Staff in Focus
New employees of the University Libraries Team, promotions, and members who have left and will be missed.
New Employees
Departing Employees

Staff Highlights

A Word from the University Librarian
SCOPA Forum

Tea Schedule

Wellness Now
Nutrition: Eating a Variety of Foods

Yale's Administrative Professionals'
Appreciation Day 2002!
Yale University will be holding its second annual Administrative Professionals' Appreciation Day celebration on April 24, 2002.

Purium A Festival of Lots
It is a one-day, carnival-like celebration in Adar, which occurs in late February or early March in the secular calendar.

Professional Mentor
Professional Growth

http://www.library.yale.edu/training/promentor/

Six-year-old Angie and her four-year-old brother Joel were sitting together in church. Joel giggled, sang, and talked out loud. Finally, his big sister had had enough. "You're not supposed to talk out loud in church." "Why? Who's going to stop me?" Joel asked. Angie pointed to the back of the church and said, "See those two men standing by the door? They're hushers."

HR Updates
Yale Holiday Calendar

Calendar of Events

Library Shelving Facility

Find It
Tutorials for the Library

HR News
Recognizing Employees

Think Now
Selling and Buying Homes

Suggestions and Comments
If you have something you would like post in Library Links please forward the information to me. Send all comments to the Editor, Jessica Linicus.

jessica.linicus@yale.edu

Yale Photos
Photos taken on Yale Campus

Library Jobs Available

http://www.library.yale.edu/lhr/jobs/

Staff Highlights

Public Relations Task Force

The charge of the task force follows:
To consider the Library's current public relations efforts and to
formulate a strategy for an expanded PR program, incorporating print and electronic distribution of library news and information (including leaflets and publications); exhibitions, events, and public programs; and library-based products. The task force will be asked to consider the best division of the range of PR responsibilities and to begin to craft related policies and procedures. Examples of current activities that should be targeted for expanded public relations work include the launch of Orbis2, retrospective conversion, the Library's strategic planning, new appointments, and Phase 2 renovations. The charge will also include publicity to wider communities, including Yale alumni and the general public.

Alice Prochaska, University Librarian, Chair
Carolyn Claflin, Director Library Development
Ann Okerson, Associate University Librarian
Holly Grossetta Nardini, Director of Service Quality
Christa Sammons, Curator Collection of German Literature, BRBL
Jessica Linicus, Human Resource Coordinator, LHR
Susanne Roberts, European History Librarian, RSC
Nicole Benevento, Administrative Associate, MSS&A
David Stern, Head of Science Libraries
William Wheeler, Coordinator Collection Development, SSLI
Matthew Wilcox, EPH Librarian, EPH/Public Health
Nancy Lyon, Archivist, MSS&A
Barbara Rockenbach, Instructional Services Librarian, Arts

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Professional Travel Committee for the Library
Re-formation of an ad hoc committee

Kendall Crilly (chair)
Eric Friede
Andrew Gray
Tatjana Lorkovic
Deborah McGraw
Kimberly Parker
Diane Turner
Matthew Wilcox

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Official Yale Holidays 2002

Good Friday
Friday, March 29
Memorial Day
Monday, May 27
Independence Day
Thursday, July 4
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

Professional Growth

How do you feel when something goes wrong, or when people don’t agree with you, or when you have to stand up for something you believe in and you feel that you are losing? Your heart pounds very fast. Your face gets flushed and your palms become moist. If you’re sitting, you feel like you need to leap to your feet. The other reaction we often have is a defensive one. While some of the physical traits are the same, we often display anger and frustration as well. We may talk too fast and not be in control of what we have to say, or we may pout and let the anger and frustration well up inside.
Don’t Get Defensive,
Get Intensive

For more on this topic and others
Click on
Professional Mentor

Join Alice,
The University Librarian
for Tea Time @ Spoon

Tea with Alice
March 25, 2002, 10:30-11:30
SHM Beaumont Room

Tea with Alice
April 12, 2002 2:00-3:00
Sterling Spoon

Tea with Alice
May 6, 2002, 10:00-11:00
Sterling Spoon

Tea with Alice
June 12 2002, 3:00-4:00
Sterling Spoon

Remember Alice has Office hours
every Monday between 8:30-9:30.
Please call Katy for an appointment @ 21810.

SCOPA FORUM
Librarian's Report to Staff
March 5, 2002
2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
SML Lecture Hall

I. Introduction

Jae Williams, SCOPA chair, introduced Alice Prochaska, University Librarian. Alice welcomed the assembled group. She said that, as the SCOPA forum in September had been really more of an opportunity for her to introduce herself as the new University Librarian and get to know staff better, this meeting would be the first in a regular series of reports to staff, to take place at least once every six months. The purpose of the forum is to report to staff on Library activities and to give staff the opportunity to report to her. She requested that staff please raise any questions relating to the Library and their own work in it.

Alice also requested that staff let her know how they would like meetings to be organized in the future, including the possibilities of submitting questions in advance as at the September meeting, hosting the next meeting in another library building, having a question and answer email session on the YULIB list, and other methods for follow-up. She asked that staff inform her of what they feel is good and bad about communications in the Library system.

