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November 2002
Volume 15
(back
issues)
In this Issue
New Library Employees
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Vida Engstrand
Beinecke Library
11/25/02
Monica Nunez-Parra
Cataloging
11/11/02
Lisa Adriani
Access Services
11/11/02
Janice Weyant
Interlibrary Loan
10/31/02
Jennifer Kniesch
Beinecke Library
10/28/02
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Claudia Oliveira
Latin American Collection
10/28/02
Diane Bilyak
Beinecke
11/18/02
Elizabeth Beaudin
Electronic Collections
11/8/02
Ellen Ennever
Preservation
11/4/02
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Staff
and Department Highlights
Births
I am
pleased to announce that Lynne Thomas gave birth Monday, November
4th to Caitlin Rosalie Thomas by emergency c-section. Caitlin weighed
7 lbs. 3 oz. at birth and is now in the regular nursery at Yale
New Haven Hospital. Mother, child, and father Michael are all doing
well.
Lynne
was in room 1164 at Yale New Haven Hospital recovering from the
surgery. Her phone number there is 688-0984.
Congratulations
to Lynne and Michael!
Holly
Grossetta Nardini gave birth Saturday morning, on November 9th to
Thomas Anthony Nardini.
Thomas
Anthony Nardini
9 lbs 3.5 oz.
21.5 inches long
Saturday, November 9
6:16 a.m.
Excellent health
Mother
is doing fine, pleased to have completed the 48-hour labor with
father helping all the way and without medications. Holly, Bill
and Thomas are all doing well and expect to be home mid-day Monday,
November 11th.
Peter
Celebrates his first birthday.
Son of David Walls and Erika Heinen
Weddings
The Library sends out congratulations to Kari Swanson (formerly
Kari Lynch) who recently got married to Erik Swanson. The staff
in attendance commented that the wedding and reception were beautiful.
The wedding was held in Tyson Vermont, at the Tyson Church and the
reception across the street at the Echo Lake Inn.
A
new interactive library reference service
Ask! a librarian
A new
interactive library reference service is now available to all Yale
faculty, students, staff, and alumni. You can use the service, Ask!
live, by selecting the link from “Ask! a librarian” on
the library’s Web page at http://www.library.yale.edu/
and then selecting “Ask! live”. The service will be available
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday, 1:00pm-5:00pm, Wednesday
1:00pm-11:00pm, and Sunday evenings from 5:00pm-11:00pm. This pilot
project will be conducted from October 2002 through June 2003.
Ask!
live allows you to communicate with Yale reference librarians,
in real time, over the web. Librarians can help you find books in
Orbis, navigate the library’s many electronic sources, identify
resources on the Internet, and answer questions about your research.
While
using Ask! live, you exchange text messages with the librarian
by typing. Librarians can also send live web pages to your screen,
and both you and the librarian can view and interact on the same
web page. At the end of your session, you get an email transcript
of your session that includes a list of the web pages that were
suggested.
You
can use Ask! live to ask a librarian a question when you’re
not near a phone, don’t want to disconnect from the Internet
to place a call, or don’t want to give up your library workstation
to come to the reference desk. The service works from any Internet-connected
computer; you can be in the dining hall, at home, or traveling and
still get help using the library’s online resources.
Ask!
live is a collaborative pilot project of reference staff from throughout
the Yale University Library system.
Staff
Library Art Expo
The Staff Library Art Expo sponsored by the M&PSA Council, can
be viewed November
7th through January 31stin the SML corridor exhibit cases. The following
people will be displaying their work in Sterling:
Abraham
Parrish
Andrew Hungaski
Britta Santamauro
Charles Best
Cindy Greenspun
Elizabeth Ferguson
Kevin Moore
Kate Reynolds
Kim Parker
Van-Yen Huynh
Betty Whittemore
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Marta
Rudyk
Mary Caldera
May Robertson
Sandy Peterson
Susan Burdick
Susan Jaffe
Susan Klein
Susanne Roberts
Todd Gilman
Anthony Riccio
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Come
view the work of the talented Library Staff
New
Librarians Join SSLIS Staff
Rochelle
Smith and Caitlin Tillman have joined the Social Science Libraries
staff for one year appointments. Rochelle began in August and Caitlin
began October 7th.
Rochelle comes to Social Science from the Forestry and Environmental
Studies Library where she was the Librarian for two and one-half
years. She has also worked as director at the E. F. Schumacher Library,
as a reference librarian at the New Haven Free Public Library and
the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, and as the Music Librarian at
the Lionel Hampton School of Music at the University of Idaho. She
will serve as the Library Liaison to the Economics Department as
well as working the reference desks at Social Science and Government
Documents.
