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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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Carol Atkins a long time employee of this Library lost her battle with cancer over the weekend. Carol worked in the cataloging department and was an employee here for over 34 years. Carol was an avid reader and could often be found with a new book in her hand actively perusing the pages. All of us who grew to know Carol will miss her very much. In lieu of flowers, contributions in Carol's name can be sent to the American Cancer Society. The Business Services office will also be collecting donations through Friday, September 31.
In mid-September, Pam Thomas moved to a new assignment with Library Information Technology Services, reporting to Jeremy Morgan. Her new duties include helping to develop and maintain web-based library services including online tutorials, videos, mobile applications and more. She will also help to troubleshoot and resolve web-based problems and issues, create user documentation including videos for web-based user applications and tools, and create workshops to inform and train patrons and library staff on new web and emerging technologies. Pam's office will be in the LIT suite on the lower level.
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Exhibition of Marcel Breuer's architecture opens
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Exhibition of Marcel Breuer's architecture opens
 Syracuse University Library's fall exhibition "Assembly-line Architecture: Repetition and Innovation in the Work of Marcel Breuer" opened with a reception on September 13 in the Special Collections gallery on Bird Library's sixth floor. Curated by Teresa Harris, architectural historian and project coordinator for the Marcel Breuer Digital Archive, it showcases original drawings, photographs and documents from Breuer's long career. Like many modern architects, Marcel Breuer found inspiration in the repetition characteristic of industrial processes, often relying on modular units or a standard kit of parts to create his buildings and interiors. The limits imposed by these systems stimulated subtle formal and spatial innovation so that no two designs were exactly alike, despite common components. The exhibition will run until January 11, 2013. |
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Student to Student: Tips and Advice about the SU Library
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Student to Student: Tips and Advice about the SU Library
If students had a chance to tell incoming first year students about the Library, what would they say? And wouldn't those voices be a nice addition to staff-created resources such as the Virtual Tour? Last April, before students hunkered down to prepare for finals, Learning Commons staff gathered a good-sized group from a range of schools and colleges who were interested in sharing their advice and willing to be recorded. Using our HD camcorder and tripod, Pam Thomas and Lauren Dellipoali (the LC student assistant) filmed the students as they addressed questions such as: - What do you wish you had known about the library?
- What is your favorite place to study?
- Do you have any favorite research databases?
- Any advice or tips you can share?
Pam asked the questions off camera while Lauren filmed. Pam then took the raw footage and using Final Cut Studio grouped the responses into meaningful categories, adding many nice visual effects and transitions.
This video is about eight minutes long and includes the most frequently addressed topics. Shorter segments can be used for other purposes and there was even more useful footage that couldn't be included in this film. Do you have ideas for how shorter segments could be used? Do you have a place in your own promotional materials or resource pages where a brief (e.g. one minute or less) video would work well? Big thanks to Pam for this video and to the LC staff and friends who covered the information table in April, soliciting volunteers and answering questions. They were: Abby Kasowitz-Scheer, Charulata Chawan, Eli Liquori, Nancy Turner, and Matt Reschke. To view this video and other LC multimedia, see links on the LC's department page, just below the chat box. |
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Inaugural "Positions of Dissent" symposium lecture
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Inaugural "Positions of Dissent" symposium lecture
On September 20, Helen Horowitz, Sydenham Clark Parsons Professor of History Emerita at Smith College, gave the inaugural lecture in the 2012-13 Ray Smith Symposium "Positions of Dissent," grounded in the unique holdings of the Special Collections Research Center (SCRC) at Syracuse University Library. Her talk was entitled The Battle over Sexual Knowledge in Nineteenth-Century America. For a complete list of public lectures, visit dissent.syr.edu.
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SU Library Data Services Group
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SU Library Data Services Group
The SU Library Data Services Group offers a broad range of services related to the identification, management, analysis, and curation of quantitative and qualitative research data. The group offers the following services to SU faculty, researchers, and students: - Assessment of Data Management Needs
- Assistance with Data Management Plans required by NSF, NIH, and other funders
- Statistics and Numeric Data Services
- GIS Services
- Data Curation in Digital Repositories
Please contact datasvcs@syr.edu for these services or for more information.
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Artwork by Ann Skiold opens in Ortwine Gallery
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Arkwork by Ann Skiold opens in Ortwine Gallery
 Featured works by Fine Arts Librarian Ann Skiold are now on display in the Robert G. Ortwine Gallery on the 6th floor of Bird Library. Skiold's art work can be likened to inscapes; representing the unseen journey of the heart, mind, and soul. Her work holds a vibrant, expressionistic style of subliminal mysterious otherness. She breaks rules and makes her own, because each inscape is uncharted, new and full of discovery. Skiold's collages and paintings convey a duality of raw darkness juxtaposed with a lyrical, playful, sometimes bright and fierce sense of hope and joy. Skiold was born and raised in Sweden where she studied Law and English at Lund's University. She relocated to Santa Barbara, Calif. where she earned a BA in English Literature. Skiold was awarded a Rotary Foundation Scholarship to Flinders University in South Australia resulting in a post graduate diploma in Visual Arts. She completed an MFA with honors in painting, and an MLIS in Library and Information Science and some course work on a PhD in Interdisciplinary Art (Ohio University). Skiold has served as Fine Arts Librarian at Syracuse University Library since 2005. She was also an Adjunct Instructor in painting and color theory at SU's College of Visual and Performing Arts from 2005 to 2008. Skiold has worked as an instructor for the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, in addition to being an art critic for the Santa Barbara Independent. She continues to exhibit and sell her paintings with her poetry. Her work has been seen in many solo and group exhibitions.
