Awards is Friday January 20,
two weeks from this Friday. These awards recognize individuals, students,
and teams or groups who have demonstrated excellent service quality improvement
and commitment to the Library and University during the time period of
January 1 to December 31, 2005. Any library staff member can submit nominations
and any library staff member can be nominated.
Nominations should be returned
to the attention of Bernadette Cioffi in Library Human Resources.
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/nomination_form.pdf
Please don't hesitate to contact
any member of the committee if you have any questions or wish to discuss
the award process.
2004-2005 Service Quality Improvement
Awards Committee
Roy Bohlander
Carol Jones
Diane Kaplan
Janusz Kulakowski (chair)
Lliane Mclenning
Bernadette Cioffi (ex-officio)
Danuta Nitecki (sponsor) |
Supervisory
Discussion Group
Thursday, January 12 11-12 noon
Friday, February 17 11-12 noon
Thursday, March 23 2-3 pm
Thursday, April 20 11-12 noon
Thursday, May 11 2-3 pm
All meetings take place in the SML Lecture Hall
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Yale
Holiday Calendar
| Official
Yale Holidays 2006
ML King Jr Day
Monday, January 16, 2006
Good
Friday
Friday, April 14
Memorial
Day
Monday, May 29
Independence
Day
Tuesday, July 4
Labor
Day
Monday, September 4
Thanksgiving
Day
Thursday, November 23
Recess Day
Friday, November 24
Recess
Day
Friday, December 22
Christmas Day
Monday, December 25
Recess Days
Tuesday, December 26
Wednesday, December 27
Thursday December 28
Friday, December 29
New Year's Day
Monday, January 1, 2007
* When a holiday falls on a Saturday or Sunday, it is observed on the
previous Friday or following Monday
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HR Updates
Learning Plan quarterly submission totals – December 31, 2005
| Total Number of
Library Staff |
Number of Learning
Plans Submitted |
Percent Staff Participation
|
Total Number
of Learning Plans Submitted Last Quarter |
| 340
C&T |
249 |
73% |
246 or 75% |
| 252
M&P |
215 |
85% |
214 or 85% |
| 592
Library staff |
464 |
78% total staff participation |
460 or 79% |
The percentage of staff participation reflects an increase in staff members
from 582 as of September 30, 2005 to 592 by the end of December 2005.
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LIBRARY LINKS HAIKU CONTEST
Write funny haiku
Submit to Library Links
Winners get good loot.
Write a humorous haiku about some aspect of the Yale University Library
system or about libraries themselves.
There are five syllables in the first line of a haiku.
There are seven syllables in the second line.
There are five syllables in the third line.
Subjects for Library Haiku could include books, patrons, pests,
the stacks, computers, construction, the no-food policy, map thieves, the latest
Voyager upgrade, SMART goals, and so on.
Number of entries: 1 to 3 haiku
Format of entries: Paste into the text of an email with the
subject heading “Library Links Haiku.” Address to hrlibrary@yale.edu
All entries will be number-coded before being passed on anonymously to the Library
Links Subcommittee for Judging Haiku.
Deadline: February 10, 2006
Prizes: Gift certificates to local book and music stores.
Note: By entering the contest you give permission for your haiku to
be published in an upcoming issue of Library Links.
HAIKU EXAMPLES:
Haiku Error Messages, found at Salon.com: http://archive.salon.com/21st/chal/1998/02/10chal2.html
Cat Haiku, found at Pet Humor: http://www.nanceestar.com/CatHaiku.html
Dog Haiku, found at Pet Humor: http://www.nanceestar.com/DogHaikus-DogCleverPage23.html
SPAM-ku at the Spam Haiku Archive Page:
http://mit.edu/jync/www/spam/archive.html
Wikipedia definition of haiku: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haiku
ATTENTION BOOK, MOVIE,
AND THEATER LOVERS!
Library Links is now accepting
book and movie review submissions for upcoming issues.
If you have a review to share,
please forward it to sharon.tarascio@yale.edu
Remember the following when
submitting a review:
* Please only submit original
movie and book reviews that you have authored.
* Reviews may be edited for length.
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