Caitlin
has most recently worked as a Librarian on the Discovery and Development
of Insulin Digital Project at the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library,
University of Toronto. She also has experience as a research analyst
at Harris Nesbitt--Bank of Montreal, as a special project cataloguer
at the Harvard University Center for Renaissance Studies in Florence,
Italy, as a reference librarian at the Brooklyn Public Library,
and as Head Librarian, for the Oxford Information Center, University
of Michigan Libraries and the School of Information. She will serve
as the Library Liaison to the Marketing Faculty at the School of
Management and also work the reference desks at Social Science and
Government Documents.
Please
join us in welcoming them to Yale.
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YUL Assessment Toolkit
The SQI Assessment Group is
pleased to announce the release of the YUL Assessment Toolkit, a Web site
with examples of assessment projects that have taken place at the Library
and links and references to other assessment resources. This Toolkit grew
out of our charge to "help raise awareness about assessment among
the staff" and, more concretely, "to begin to build a toolkit
of assessment examples, templates, case studies and information."
This site is intended to serve as a clearinghouse for assessment projects
from across the library system.
See the new Assessment Toolkit
at: http://www.library.yale.edu/assessment/toolkit/
This Toolkit is only as useful
as its contents; please help us build this resource. The last link on
the page provides an easy way to contribute an assessment project. Also
feel free to email jennifer.weintraub@yale.edu
with examples, suggestions and links. We are interested in any assessment
project, from examples of basic questionnaires to complex studies complete
with methodology and results.
SQI Assessment Group Updates
I am pleased to announce that
Jennifer Weintraub will chair the SQI Assessment Group from November 2002
through June 2003. We are also happy to welcome a new committee member--Dawn
Mankowski--who replaces Abe Parrish.
We welcome your feedback on
this new tool and your questions about our work.
Current SQI Assessment Group:
Katie Bauer
Pamela Mann
Tony Oddo
Jennifer Weintraub
Holly Grossetta Nardini, chair (on leave until June 2003)
Accessibility Resources
Network
The Accessibility Resources Network continues to be a very valuable library
group that addresses issues surrounding our services to persons with disabilities.
Through focus group interviews and contacts with the campus Resource Office
on Disabilities, members of the Network have worked to identify needs
for library service improvements and also have helped raise library staff
awareness of both opportunities and responsibilities to serve our readers.
Joan Emmet has assumed responsibilities
to chair the Network, following a long term of leadership by Uju Mollel
who left the Library this summer. Membership is by appointment from library
units. Also, Diane Turner has replaced Danuta Nitecki on the Provost's
Committee on Resources and Services to Persons with Disabilities and will
serve as an important link between our Network and activities on the campus
level.
More information about this
specialized area of library services can be found on the web site the
Network created:
http://www.library.yale.edu/services/disabilities.html
Intranet
One of the recommendations
of the Microcosm Group is for implementation of an 'intranet' by January
30, 2003. Web & Workstation Services (formerly the WSG) of the LSO
is going to coordinate this effort.
We are working with the concept
that the 'intranet' is really the staff version of the Front Door. Given
that definition, we'd appreciate if you'd take the time to answer a few
questions about your use of staff pages on the Library site - your responses
will help us define this site needs to be.
1. What would be most helpful
about a staff FD?
2. If you had to define four
categories of information (similar to the 4 categories on the current
Front Door) on the staff FD, what would they be?
3. What are the top three library
pages you use most frequently?
4. What are the top three staff-related
library pages you use most frequently?
5. What pages are not easily
found from the current FD, that are staff related, and that you frequently
have to hunt to find?
Thank you for taking the time
to reply! Any other feedback or ideas would be greatly appreciated. Please
forward all comments to Karen Reardon.
A
Word From the University Librarian
Recruiting an additional Associate
University Librarian
I am writing to let you all know
that we are posting an announcement now about a vacancy for a new Associate
University Librarian (AUL) position. As many of you may remember, a similar
position was vacated several years ago by Don Waters. I attach a brief description
of the revised job. A longer description will be sent to the LIST shortly
and will also appear on the Library Human Resources web site.