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"Lake Effect" discussions, book signings
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"Lake Effect" discussions, book signings
 Mark Monmonier, Distinguished Professor of Geography at Syracuse University, will be discussing his new Syracuse University Press book Lake Effect: Tales of Large Lakes, Arctic Winds, and Recurrent Snows this fall at the following locations:
October 31, 10 to 11 a.m.
Watch his appearance on Bridge Street
November 1, 7 p.m
Barnes & Noble, Dewitt
November 12, 7 p.m.
DeWitt Community Library
November 15, 6 p.m.
The River's End Bookstore, Oswego
November 16, 6:30 p.m.
RiverRead Books, Binghamton
November 19, 7 p.m.
Creekside Books & Coffee, Skaneateles
November 27, 7 p.m.
Barnes & Noble, Pittsford
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DSA committee seeks members
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DSA committee seeks members
A critical function of any quality organization is to recognize the excellence of its staff. Each year Syracuse University Library Assembly (SULA) presents its prestigious Distinguished Service Award to one member of the library staff who has made significant contributions to SUL and the SU community.
Because the DSA is a peer-based award honoring co-workers for their achievements, SULA is seeking three individuals to serve on the committee to select this year's winner. Since the ideal committee will include a diverse group from varying departments and job categories, volunteers are sought from all areas of the library.
Again this year, the DSA ceremony will be incorporated into the library's Winter Holiday Party. As the most widely attended library employee event of the year, an expanded Holiday Party and staff service recognition is a good venue for this important award ceremony.
The commitment for this group would be approximately 1-2 hours per week over a period of 6-8 weeks between October and December. If you are interested in serving on the committee, please check with your supervisor to make sure you will be available during that time frame.
Three members will be selected to represent the widest range of the library community and will be announced in early October. To apply for one of these positions, please email Marianne S. Hanley by Friday, October 5.
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Syracuse University Green Initiatives
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Syracuse University Green Initiatives
 In addition to the Library Green Team, many green things are happening at the University level:
Green UniverseCity
The University's students, faculty and staff act on this commitment to sustainability in many ways: teaching, research and sharing of knowledge related to a healthy and safe environment; an ecological footprint that is respectful of nature.
Sustainability at SU
Each of the two Universities on top of "University Hill" in Syracuse has impressive resources in environmental research and teaching. Together, we offer one of the strongest concentrations of environmental scholarship in the United States.
Syracuse Center of Excellence
The mission of SyracuseCoE is to create innovations in environmental and energy technologies that improve human health and productivity, security, and sustainability in urban and built environments.
USAC: University Sustainability Action Coalition
A group of faculty, staff, and students who are committed to effecting a significant change in campus culture concerning energy use, recycling, and other aspects of sustainability.
Carbon Rally
SU participates in Carbonrally, a fun, simple and social way to reduce energy consumption and fight climate change. Schools form teams, and team members sign up to take various actions to reduce their carbon footprint. Join SU's Carbonrally team!
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Comments and complaints from the Interwebs
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Comments and complaints from the Interwebs
 Almost every day, SU students comment and complain about the Library using Twitter. Almost all of their musings receive a reply from the Library's official Twitter handle, @SyracuseULib. Here are some of the things that have been on their minds (unedited):
- Bird Library's doors are ridiculously deceiving! They make me immensely mercurial.
- Uk ur school is rich when they rent out Macbooks @ Bird library.
- SU needs to invest in more computers for bird library.
- I'm convinced my life would be far less painful if the Bird library computers weren't so slow...
- It pissed me off that you need to restart bird library computers to switch users.
- I've found the worst place on campus to study: Bird Library.
- Why is there construction going on right above the silent room in the library? It's ridiculous and distracting.
- People make the weirdest noises in the dead quiet of Bird Library.
- I always get lost in Bird Library #smh
- Forgot how much i love bird library - said nobody ever.
- Oh bird library, how I love you right meow!
- I miss Club Bird (Library) #Cuse
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Otto spotters
Congratulations to Joseph Sweeney (Learning Commons) for spotting Otto on Eli Liquori's desk. Enjoy your new 'Cuse tumbler!
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!
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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: Paul Bern, TC Carrier, Tasha Cooper, Mona Hamlin, Yuan Li,
Lucy Mulroney, John Olson, Lesley Pease, Ann Skiold, Pam Thomas,
Fantasia Thorne, Suzanne E. Thorin, Nancy Turner
Click here to view past issues of the Library Staff Newsletter
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