September 2002
Volume 14
(back issues)

In this Issue

New Library Employees
Roberta Pilette, Preservation 9/30/02
Pamela Clifford, Law Library 9/14/02
Kevin Glick, Manuscripts & Archives 9/3/02
Joseph Simone, Security 8/28/02
George Blackburn, Access Services 8/26/02
Carl Pullen, Security 8/25/02
Valerie Popp, Fortunoff Video 8/25/02
Michael Forstrom, Beinecke 8/19/02

Departing Employees
Xinkai Kong, Cataloging 9/20/02
Nathalia Mendieta, BRBL 8/26/02

The Yale Divinity Library is open for business--but just barely.

The Circulation Desk has been moved to its new, permanent, location. The new, permanent, entrance to the Divinity Library is located directly below the entrance to the Divinity School Chapel. If you enter the Quadrangle from the parking lot on the north side of the Quadrangle, go left down the corridor, past the Book Store, then right. The entrance to the Library is on the left.

The Circulation Desk will be open for patrons to check out or return materials. Our new Special Collections Reading Room is open for patrons to use non-circulating material.

However, the reference collection is now in the middle of a construction zone, and books are still being moved in to the stacks. So reference services will be by phone, fax, or email. We are still paging books.

On September 2 we expect the core collection to be browsable again, and we will resume reference services.

Please let me know if you have any questions.
Paul

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LSF Allocations

The LSF allocations for FY 2003 have just gone to LMC. 25,000 volumes will be moved to LSF from the Mudd Library next year. This is only 25% of what has already been identified by selectors to be moved from Mudd to LSF (Old Yale classes). Because active serials classed in Old Yale classes continue to be received in Mudd, the 25,000 will only accommodate newly bound serials in those classes and even then probably not adjacent to the volumes already housed there.

So, if you do not already have space allocated to your library or collection that is empty (and I think only the Science Libraries are in this category), please do not send any materials to Mudd (books, journals, tapes, films, microfilm, recordings, etc.) until such time as a plan for Mudd space allocations and arrangements is adopted by LMC.

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A Word From the University Librarian

I was delighted that so many of you found time to attend the three strategic planning forums that were held in July. The attached list of questions and comments coming from the sub groups at those forums demonstrates the wide range of interest and concerns about the process. I have prepared responses to some of the comments, and further responses, from others as well as myself, will appear on the LMC website (http://www.library.yale.edu/lmc/public/index.html) from time to time. Please keep your comments coming.

Although August is a month when many people take a well-earned break, there will also be a great deal of work going on in the Library. That includes the Objectives Planning Groups, who need to hear from staff, and who will be reporting back in September. During the fall, the planning process will continue in various forms, and there will be new requests for contributions.

Alice Prochaska

Questions and Answers for Event

 

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Highlights of Staff Events

Sept. 11th Hope and Remembrance
The Sterling Memorial Lecture Hall

On September 11th, 2002 in the Sterling Memorial Lecture Hall, the library offered to all interested staff members, students, and the greater Yale community an open space to gather with other colleagues for reflection on and remembrance of the tragic events of September 11th.

Patriotic ribbons and light refreshments were available in the Memorabilia room during the day. During this time, messages of hope and remembrance were read, every 11 minutes, by volunteers, to those gathered in the hall.

A 6-minute music video, In Times Like These , produced by Gary Swanson, assistant professor in broadcast and director of television at Northwestern University, Medil School of Journalism, was shown three times in the SML Lecture Hall.

There was a gentle trickle of visitors through the Sterling Memorial Lecture Hall throughout the day. Approximately 150 library and university staff, students and community members stopped by the lecture hall to pick up patriotic pins, reflect on the tragic events of 9/11, and listen to readings of poetry commemorating the events. Many left their own messages of hope and remembrance.

Staff members expressed themselves in other ways. There was an ad hoc exhibit consisting of pictures of the World Trade Center Towers before their destruction, an orgami bird of peace, a striking oil painting and a pictorial collection of World Trade Center tragedy. All items were submitted by library and university staff members.

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Day of Caring Event:
Book Drive for the Wexler Grant Community School.

The libraries donated over 250 books to the Wexler Grant School. The principal Jeffrie Frasier had gathered the children from Grages K-2 for a rememberence ceremony. The children were appreciative and excited to receive the books we donated. Alice would like tocontinue this relationship with the school by continuing to donate books and visit the school to read to the children.

A special thanks to everyone who made this event a success. Divinty Library was the largest contributors to the book drive. We would also like to thank Robert Killheffer who donated a large sum of personnel book money he earned from the Book Trade Shop.

A thank you from Alice:
Diane Turner and I would like to thank all of you who participated in the 'Day of Caring' by donating books to children at the Wexler-Grant School in New Haven. The children and staff were extremely appreciative. Wexler-Grant is beautifully renovated, easy to get to and only five minutes away. It is my hope that we can continue this outreach effort to the community. What better way to have librarians demonstrate our commitment to reading and learning than by giving books to children at the age when they are just forming the habit of reading? I've promised that we will visit again and others may be able to join me.

Special thanks go to Jessica Linicus for coordinating this project and to John Vincenti and Kim Raseman's staff for their pick-up and delivery work. I invite you to look at one of the photographs taken with the children.