This position will share with
myself, and with the two present AULs, Ann Okerson and Danuta Nitecki, the
very heavy management burden of running the system-wide services of the
Yale University Library system. The person appointed will join with us and
with Barbara Shailor, Director of the Beinecke Library, and Diane Turner,
Director of Library Human Resources, as members of the Library Management
Team. Together we all also serve on the Library Management Council which
includes all heads of departments. At one time there were three AULs for
system-wide responsibilities, and those duties were then divided between
Ann and Danuta who, for the past few years, have done a simply magnificent
job of leading the library forward and managing a hugely complex and extensive
range of duties. It has been a source of concern for some time that Yale
Library has so few positions at the senior management level. By recruiting
a third AUL, I hope to bring additional leadership, vision and expertise
into the Library at a time when we are moving forward with an ambitious
strategic plan. The person filling this new position will have responsibility
for coordinating and leading the ' Integrated Library', which is one of
the three priorities in our plan for the next five years. To this end, I
am bringing together the Catalog Department, Acquisitions, and the Library
Systems Office under the new position. It is also important that each AUL
should have responsibility for parts of the Library that carry out a full
range of services based on giving access to our collections. Additionally,
I would like to see broad equity of workload between the three positions
in the system. With these thoughts in mind, I have added Manuscripts &
Archives, and Social Science Libraries & Information Services, to the
new portfolio. They will bring special strengths to the newly appointed
AUL.
I hope that an appointment will
be made in the spring, with someone taking up the job by July 1. Until then,
the organizational structure will remain as it is. Ann Okerson and Danuta
Nitecki will continue to supervise their existing departments. Thereafter,
all three AULs will work closely as a team, each one with important responsibilities
in the electronic and multi-media arenas and in other ways working across
the system. We will all share and seek to implement the vision that we share
with the Library staff as a whole, for the future greatness of Yale University
Library.
The Library is conducting a nationwide
search to fill this position. We are also seeking nominations of suitable
people. If you know of someone who you think has the qualities needed to
do this challenging job, please do let me or Diane Turner know, in confidence,
either by email or in person. I will try to keep you apprised of the search
process. The staff will certainly have an opportunity to see the final candidates
during the interview process. Until then, if you have any questions or comments,
please do not hesitate to contact me.
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Staff
Member in Focus
Roy
Bohlander
Occupation
Roy Bohlander is the Assistant Director of Library Finance in the
Library Business Office. The Business Office deals with all of the
finances for the library including budgeting, payroll, purchasing,
financial reporting, monitoring and the allocation of funds for the
ORBIS accounts. The office handles many more functions for the library
such as employee reimbursements, travel requisitions, RIF deposits,
etc. Each and every employee indirectly or directly utilizes the services
of the Library Business Office.
Home
For the past 32 years Roy has resided in Mystic, CT - a beautiful
coastal town in the Southeastern part of the state. He lives in a
community called Mason's Island, which is an island located on Fisher's
Island Sound at the mouth of the Mystic River. He has two 5 year old
basset hounds named Orville and Wilbur.
Hobbies
To share some of Roy's favorite hobbies - he enjoys sailing in the
summer on his 36ft. wooden sailboat, a Crocker-designed schooner,
which he moors in Mystic. Roy sails to local locations such as Block
Island, Newport, Cuttyhunk, Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard. Roy has
also sailed to Maine several times. Roy enjoys "indoor gardening"
as it is difficult to keep an outside garden on the island with the
wandering deer. He currently has over 100 houseplants and multiple
flower boxes on the decks surrounding his waterfront home.
Childhood
and Education
Roy grew up in Morris, IL, a rural farming community about 60 miles
southwest of Chicago. Roy attended school in a one-room schoolhouse.
The same teacher taught grades one through eight. Roy and his neighbor
from the next farm were the only two students in his grade level with
a total of 18 students in the whole school. He later attended a Regional
High School with a 150 graduating students. Roy graduated from the
University of Notre Dame; spending his junior year at the East-West
Center in Honolulu, Hawaii and a summer term in Tokyo, Japan. He came
East to attend graduate school at Yale and has remained here ever
since. He has been employed at Yale for the past 32 years.
Travels
The highlight of Roy's hobbies is his exciting travels. He calls his
past two trips from "Penguins to Yaks" for he traveled last
year to Antarctica and just recently returned from a trip to Tibet
and Nepal. Last December Roy took a trip from Argentina, aboard the
Russian icebreaker Kapitan Dranitsyn, to the Falkland Islands, South
Georgia and Antarctica. He had the opportunity to see up close seven
different varieties of penguins. The King Penguin rookery on South
Georgia consisted of more than 100,000 breeding pairs. Roy also enjoyed
seeing other wildlife such as albatrosses, petrels, seals, skuas,
and whales. A highlight of the trip was a visit to the Grytviken gravesite
of Sir Ernest Shakleton, the Antarctic explorer. In addition to the
animals, the spectacular scenery of snow covered mountains, glaciers,
and the blues and greens of the floating icebergs made it a truly
memorable vacation.
