Friday Fun: Library Noise Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTuc3yNrX1c

Happy Halloween!

This is part of Wendy Gunther's extensive collection of vintage-inspired characters. Please note that Wendy makes all these herself!

Monday Talk About Health and Wellness

A reminder of the talk Monday, October 25th, on healthy diet, exercise and wellness by Caryn Davis. Ms. Davis is a registered dietitian and has worked as an educator and counselor in the field of nutrition and wellness for the past 30 years, and as a weight loss group facilitator for Vtrim for the past 5 years. Please join us on 10/25 from 10am-noon in the Dean's Conference Room at Bailey/Howe Library for this event - just in time to help you handle the upcoming holiday temptations!

-Wichada Sukantarat and Sharon Thayer
on behalf of the Staff & Faculty Development Committee

Friday Fun: Guess Who?

Guess who is singing at Carnegie Hall on Tuesday, December 7, at 8 p.m.? Oh wait, there's more. This person is singing with the New York Choral Society and with special guests Peter Yarrow and Noel Paul Stookey of Peter, Paul and Mary. Hints: This person works in Bailey/Howe. Please "reserve" your tickets now.

Kiosk Images

If you have an image about an upcoming event, or one featuring a specific libraries' collection, please let me know so that I may put the image on the kiosk near the circulation desk in Bailey/Howe. (The me is Nancy.)

Proposed Learning Commons

This is a description of the proposed Learning Commons which President Fogel has included in a preliminary discussion draft for the next Capital Campaign. Be aware that this is not a specific plan for the Commons, but a conceptual vision used to test the idea with potential donors. Actual programming for the Commons with happen in the future.

Learning Commons Draft

Dean’s Council Minutes: October 5, 2010

Present: Mara Saule, Nancy Bercaw, Peter Blackmer, Birdie MacLennan, Alison Armstrong, Jeffrey Marshall, Paul Philbin, Jeanene Light (in for Marianne Burke).

I. President and Provost Meeting with Libraries’ Faculty

The Libraries’ Faculty will meet with President Fogel and Provost Knodell during a faculty meeting Thursday, Oct. 7, from 3:15 to 4:30 p.m, in the Dean’s Conference Room. Dean Saule recently met with President Fogel to discuss libraries’ issues including: space, the scholarly communications initiative, information literacy, digitization, and academic planning. (Of note, regarding space, Bailey/Howe recently had 7400 visitors in one day—1000 more than on the same day last year.)

II. Annual Meeting

The Annual Libraries’ Meeting will take place on Tuesday, Oct. 19 in the B/H Staff Lounge from 9 to 11 a.m. Breakfast treats and drinks will be served. Reports from department heads (assembled in one document) will be distributed no later than Friday, Oct. 15.

III. Strategic Planning

The Council made minor adjustments to the Strategic Plan. The revised document is now on the Libraries’ website and on Libstaff.

IV. OPAC

Still at issue, is who decides what is in the OPAC and how it’s provided to our patrons. Where are the boundaries of existing working groups? Mara will convene a small group to discuss and clarify communication channels.

V. Vendor-Supplied Cataloging Data for e-books

Birdie distributed a document about how cataloging is being done for incoming e-books.

VI. Digital Measures

Paul reported on his recent meeting with Larry Kost regarding the software to be used for faculty annual activities and workload reports. Questions remain about security, privacy and workflow.

VII. Other

The Dean’s Council Meeting on Sept. 21 was devoted to the Strategic Plan, as well as the Collection Growth Committee Report. During that meeting, Mara extended her appreciation to Tina Kussey and Jeanene Light, the co-chairs of the committee, along with members Elizabeth Berman, Chris Burns, Andrea Hammond, Patricia Mardeusz, Scott Miller, Scott Schaffer, and Peter Spitzform. Mara will be meeting with them to discuss the report.

Friday Fun: Paperback Writer (Well, actually, Hardcover Writer)

Guess what's back in Circulation? After being checked out 40 years ago, "In His Own Write," by John Lennon has been returned to the library after being found in an apartment in Burlington. And whose name was it checked out to? Our very own Michael Breiner!

Click here for the letter.

Click here for the book.

One More Super Staff!

We inadvertanly left John Printon off the list of outstanding, long-standing Libraries staff. He was included in the dinner party at the Davis Center last week. Congrats John on 15 years of fine work!