On display now!
"4,000 Years and Counting"
6th floor gallery
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Staff Profile: Cathy Mulford
Anyone who has met Cathy Mulford knows that she is an upbeat person who enjoys helping people. As a library technician in the Learning Commons, she thrives on being able to connect patrons with resources to help them in their research. What these users, and her colleagues, may not know is that Cathy is not only equipped to help them in their work, but she also has the skills and training to save their lives in an emergency. Cathy is a certified volunteer firefighter, recently completing her first year of service to the Plainville Volunteer Fire Department. She is certified in exterior and scene support, which means that she's responsible for everything from driving emergency vehicles to the scene, traffic control, operating fire engine pumps and throwing up ladders, to assisting in extricating individuals from automobiles and performing CPR on victims. To hone these skills, she and her fellow firefighters meet weekly for training. When home, Cathy is on call. Cathy said she volunteers her time because she "likes helping people as a profession and in my free time. I want to do something worthwhile with my time." No stranger to volunteer work, Cathy also participated in an Operation Southern Comfort trip to Louisiana to rebuild homes after Hurricane Katrina. Operation Southern Comfort (OSC) is an all volunteer organization based in Central New York that rebuilds homes in the Gulf Coast. Cathy spoke about her experience with OSC at a SULA program last semester, after which several of you expressed interest in joining Cathy on her next trip. She is planning another trip in the fall. To learn more about Cathy's volunteer work email her at ccmulfor@syr.edu. |
John Olson credited in Post Standard article
 In a May 14 article entitled "Albany Logic: It's not CNY, it's the Finger Lakes!" Sean Kirst enlisted the help of John Olson, librarian for geographic information systems, in identifying the true center of Central New York. Citing John's research several times in the article, Kirst challenges a recent ruling by Empire State Development, a state agency, that Onondaga County is not a part of the region officially known as "Central New York" and is instead a part of the Finger Lakes region. Click here to read the full article.
Nice work, John! |
SUL staff out and about
 Peter Verheyen has had a busy May so far! On May 8th, he presented Fit to be Bound in New York at the Everson Museum of Art, a lecture about the 100-year history of book arts as practiced in New York State. He discussed the training required to become a binder, the rise of book arts organizations, the materials used in the practice, and the future of bookbinding. This lecture was held in conjunction with the Fit to be Bound exhibit now on display at the Everson until July 11. Peter helped organize the exhibit and served as one of the three jurors. Also on display is the Alphabet in My Own Backyard exhibit, selections of which were created by students in Gail Hoffman's VPA Foundation class. This exhibit was displayed in the Library last summer. Peter also participated in a live webinar hosted by ALA's ALCTS division on May 11th, on the occasion of "Preservation Week." He presented an overview of the conservation and preservation issues facing libraries, cultural organizations, and individuals in a program entitled Archival 101: Dealing with Suppliers of Archival Products, aimed at demystifying the archival product market for the non-preservation specialist. Both presentations can be viewed online.
Peter has also been appointed to the jury of the 2011 Banks/ Harris Preservation Award which honors the memories of Paul Banks and Carolyn Harris, early leaders in library preservation and teachers and mentors for many in the field. The Banks/Harris Award is given each year by the Preservation and Reformatting Section of the ALCTS, a division of ALA.
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Calling all volunteers! 
It's that time of year again! Access Services has their hands full, literally, with all the books that have been returned at the end of the semester. If you have some spare time and would like to help in the reshelving process, please email Eileen Derycke with your availability.
Thanks in advance for your help! |
Learning Commons YouTube site update
The Learning Commons recently added three new videos to its YouTube site. Silent Perfomance, Fiber Arts Opening, and Fiber Architecture Class Displays were all inspired by the fiber architecture installations currently on display.
Click here to view the videos. |
Patrick Williams defends dissertation proposal
In May, subject specialist Patrick Williams successfully defended the proposal for his dissertation at the University of Texas School of Information. The tentative title is "Social presence, interaction, and participation in asynchronous creative writing workshops." Patrick expects to complete and defend his dissertation in the Spring of 2011. |
Green tip of the month 
What do Yellow and Blue make? Green!
Best Buy: selling new stuff, taking old stuff, making the planet a better place
Roughly 82% of consumer electronics end up in a landfill* - that's 1.84 million tons (think 400,000 elephants)! Don't add to it - recycle! Although it may seem like a big hassle, some companies are making it easier, and Best Buy is one of them. So, pull out that old television...or computer monitor...or cell phone...or printer cartridge...or old cables...or just about anything else relating to technology, and take it to them. Best Buy will take it off your hands, no matter what brand it is, no matter how old it is, and no matter where you bought it.
What happens to the items Best Buy accepts? They are sent to one of their recycling partners for repair, repurposing, or recycling, so they don't end up in landfills or in toxic dumps in foreign countries.
For televisions and monitors there's a $10 fee, but you immediately get a $10 gift card, so your net cost is zero. They'll even pick up monitors over 32" and console televisions (remember those behemoths?), as well as freezers, dishwashers, microwaves, ranges and other large appliances!
Why does Best Buy do this? The answer is on their website: "Best Buy is committed to making it easier for consumers to choose greener products, use energy for electronics and appliances more efficiently and provide appropriate end of life solutions for the products we sell."
Get all the information on Best Buy's recycling options at bestbuy.com/recycling. And for more tips and resources, there's always the Green Library Team's web site at researchguides.library.syr.edu/greenlibrary.
* according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
170 Graduating Seniors join Library Associates
As a way to increase membership and interest in Syracuse University Library Associates, Class of 2010 graduates were offered a free year's membership to the organization. An email promoting this offer was sent to all graduates the first week of May, and, so far, 170 seniors have activated their free membership.
Library Associates membership includes online access to ABI/INFORM Complete and ProQuest Research Library, databases purchased specifically by Library Associates as a benefit to membership. Members also receive invitations to Library Associates' events, a library borrowing card, access to a member's only section of the website where they can view past lectures, among other benefits.
All correspondence with this group has included Kathleen White as the contact for questions or concerns. If you receive a call or email with questions about this promotion, please forward them on to libassoc@syr.edu or 443-8782.
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Staff News
Got news? Please feel free to send us any news items that you would like to share with colleagues -- graduations, weddings, new babies, travels, and such. As always, we welcome your feedback, comments, questions, or story ideas. Send your contributions to libcom@syr.edu.
Many thanks for your interest!
The Editors
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