Roy has
just recently returned this time from an Asian trip. His excursion
began with a 13 day Classic Yangtze River Tour, which included visiting
Shanghai, Wuhan, and the Three Gorges Dam. Roy enjoyed viewing the
construction site of the Three Gorges Dam, the world's largest hydroelectric
project, but expressed concerns about the 1.4 million people being
relocated as a result. His Yangtze River cruise continued through
the majestic and fabled Three Gorges. He then flew to Xi'an where
he viewed the fascinating life-sized terra cotta army and the Bronze
Chariot. In Beijing, Roy toured Tian An Men Square, the Forbidden
City's Imperial Palace, the Summer Palace, the superb Temple of Heaven
and climbed the Great Wall.
The next
part of his journey was 16 days of rigorous touring in the Himalayan
Kingdoms, which included Tibet, Nepal & Bhutan. He left Chengdu,
the capital of Sichuan and China's vanguard province, and flew over
the Tibetan Plateau to Lhasa, a city Cosmo de Koros called "the
furthest goal of all travel" (11,972 feet). Roy explained that
those on the tour needed to take altitude medicine due to the change
in oxygen levels at this height. The Potala Palace in Lhasa is a monument
to the Buddhism that enriches every moment of Tibetan life. He explored
the grandest of its myriad of rooms, its audience halls, and the immense
jeweled burial chortens of past Dalai Lamas. He visited the Jokhang
Temple, Tibet's spiritual center, and wandered through the city's
old quarter and marketplace, the Barkhor. Roy toured Tibet's two greatest
monasteries, Drepung and Sera. Drepung once housed 10,000 monks. He
listened to the chanting of the sutras and watched the monks engage
in theatrical debate. The tour continued over the 15,700 foot Khamba
La, past sparkling lakes and ice peaks and lots of yaks to Gyantse's
architectural masterpiece, the Kumbum. From there he traveled to Shigatse's
gilded Tashilumpo Monastery, seat of Tibet's second highest incarnation,
the Panchen Lama.
From Tibet
Roy took an astonishing mountain flight past Mt. Everest over the
snow clad peaks of the Himalaya to Kathmandu. The capital of Nepal,
Kathmandu lies in a broad valley at the edge of the Himalayan Range.
Its art, architecture and population are a fascinating blend of Hindu
and Buddhist influences. He visited the temple of the Living Goddess,
Dubar Square (central square for the city), Haunman Dhola Palace and
the splendid hilltop Swayambunath stupa overlooking the city. Another
flight
on Druk Air over the Himalaya brought him to Paro, Bhutan.
Bhutan
was the most beautiful location Roy visited. He explained how the
country restricts the number of tourists that may visit each year.
There are explicit regulations on one's length of stay and the daily
amount of money one must spend while visiting this kingdom. Roy described
the dramatic views of the valleys, streams, rice fields and the prayer
flags blowing in the wind. The people are required to wear the national
costume between the hours of 9:00am & 5:00pm; many made of very
colorful and decorative fabrics. He
visited several dzongs and temples; the highlight being the views
of Taktsang Lhakang (The Tiger's Lair), one of Bhutan's most sacred
temples and a symbol of the country.
His last
stop was in Bangkok; Thailand's capital and major gateway. Bangkok
manages to preserve its cultural heritage to an amazing degree in
the rich splendor of the Grand Palace, the Temple of the Emerald Buddha,
the Temple of the Dawn and many other historic shrines. After a 20
hour return flight to the States,
Roy's latest adventure came to a close.
But he
says everyday is likely to be an adventure in the Library's Business
Office, and he is already looking forward to the Christmas holidays
and more travel; London and Paris this coming year.
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Rookery of King Penguins
From Penguins
to Yaks |
Yaks Gyantse, Tibet
From Penguins to Yaks
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Xiling
Gorge: One of the Three Gorges
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Punakha Valley
Bhutan
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To
view more of Roy's Vacation Click here
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Highlights
of Staff Events
2002 Service Quality Award
Ceremony
On behalf of the Service Quality committee, we would like to thank all who
participated in the 2002 Service Quality Award Ceremony held yesterday.
We
once again congratulate the winners, and all guests who made the third
annual event a success.