II. Report on Library Activities During Past Six Months

A. Library Projects. Alice reported on progress in important Library projects, including the on-time Orbis2 migration and upcoming training sessions; retrospective conversion; the University archives project; the success and expansion of Borrow Direct; planning for an electronic archive of journals, in partnership with Elsevier and supported by the Mellon Foundation; and the upcoming launch of the Electronic Library Initiatives (ELI) to create digital images for American studies courses, supported by a grant from the Getty Foundation and planned for expansion to other course areas. Alice thanked all staff who are involved in these important projects and have shown tremendous ability to work as part of a team.

B. Faculty and Administration. Alice stated that she has received sincere compliments for Library staff from various faculty members and would like to build upon this base to foster faculty input and promote the Library as an active/dynamic partner in Yale education. To facilitate this, she has been attending faculty department meetings and recently gave a presentation to the Committee for Yale College Education.

C. Security Working Group. Alice reported on the efforts of the Security Working Group, which has produced a set of recommendations to improve Library security for the protection of staff, readers, and collections. Many of the group's recommendations are now being discussed with University officials. Some of the recommendations, such as Sterling signs and evacuation maps for all buildings, are now in the implementation process.

D. Phase II Renovation. Alice announced that the University has decided to go ahead with Phase II renovations of Cross Campus Library and the entry level of Sterling. The renovation will include new electronic classrooms, a knowledge management area, collaborative learning areas, and quiet study areas, as well as the excavation of the CCL tunnel to create a café. Architects have been commissioned to produce more detailed designs of the project. The University will soon select a faculty member to lead the Phase II Committee.

E. Strategic Planning. Alice thanked the members of the Goal Groups, who worked tirelessly on reports to LMC, which have been used to develop a set of priorities for the Library. These priorities fall into three categories; 1) supporting and maintaining the core services of the Library, including preservation and bibliographic control, 2) extending electronic and digital services to create a mature, integrated Library system, and 3) developing the international Library, including area studies and shared access to international scholarly materials, and more participation by Library staff in international conferences, training programs etc. Long-term strategic planning, which will build on these priorities, is now beginning. A five-year planning outline is to be produced by the end of June. Many staff members will be involved in this process in various ways. Meetings for strategic planning will not interfere with Orbis2 commitments.

F. Library Exhibits and Events. Alice reviewed several notable Library exhibitions and events over the past six months, including the very successful Special Collections Fair; continuing Beinecke programs such as the Langston Hughes exhibit and the Noel Coward evening; Lewis Walpole Library lectures such as the recent "Love and Madness in Eighteenth Century Britain;" and the continuing series of exhibits in Sterling such as the Cyrus Vance archive display in the Memorabilia Room, the upcoming Charles Lindbergh exhibit and lecture in honor of his 100th anniversary, and the Maps of Afghanistan exhibit which was arranged with admirable speed after September 11.

G. Staff Events. Alice reported that she had the opportunity to attend several staff events since her arrival at Yale. At the new staff reception in November, she was both introduced as new University Librarian and subsequently introduced her new staff. The Service Quality Awards, also in November, highlighted the accomplishments of staff in many areas, and she looked forward to seeing an equally strong field of applicants for the awards later this year. There were many Library-related holiday parties throughout the month of December.

Worst Analogies Ever Written in a High School Essay
(I thought library staff would enjoy this....or it will drive you crazy.)

From the attic came an unearthly howl. The whole scene had an eerie,
surreal quality, like when you're on vacation in another city and
"Jeopardy" comes on at 7 p.m. instead of 7:30.

Bob was as perplexed as a hacker who meant to access.

The little boat gently drifted across the pond exactly the way a bowling ball wouldn't.

McBride fell 12 stories, hitting the pavement like a Hefty Bag filled with vegetable soup.

She caught your eye like one of those pointy hook latches that used to dangle from
screen doors and would fly up whenever you banged the door open again.

Her hair glistened in the rain like nose hair after a sneeze.

Her eyes were like two brown circles with big black dots in the center.

Her vocabulary was as bad as, like, whatever.

He was as tall as a six-foot-three-inch tree.

Tip of the Day

Enjoy eating a variety of foods.
Calorie Counter

Preparation and timing can help you get the best price

When you decide to sell, the first thing to do is investigate the local housing market. Consult the large real estate sites, like Realtor.com and iOwn.com, to see how similar homes are priced in your neighborhood. Many newspapers also list the selling prices and asking prices of recent sales, plus how long the homes were on the market. Note the prices for your neighborhood during the last month or so. And check how sales were running, say, a year ago, so you get an idea of whether the market is heating up, cooling down, or staying put. This exercise should give you a sense of what your home is worth.

You may decide that you can sell your home without an agent. It's an attractive thought, since you would save the six percent of the selling price that a broker typically collects. But balance that against the work involved in advertising a home and being available at all hours to show it.

If you do decide to work through an agent, ask for referrals from friends or check the Net and local newspapers for advertisements. Don't simply accept any recommendation. Make an appointment with an agent and interview him or her for the job.

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 2001 Yale University Library
A Library Human Resource Publication

Jessica Linicus, Editor