Thank you again.

Alice

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Calendar of Events

Yale Photos

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The Professional Mentor

Yale Holiday Calendar

 

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Find It

Guide to Relocating Welcome to the Yale University Library. We hope this resource will aid you in settling into your new home in the New Haven Area. http://www.library.yale.edu/lhr/relocation/

 

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Hr News

NEW HAVEN: I-95 CONSTRUCTION BEGINS:

I-95 Construction Begins
September 16, 2002
Associated Press

There is construction ahead, and drivers on I-95 near New Haven can expect delays.

Work on a two-year project to widen the interstate from Branford to East Haven started over the weekend, and that's just the beginning.

The state Department of Transportation has a $1 billion-plus plan to rebuild I-95 from Branford to the I-91 interchange in New Haven over the next decade.

Construction of a 10-lane bridge to replace the aging Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge, a six-year job, is scheduled to run from April 2004 to February 2010. Reconstruction of the New Haven interchanges, also a six-year project, is scheduled from June 2006 to May 2012.

Source: http://www.ctnow.com/news/local/hc-traffic0916.artsep16.story?coll=hc%2Dheadlines%2Dlocal

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Staff On-line Resources

Feature of the Month:
Weather

Click below:
http://www.wunderground.com/US/CT/New_Haven.html

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

Mental Wellness:HUMOR

Wellness Now

Cholesterol

Most people have heard that high cholesterol levels are bad for our health. It is important to understand that cholesterol and other fats (collectively known as lipids) are a necessary part of life. Without lipids, we would die. Cholesterol is an essential component in the membranes of our cells and is used by our bodies to make several different hormones that are important in every day life. Some fatty acids are essential nutrients and deficiencies can be harmful. Too much of a good thing, however, can be bad.

We don't exactly know why yet, however, when the level of a certain type of cholesterol gets too high, it can be deposited into the walls of blood vessels. This "bad" cholesterol, called LDL, can contribute to the development of atherosclerosis, or clogging of the arteries.

The "bad"
Low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol accounts for most of the cholesterol in the blood. It carries cholesterol to the tissues of the body including the arteries. For this reason, a high level of LDL cholesterol increases your risk of heart disease - it's the main source of dangerous buildup and blockage in the arteries.

The "good"
High-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol is sometimes called the "good" cholesterol because it contains a relatively small amount of cholesterol itself and carries away harmful fatty deposits from cells and tissues to the liver for excretion from the body. This helps to prevent the buildup of cholesterol in the walls of your arteries. If your level of this HDL cholesterol is too low, your risk of heart disease actually increases.

It is known that as the total level of cholesterol increases in the blood, the risk for atherosclerosis and heart disease increases. This is because most cholesterol in the blood is the LDL form. So even though some cholesterol is good and some is bad, once the total cholesterol level is elevated, atherosclerosis tends to occur at a more rapid rate.

There are many causes of an increased cholesterol level. The most common cause is improper diet combined with a lack of exercise. Genetic predisposition to elevated cholesterol plays a role in many cases as well. Diabetes, excessive alcohol use, smoking, low thyroid gland function and birth control pills are other common causes of increased lipids in the blood.

How To Lower Your Cholesterol

• Raising "good" cholesterol, lowering "bad" cholesterol
  Some measures have been shown to improve the lipid levels in the blood - either by , or both.
• Exercise
  A minimum of thirty minutes of aerobic exercise three times a week. Studies have shown that regular exercise helps to boost your "good" HDL cholesterol, in addition to all of its other health benefits.
• Dietary Changes
  A reduction in overall calorie consumption, as well as a reduction in the amount of saturated fat (contained in animal products). Diets high in fiber, especially from fruits and vegetables, can be quite effective in some individuals at lowering cholesterol. Garlic and soy protein have also shown some benefit.
• Quitting smoking
  Smoking is a common cause of increased lipids in the blood.
  
• Drinking
  Drinking is a common cause of increased lipids in the blood.
  
• Hormone therapy
  Used for post-menopausal women
• Lipid lowering medications

Screening for high cholesterol is still somewhat of a controversial area. Most would agree that screening every five years starting at the age of 40 in men and 50 in women is appropriate. However, some authorities are starting to recommend more aggressive screening, starting at age twenty.

If your doctor suspects high cholesterol due to family history, obesity or other reasons, he/she will probably not wait as long to check your cholesterol level. Normally, patients get a blood test drawn in the morning after an overnight fast.

It is important to remember that there are generally no symptoms from having an elevated cholesterol level. So even though a person may feel fine in the present, chronically elevated cholesterol means that in the future they will probably not be fine. But with a few lifestyle changes and possibly some help from medication, most people with high cholesterol can be treated effectively and lead normal, healthy lives.

The good news
Studies show that it's possible to slow and even reverse the build-up of fatty deposits in artery walls. So the excuse, "I'm too far gone for it to do any good," doesn't hold water. People can indeed lower their cholesterol levels and actually widen their narrowed coronary arteries by way of dietary and lifestyle changes.
Make the best choice for you
To protect yourself against high cholesterol and its potentially harmful effects, your best bet is to establish an ongoing relationship with a good primary care physician.

Information found from Rose Men's Health Resource and Cholesterol: The Good , the Bad and the Ugly

Think Now