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Students
Vasiliki Tsakraklides
James McMannis
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SFX Implementation Team
Kimberly Parker
Matthew Wilcox
Kathleen Bauer
Karen Reardon
Richard Crane
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Individual Awards
Audrey Novak
Bonnie Turner
Marielle Mudgett-Olson
Edwina Villabona
Drika Purves
Joan Emmet
Catalog Management Team
Alice Armstrong
Lisa Cavalear
Doris Chadwick
Marena Fisher
Sharon Forbes
Pik-Yiu Lee
Pauline Orlando
Christina Tabereaux
Josephine Scalzo
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Yale Divinity Library Team
Susan Burdick
Julie Pohlman
Eric Friede
Alice Marsh
Kelly Shand
Marta Hadley
Carolyn Hardin Engelhardt
Cumal Gray
Mary Ellen Barbarito
Hans Kirsch
Soli Johnson
Rolfe Gjellstad
Tran Dang
Carol Allen
Marth Smalley
Joan Duffy
Diane Goldenberg-Hart
Nadav Sela
Benjamin Moss
Susan Brady
Paul Struehrenberg
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Orbis2
Implementation Team
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Ellen Cordes
Audrey Novak
Nancy Lyon
Emily Horning
Rochelle Smith
Judy Spak
Penny Welbourne
Shawn Steidinger
Susan Burdick
John Gallagher
Cindy Greenspun
Christopher Killheffer
Marybeth Bean
Judith Parker
Patricia Thurston
Kendall Krilly
Steven Arakawa
Marsha Garman
Richard Sarcia
Manon Theroux
Karen Spicher
Cynthia Crooker
Kate Reynolds |
Kalee Sprague
Gail Barnett
Suzanna Lengyel
Roy Lechich
Ernest Marinko
Wesley Most
Mary Ellen Barbarito
Roy Bohlander
Rebecca Hamilton
Ana Vitorino
John Morgan
Karen Reardon
Julie Linden
Gillian Mayman
Kimberly Parker
Steven Bernstein
Hue-Ju Chang
Geraldine Dickel
Xinkai Kong
Daniel Lovins
Dajin Sun
Keiko Suzuki
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New Staff Reception
The New Staff reception was held on Wednesday, October 30th at the Beinecke
Library. The reception was be held from 4-5:30 p.m. We welcomed and introduced
all of our new staff who have arrived over the past year. Alice Prochaska,
the University and Associate University Librarians began the event.
 
Pamela
Clifford,
Law Library
Tran Dang,
Divinity Library
Ellen Ennever,
Preservation
Jarett Esposito,
Security
Soli Johnson,
Divinity Library
Tachtorn Meier,
Cataloging
Valerie Popp,
Manuscripts & Archives
Mikiko Ratcliff,
East Asia Collection
Karen Van Southeast,
Asian Collection
Dale Askey,
Research Services &
Collections
Matthew Bayne,
Lewis Walpole Library
Vicki Bennett,
Beinecke Library
George Blackburn,
Access Services
Kathleen Burns,
Beinecke Library
Caitlin Tillman
Social Science Library
John Charczynski,
Shipping & Receiving
Katy Chernova,
Manuscripts & Archives
Julia Clark-Spohn,
Beinecke Library
Jennifer Kniesch,
Beinecke Library |
Sarah
Coe,
Arts Library
Julie Cohen,
Judaica Collection
Raymond Daye,
Library Shelving Facility
Christopher Edwards, Beinecke
Library
Nancy Faircloth,
Library Shelving Facility
James Finnegan,
Beinecke Library
Michael Forstrom,
Beinecke Library
Kevin Glick,
Manuscripts & Archives
Matthew Glickman,
Access Services
Cumal Gray,
Divinity Library
Rowena Griem,
Cataloging
Jill Haines,
Beinecke Library
Ellen Hammond,
East Asian Collection
Katherine Haskins,
Arts Library
Audrey Ho,
Library
Administrative Services
Andrew Hungaski,
Beinecke Library
Bethuel Hunter,
Beinecke Library
Kimberly King,
Acquisitions
Nancy Kuhl,
Beinecke Library |
Kevin Lynch,
Library Shelving Facility
Teresa Mensz,
Law Library
Brian Parker,
Lewis Walpole Library
Roberta Pilette,
Preservation
Carl Pullen,
Security
Melissa Quinones,
Access Services
Nancy Redding,
Access Services
Charles Riley,
Cataloging
Michelle Rubino,
Access Services
Maryetta Russell,
Library Administrative
Services
Catherine Schindler,
Beinecke Library
George Shao,
Interlibrary Loan
Matthew Shirley,
Beinecke Library
Joseph Simone,
Security
Pedro Soto,
Systems Office
Adiba Wahid,
Near East Collection
Susan Walker,
Lewis Walpole Library
Sandra Weber,
Access Services
Kristin Wnek,
Engineering Library
Catherine Wong,
Kline Science Library
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Sterling Library is set for Julia Roberts film Mona Lisa Smile
Hollywood invaded the Elm City
on Friday, November 1, 2002 for a film starring, among others, Academy Award
winner Julia Roberts.
