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All-Staff Meeting
Friday, October 5 at 10:00 a.m.
Peter Graham Scholarly Commons
The purpose of this meeting is to relay the latest information about the library review,
scheduled for October 14 - 17.
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Pages Patio Café a success
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Pages Patio Café a success
 The Library's two-day outdoor café for parents and families was a success! This was our second year of sponsoring the event during SU Welcome, in partnership with Food Services and the Parent's Office. Our numbers were much higher than last year, and our customers were so appreciative of the free snacks and beverages and a nice, shaded place to sit. The campus map and move-in booklet proved to be handy tools for answering most of their questions. People helped in so many ways: creating the schedule, working a shift, making signs or flyers, designing and filling the centerpiece baskets, working with the tent vendor, moving furniture in and out of the building, providing balloons, supplying and refilling food and drink, drawing people to the tent, suggesting various bee deterrents, and so much more! Thanks to all who helped out!
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Carnegie and SU Library Facility progress
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Carnegie and SU Library Facility progress Carnegie Library restoration
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SUL summer game nights
The summer activities planning group definitely had their hands full this summer! Students from Summer College (high school students) visited the library twice for evening events. Fantasia Thorne and Abby Kasowitz-Scheer worked closely with the Director of Summer College, Binh Huynh to plan both game nights and two new games were created for these events.
The first event fell on July 13th, so the concept of the event was Friday the 13th. Abby and Fantasia created a scavenger hunt, wherein the students followed clues placed on floors 1-5 of the library to answer crossword puzzle questions. As the students collected clues, they received jigsaw puzzle pieces, which formed a picture that was also Friday the 13th themed. Each team had a separate color theme, so all the materials they collected (books and articles) corresponded to their team color. The first teams to complete their crossword puzzle -- and also collect all 13 jigsaw puzzles pieces and put the puzzle together -- won the first, second, and third place prizes.
The second event consisted of the game show Family Feud. Minute to Win It games were also set up for the students to play. Abby created the Family Feud PowerPoint, and Fantasia found questions online from the game show. Small give-away prizes and refreshments were provided to the students by Summer College during both events.
SummerStart students also visited the library for a game night event, with the activity following the same model as it did last year. The students competed in a mini "Library Lock-In" by forming groups of two and answered questions using library materials. Students participated in library instruction sessions the day before the evening event, and were able to put their knowledge to the test!
The planning committee (including Abby, Fantasia, Tarida Anantachai, and Camille Chesley) would like to thank all of our volunteers and those who help to create materials and promotional items: Annie Rauh, Nancy Turner, Rachel Fox Von Swearingen, Bonnie Foster, Eli Liquori, Gabrielle Gosselin, Richard Ortiz, Sarah Allis, Barbara Jackson, and Joe Sweeney.
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SUL Mentoring Group Brown Bag series
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SUL Mentoring Group Brown Bag series
The Mentoring Group Brown Bag series this year aims to help you develop skills in conference presentations and publication. Plan to come and share your experiences and let's learn from one another.
Posters That Work Tuesday, September 25 (Noon to 1:30 p.m.)
True life examples of conference posters, created by SU Librarians, and what worked and did could have worked better.
From Project to Presentation Tuesday, November 6 (1:00 to 2:30 p.m.)
Don't have time to conduct an extensive research project? How to think about your work projects as publishable.
What Do Editors Want? Wednesday, February 13 (Noon to 1:30 p.m.)
Based on the ALA Panel that Melinda Dermody organized at ALA, an informal discussion of what publishers and editors are looking for in article submissions.
Portfolio Sharing Thursday, April 25 (1:00 to 2:30 p.m.)
Our ever-popular sharing of SUL promotion portfolios.
Summer Brown Bag - Project Sharing
Working on a special project that you'd like to share? Put it in a poster and bring it to this session. Let's have a mini-conference/poster session here in the library to share our work.
As always, please contact one of the mentoring group members if you have questions:
Nancy Turner (coordinator), Marty Hanson, Susan Kline, Yuan Li, Peter Verheyen.
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Two SU Press books win award
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Two SU Press books win award
Co-recipients of the Latifeh Yarshater Book Award presented by the International Society of Iranian Studies:
Modernity, Sexuality, and Ideology in Iran: The Life and Legacy of a Popular Female Artist
by Kamran Talattof
by Farzaneh Milani
The Latifeh Yarshater Book Award is given every two years to a work that contributes, directly or indirectly, to the improvement of the status of women in Persian societies.
