March 2005

Volume 36
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New Library Employees

Janene Batten Yale Medical Library Nursing Reference Librarian 01/31/05 It was my pleasure to join the Medical Library team at the beginning of February. I am delighted to be part of the bright and lively staff here at Yale. I am an Australian, happily living here in Connecticut since 1994. My graduate degree was achieved here at Southern Connecticut State University.
Julia Muravnik Slavic and East European Collection SML Acquisiton Assistant II I began work on Janurary 26, 2005 I am from St. Petersburg, Russia, and I currently reside in Milford, CT. I attended St. Petersburg University of Culture, and enjoy reading, skiing, traveling

Laura Tatum
Manuscripts and Archives
Librarian
02/14/05

Karen Nangle
Beinecke Library
Library Services Assistant
01/27/05

Departing Staff

Michael Gilman
Library Services Assistant
02/05/05

Kristina Nowakowski
Catalog Assistant
02/06/05

Jill Coghlan
Librarian
02/01/05

Staff Members in Focus

Forty years of service: Janet Prochownik

Submitted by Claire Halloran

Janet Prochownik knows how much the Yale Library's financial procedures have changed and developed in these last forty years. She has been witness and participant as the computer has evolved and our approach to our work has been redefined.

In the Acquisitions Department of the past, Janet was a Level D in charge of Data Entry. She processed books that came to the library on approval plans. She entered new purchase orders into the MATPS system. Then there was the transition from MATPS to Orbis. Janet did the trouble-shooting required to help make a smooth transition to Orbis.

Thirteen years ago the new management system was introduced. It was then that Janet became Manager for the Fiscal Support Team. Her responsibilities include processing many of the book invoices for Sterling Memorial Library and some of the School and Departmental Libraries. Trouble-shooting for the complications that arise is part of her daily life at work.

Her rich life away from the library includes tending her garden. She finds working with flowers especially relaxing. She is fond of long walks, reading, and enjoys nature. Janet has cared for both dogs and cats as her pets. Currently she has a cat whose personality is lively and amusing. Janet enjoys taking trips. She has family and close friends who live in several other states and they keep her on the go.

Sevice Quality Awards 2005
On Wednesday, February 23, 2005, we honored our colleagues and co-workers who have demonstrated excellent service quality improvement and commitment to the Library and University. The Awards Ceremony was held in the Lecture Hall in Sterling.

This year's winners are:

Law Library Acquisitions/Fastcat Team
Pam Clifford, Louisa DeGaetano, Jo-Anne Giammattei, Judy Malamut, Maria Puzzo

Library Business Office Team
Debbie McGraw, Roy Bohlander, Sue Jaffee, Robin Gordon, Vinnie DeFeo

Jared Schwede
Student Assistant in the Acquisitions Department

Tim Smith
Student Assistant in Web, Workstation and Digital Consulting Services

John Morgan
Library Assistant, Geology Library

Dawn Mankowski
Conservation Assistant, Collections Care Program/Preservation

Lilliane McClenning
Administrative Assistant, Law Library

Ana Amelia Contrastano
Acquisitions Assistant, Latin American Collection

2003-2004 Service Quality Improvement Awards Committee

Sharon Forbes
Carol Jones
Diane Kaplan
Janusz Kulakowski
Brian Kupiec (chair)
Bernadette Cioffi (ex-officio)
Danuta Nitecki (sponsor)

Aubrey Novak

Aubrey Novak (Catalog Assistant, Latin American Team, Catalog Department) is the featured artist for the month of March at Claire's Corner Copia (1000 Chapel Street). Her photographs can be seen on the walls at Claire's until March 30. Some of her earlier work was displayed in SML during the latest Staff Art Exhibit.

Staff Submissions

Winter Photograph Contest

East Rock Jae Rossman, Arts of the Book

Blizzard of 2005 - The Morning After David Lavorgna, Integrated Library Technology Services

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Library In Focus

Workplace Survey Recognition

The University Library recently received an award for the largest number of participants in the Yale’s Workplace Survey conducted during the Fall of 2004. University Librarian, Alice Prochaska and Associate University Librarian, Diane Young Turner accepted the award on behalf of Library Staff which was presented by Laura Freebairn-Smith, Director of the University’s Learning Center.

As a result, every library employee received an envelope of gifts. If you have not received your gift, see your Department Head or contact Diane Young Turner.

High Performing Organization Survey -- winners

The members of the Communications Committee are delighted to announce the winners of the drawing, whose name were drawn at random by the Blanchard Company from those completing the High Performing Organization survey.

The lucky winners of our HPO Survey drawing are

Jennifer Aloi (Arts Library)
First Prize
iPod Mini or Gift Certificate

Marcia Bickoff (Social Sciences)
Second Prize
Palm PDA or Gift Certificate

George Miles (Beinecke Library)
Third Prize
Dinner Gift Certificate

Congratulations to all the winners!

For the Communications Committee
Mary Caldera, Chair

Jerzy Grotowski & His Laboratory Theater
Curated by Teresa Mensz, Drama Library

This exhibit presents the life and work of Polish director Jerzy Grotowski (1933-1999), creator of the experimental Laboratory Theatre in Poland in the early sixties. Three striking posters from the Laboratory Theatre's exemplary productions presented in New York in 1969 are the inspiration for this exhibition. Grotowski's concept of a "poor theatre" and his techniques for training actors had a major impact on theater worldwide.

Get a sneak preview on line at:
http://www.library.yale.edu/art/grotowski.html

Event Highlights

The Gandhi King Ikeda: Builders of Peace exhibit came to Yale's Afro American Cultural Center from January 28th to February 9th. Several lecture events, a book, document, and photograph exhibit, and an afternoon film festival were spread out between the opening and closing dates. The exhibit opened on January 28th with special guest Dr. Lawrence E. Carter, Dean of the Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel at Morehouse College and creator of the traveling exhibit. Dr. Carter presented GKI Awards to local community builders Rev. Samuel N. Slie, Associate Pastor of the Church in Christ in Yale University and tireless advocate and volunteer for numerous interdenominational New Haven and international relief projects, and Ms. Elsie Cofield, founder and President of the New Haven based Aids Interfaith Network. The exhibit closed on February 9 with a lecture by Dr. Ronald Bosco, Distinguised University Professor from the State University of New York, who spoke on the influence that Henry David Thoreau's work On Civil Disobedience had on Gandhi, King, and Ikeda.

HR in Focus

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Upcoming Events

Yale Holiday Calendar

Did you Know?

Learning Plan Highlights

If you have a Learning Plan success that you would like to share, contact Shaundolyn Slaughter at 432-1810.

For more information on the Learning Plan go to: http://www.library.yale.edu/training/stod/learningplan.html

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