The film, called "Mona Lisa
Smile," co-stars Kirsten Dunst and Julia Stiles, who were in town along
with Roberts Friday for filming, which took place exclusively on the campus
of Yale University.
On the north end of the Green
Two massive, heated wedding-style tents housed catering and make-up facilities
for the shoot.
Studio trucks and trailers parked
along the gravel path that hugs the east side of Temple Street on the Green.
None of the film is actually
set at Yale, but rather at Massachusetts' Wellesley College in 1953, where
Roberts' character arrives from Berkeley, Calif., to work as an art professor.
In the "coming-of-age"
film, Roberts' character's free-spirited ways lead her students to question
their conservative upbringings
The filming, all of which will
occur on closed sets within the walls of Yale facilities, will take place
at Silliman College at High and Grove streets, at Sterling Memorial Library
on the Cross-Campus, and at the Yale University Art Gallery at Chapel and
High streets. The shoot will pose minor headaches Friday for commuters attempting
to navigate parts of downtown.
Wall Street will be closed temporarily
Friday between College and Church streets, as will High Street between Chapel
and Grove streets, said Barbara Lamb, director of the city's Office of Cultural
Affairs, which is coordinating the city's effort to accommodate the movie
shoot.
Filming at the Yale Art Gallery
requires the closure of High Street to make way for lighting and other production
equipment, Lamb said.
Wall Street must be closed for
shooting at Silliman College to assure that contemporary automobiles and
attire don't sneak into shots through the college gates.
The film's production company,
the same which filmed 2001's "A Beautiful Mind" at Princeton University,
will reimburse the city for all expenses incurred as a result of the shoot,
Lamb said.
While the production company
will provide its own security, city police officers and Parks Department
security personnel will provide extra help along with Yale University Police.
Yale University is itself being
compensated for access to its facilities, which were requested on the personal
wishes of director Mike Newell, who also directed "Four Weddings and
a Funeral," "Donnie Brasco" and "Pushing Tin."
The city's hospitality industry
is thrilled at the arrival of more than 150 worn-out and hungry cast and
crew, so much so that Chamber of Commerce spokeswoman Lynn Fredricksen urged
city residents, and area film fans, to be good hosts.
"The chamber would ask people
to go about their business and allow the film workers to go about theirs,
so they'll be inclined to come back and shoot again," Fredricksen said.
Blood Drive Results
We basically met our goal, and did much better than previous years.
We had 56 donors, and 8 deferrals, for 48 pints.
Our goal was 50, so that's great
~Thank you library staff~
The Holiday Party is
Coming Soon..
Come one, come all to the Library International Holiday Party and
raffle to be held on Tuesday, December 17th from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00
p.m. at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. Since we work
in a culturally rich and diverse environment, all staff members are
invited to bring a dessert item they traditionally serve at holiday
time to share with the Library community. Other delicious catered
food will be served.
Once again, a raffle will
be held with tickets going on sale in advance of the party. All proceeds
will benefit the Columbus House. Last year your generous support helped
raise $2,200 for this worthy cause. Please help us raise even more
this year.
The Library International
Holiday Party is an opportunity for everyone in the Library community
and their families to come together for a very festive event.
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Join Alice,
The University Librarian
for Tea Time
@ Spoon
Monday,
December 16th
2:00-3:00pm
Sterling Spoon
Thursday,
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.
Library International
Holiday Party and Raffle
Tuesday, December 17th
4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Families are invited.
STOD Committee
Meeting: Tuesday, November 19th
10:30-12:00
Room 409
Lecture
by our Hermann Broch Visiting Fellow, Professor Paul Michael Lützeler
"An American/European
Intellectual Co-operation:
The City of Man Project of 1940."
The City of Man
Tuesday, November 19 at 4 p.m.
Beinecke: Room 38
A reception will follow on the mezzanine.
A talk by T.J. Stiles,
author of Jesse James: Last Rebel of the Civil War
Sponsored by The Howard R. Lamar Center for the Study of Frontiers and
Borders and the Yale Collection of Western Americana
Wednesday, November 20th
4:30 p.m.
Mezzanine of Beinecke Library.
A talk
by Deanna Marcum
President of the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR)
For library staff
Sterling Lecture Hall
Wednesday December 4 at 11:15
CLIR is an important resource
for us, and Yale is one of its sponsors. As you will see from the CLIR
web site (http://www.clir.org).