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GreenTip: 10 Tips for Staying Waste-Free at Work
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GreenTip
10 Tips for Staying Waste-Free at Work (via Earth911.com)
 It's tough to keep environmental impact at a minimum while you're away from home. And when you're in a highly-regimented environment like the office, reducing waste and shrinking your footprint can seem next to impossible. But don't fret, eco-minded employee. You can easily cut office impact by making a few quick adjustments to your daily routine. Check out these 10 simple tips for staying waste-free at work, and cut the footprint of your workday in half.
- Pack your own lunch
Bringing your own lunch and snacks to the office in reusable containers not only reduces packaging waste, but can also put thousands of dollars back into your pocket annually.
- Green your commute
The average American family's weekday commute produces around 7,000 pounds of carbon emissions every year.
- Reduce paper use
The average office worker in the U.S. uses 10,000 sheets of copy paper each year.
- Cut back on packing waste
Packing and shipping can create loads of office waste, but you can still do your part to keep those trash cans empty.
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Outlook 2010: Click here to download pictures?
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Outlook 2010: Click here to download pictures?
Have you ever seen this message at the top of an email?
Outlook is actually trying to be helpful by not automatically downloading images when you receive new emails from people or websites you don't recognize. However, without pictures, these messages (such as this newsletter) might be hard to read.
Fortunately, it's easy to make sure you can see emails as they were intended to be seen (including images), by adding the email address to your address book and safe sender list. - Open the email in Outlook 2010.
- Click on the stripe that says Click here to download pictures. To help protect your privacy, Outlook prevented automatic download of some pictures in this message.
- Select Add Sender to Safe Senders List.
Once you've made the selection, the email should display correctly and you shouldn't have to choose "download pictures" from this sender again.
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SUL staff take on Toastmasters leadership positions
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SUL staff take on Toastmasters leadership positions
 Congratulations to three of our staff members who recently took on leadership positions in Toastmasters. Charulata Chawan is now the Area 12 Governor overseeing five clubs. Newly elected officers for the Orange Orators club are Gerri C. McCarthy, Sergeant-at-Arms and Penelope Singer, Vice President Public Relations. Gerri is also the Past President. Both Charulata and Penelope are charter members of the Orange Orators.
The Orange Orators, the Syracuse University chapter club of Toastmasters International, meets every Tuesday in the Peter Graham Scholarly Commons from noon to 1 p.m. Guests are always welcome to see what it's all about, or you can visit www.orangeorators.org or email contact@orangeorators.org as well. A fun time is always guaranteed.
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Online suggestion box kudos
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Online suggestion box kudos
 "This isn't a suggestion but I wasn't sure where to send kudos so I hope this gets to the right people. Last week I found the book I needed but it was located at the Science and Technology Library. I realized this meant I couldn't get it myself. I had hoped to have it for the weekend but I assumed there would be a delay once I requested it. I can't tell you how happy I was that I received an email the same day (actually, within a few hours) telling me the book was at Bird and available for pick up. I was shocked and very impressed at the speed of service. Thanks for offering this delivery option!"
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Otto spotters
Congratulations to Rachel Fox von Swearingen (RCSC) for spotting Otto above Penelope Singer's desk. Enjoy your new "angry Otto" socks!
Entering isn't hard -- if you spot our plush Otto in the Library, snap a picture and send it, along with details of where you saw him, to libcom@syr.edu for a chance to win a prize!
 Otto needs your help
He's starting a scrapbook of everyone he's hung out with but unfortunately his memory is not so great. Okay, it's pretty terrible, and that's why Otto's making the scrapbook in the first place. If Otto's hung with you, would you mind sending your name and an approximate date of when he came by to libcom@syr.edu? You're welcome to send Otto a personalized note for his scrapbook too, but he understands if you forget.
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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!
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The Syracuse University Library Staff Newsletter
Editors:
Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin, Julie Sharkey
Contributors: TC Carrier, Lisa Kuerbis, Lesley Pease, Russell Silverstein,
Penelope Singer, Rachel Fox von Swearingen, Fantasia Thorne, Nancy Turner
Click here to view past issues of the Library Staff Newsletter
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