Library:
Orbis2 Basic Circulation
An
overview
Provides participants with an overview of the essential functions of
the Circulation desk. Topics to be covered include:
1. Charge and Renewal
2. Discharge functions
3. Searching and viewing Patron information
4. Searching and viewing Item information
Thursday,
Nov 14 2002
1:00 PM- 4:00 PM
SCML, Mudd Library
Instructor: Audrey Ho
Thursday, Nov 14 2002
9:00 AM- 12:00 PM
SCML, Mudd Library
Instructor: Audrey Ho
Tuesday, Dec 3 2002(Tue)
1:00 PM- 4:00 PM
SCML, Mudd Library
Instructor: Audrey Ho
Tuesday, DEC 3 2002
9:00 AM- 12:00 PM
SCML, Mudd Library
Instructor: Audrey Ho
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Yale Photos
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photos Click Here
HR Updates
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Yale Holiday Calendar
Official
Yale Holidays 2002
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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Find
It
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Assessment Toolkit
The SQI Assessment Group
is pleased to announce the release of the YUL Assessment Toolkit,
a Web site with examples of assessment projects that have taken place
at the Library and links and references to other assessment resources.
This Toolkit grew out of our charge to "help raise awareness
about assessment among the staff" and, more concretely, "to
begin to build a toolkit of assessment examples, templates, case studies
and information." This site is intended to serve as a clearinghouse
for assessment projects from across the library system.
See the
new Assessment Toolkit at: http://www.library.yale.edu/assessment/toolkit/
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Hr News
ID Holders and Chains
Staff can obtain plastic I.D. holders and chains from Jennifer Buell in Library
Administrative Services.
Online Annual
Open Enrollment
All Benefit Eligible Faculty and
Staff will soon be receiving your Annual Statement of Benefits, along with
information regarding the process for the 2003 Annual Open Enrollment. The
mailing you will receive provides detailed information regarding your
existing benefit elections. Again this year, Open Enrollment will be
available online!
During the Annual Open Enrollment
period -- October 14 through November
15 -- you will be able to log on to the Faculty and Staff Self-Service
website and review or make changes to your medical and/or dental programs.
In addition, the Flexible Benefits annual enrollment will be online
through December 31, 2002.
You may notice some additional
options this year, such as a Yale Payroll
web-based self-service application to let you view and print your Form W-2
Wages and Tax Statement.
You will receive another email
notice alerting you when the online process
is available.
If you have any questions or
concerns, please contact the Benefits Office
at benefits.office@yale.edu.
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Way
United
Way: Your Donation Can Change Lives
In Yale's
Tercentennial year, we raised $400,000 for Yale's neighbors in Greater
New Haven. The Yale United Way campaign is one way to continue our
long tradition of community service. Your donation to the United Way
can change the lives of children, the elderly, and other needy citizens
in Greater New Haven through the simple process of payroll deduction.
This is an easy and effortless way to participate in improving our
community. You can be a part of New Haven's compassionate and caring
community.
Let
Me Make A Pledge Now!
Click below to make your pledge right now! It's easy and secure with
Yale's new online pledge form.
Click
here and enter your Yale NetID and your sign on password to access
the system.
PLEASE GIVE TO THE UNITED
WAY
Please consider giving generously this year. Your
donation makes a difference in the lives of children, the elderly,
and those in need in our community. Thank you.
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Campus Safety Updates
As we have done in the past,
and consistent with federal reporting
requirements, we make available statistics and other information on campus
safety. You will find the report with the 2001 data at the following web
site:
http://www.yale.edu/search/campussecrep01.html
We hope you will review the report,
and we also encourage you to use the
many services available on campus to help us provide for the safety of our
community.
Technical Training
Vouchers Program
The Technical Training Vouchers
Program provides all library staff members with the opportunity to attend
off-site technical training conducted by New Horizons, a local computer
learning center.
Upon supervisory approval, staff
members may select and attend courses through this program at no cost to
themselves or their department.
For a list of courses offered through
this program and Instructions on how to register for a course Go to http://www.library.yale.edu/training/stod/techvoucherclasses.html
Important:
Please do not register directly with New Horizons. To take advantage of
this program, you will have to register through our website (see link above).
Staff On-line
Resources
For Information
go to:
http://www.yale.edu/yaleinfo/
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
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TRUE-FALSE
A little kid's in school, taking a true-false test and he's flipping a
coin. At the end of the test he's flipping the coin again. The teacher
says, "What are you doing?" He says, "Checking my answers."
OUTRUN
YOU
Two guys are out hiking. All of a sudden, a bear starts chasing them.
They climb a tree, but the bear starts climbing up the tree after them.
The first guy gets his sneakers out of his knapsack and starts putting
them on. The second guy says, "What are you doing? He says, "I
figure when the bear gets close to us, we'll jump down and make a run
for it." The second guy says, "Are you crazy? You can't outrun
a bear." The first guy says, "I don't have to outrun the *bear*...
I only have to outrun *you.*"
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Wellness Now
       
What
is a Depressive Disorder?
A depressive disorder
is an illness that involves the body, mood, and thoughts. It affects the
way a person eats and sleeps, the way one feels about oneself, and the
way one thinks about things. A depressive disorder is not the same as
a passing blue mood. It is not a sign of personal weakness or a condition
that can be willed or wished away. People with a depressive illness cannot
merely "pull themselves together" and get better. Without treatment,
symptoms can last for weeks, months, or years. Appropriate treatment,
however, can help most people who suffer from depression. |
Symptoms
of Depression and Mania
Not everyone who is depressed or manic experiences every symptom.
Some people experience a few symptoms, some many. Severity of symptoms
varies with individuals and also varies over time.
Depression
- Persistent
sad, anxious, or "empty" mood
- Feelings
of hopelessness, pessimism
- Feelings
of guilt, worthlessness, helplessness
- Loss of
interest or pleasure in hobbies
- Loss of
activities that were once enjoyed,
including sex
- Decreased
energy, fatigue, being "slowed down"
- Difficulty
concentrating, remembering,
making decisions
- Insomnia,
early-morning awakening, or oversleeping
Appetite and/or weight loss or overeating
and weight gain
- Thoughts
of death or suicide; suicide attempts
- Restlessness,
irritability
- Persistent
physical symptoms that do not respond to treatment, such as headaches,
digestive disorders, and chronic pain
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-
Abnormal
or excessive elation
-
Unusual
irritability
-
Decreased
need for sleep
-
Grandiose
notions
-
Increased
talking
-
Racing
thoughts
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Increased
sexual desire
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Markedly
increased energy
-
Poor
judgment
-
Inappropriate
social behavior
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Tip
of the Day
National
Depression Screening Day (NDSD), held each year during Mental Illness
Awareness Week, is designed to call attention to the illnesses of depression,
manic-depression, and anxiety on a national level, to educate the public
about their symptoms and effective treatments, to offer individuals the
opportunity to be screened for the disorders, and to connect those in
need of treatment to the mental health care system.
To
find National Depression Screening Day
Click Here
To
get an on-line depression screen:
Click here
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Think
Now
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Holiday Debt
Here are a few tips to keep
your holiday season free of financial stress:
1. Pull out a list of Holiday
goals and priorities and put financial estimates bedside each point (many
won’t cost anything).
2. Flesh out your budget for
the holiday. Include cards, decorations, gifts, food and entertaining
and all travel expenses.
3. Keep your budget with your
gift list to keep your spending priorities.
4. If you don’t have enough
cash on hand this year to meet your budget, you have two options: slash
your budget to match your resources or take on some debt. If you must
do the latter, plan ahead how you’ll pay it off.
5. Be aware that credit companies
often raise credit limits at this time of year to encourage buying. Don’t
max out your card! You could end up with a large bill in January.
6. Scale back transparently,
suggests associate art director JoAnn McHardy, by buying a number of inexpensive
items and wrapping them individually.
7.
Keep to a tight gift-giving budget by being creative — and that doesn’t
mean making all your gifts. “This year my father is taking my granddad,
who is now in a home, to a tavern for the afternoon. An inexpensive yet
priceless gift for an aged, nearly blind man,” wrote Diana Hyman
of Tottenham, Ont. “Time together is the greatest gift of all, especially
to our parents and grandparents.”
8. You can give out gift certificates
that you make yourself for meals or evenings. Certificates can be for
movies and munchies, coffee and homemade desserts, or a home-cooked meal.
9.
Party and dress up clothes are notoriously expensive — and little
used. Check out nearly-new options for everybody in the family at thrift
stores and local consignment shops.
10. Instead of splurging on
décor, buy lengths of wide red and green ribbon at a craft store
and tie bows on everything: doorknobs, banisters and the candelabra.
11. After the Holidays, analyze.
Did you stick to your budget? If not, why not? If it was absolutely impossible
to meet your priorities with the amount you allowed, you’ll need
to raise your limit for next year. If you were simply sidetracked, write
down why and how.
12. Determine your Holiday
budget for next year and how much you’ll need to save every month
until then to avoid going into debt.
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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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