As part of the Library's partnership with Gaylord Brothers, the Department of Preservation and Conservation presented two webinars for Gaylord's customers. Planning for Disaster, the second in the series, was presented on November 8th by Conservation Librarian David Stokoe. The show almost didn't go on. Just 20 minutes before the webinar was scheduled to start, an unannounced fire drill forced the evacuation of the building. In the best James Bond tradition, however, disaster was averted and all hands were on deck with just seconds to go. Over 200 viewers from across the US and around the world, including Argentina, Guatemala, and Argentina, participated. Slides and video are available online via SUrface at http://surface.syr.edu/pres_presentations/2/.  

A disaster planning workshop for SUL staff and the region will place on November 30 from 2 to 3:30 p.m. in the Peter Graham Scholarly Commons. An overview of the Library Disaster Plan, supply lockers, and salvage techniques will be given by David Stokoe, Conservation Librarian, and Marianne Haley, Assistant Conservator. Participants will also have the opportunity to try salvage techniques themselves.    

Preservation and Conservation encourage Library staff to take advantage of disaster/salvage training opportunities offered in the Library and to continually refresh their skills. If water damaged items are returned by patrons or otherwise detected, please alert David Stokoe or other Preservation Staff.

On Thursday, November 8, the libraries of SU and SUNY-ESF participated in a "Food for Fines" amnesty day by collecting food for the needy and offering patrons the opportunity to reduce their overdue fines. A total of 535 non-perishable items were collected and donated to the Cathedral Emergency Services food pantry in downtown Syracuse.

Participating libraries include Bird, the Carnegie Library, the Geology Library, the Barclay Law Library, the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, the Architecture Reading Room, and ESF's Moon Library.

As you may know, the library listserv (library@listserv.syr.edu) includes a number of individuals who are not currently affiliated with SU Library, including ESF and Law Library staff, emeritus librarians, and others.  

To provide a mechanism for communication with all current Library/Press staff only, LIT has created a new email distribution list: lib-dl-allstaff@syr.edu.  

Please use this list for any internal communication that is relevant to or should be restricted to current staff only.  

Please let Pamela McLaughlin know if you have any questions.

Joan Green, who donated her collection of about 900 cookbooks to the SU Library.

The cookbook collection at Carnegie supports numerous academic programs at the University, but it is also available to all SU faculty, staff and students for their personal use and enjoyment.  

In addition to hundreds of standard cookbooks, this large and growing collection of over 3,000 volumes also includes cookbooks focusing on international cuisines, specific populations and diets, including vegetarianism, weight loss, and the sick (diabetes, cancer, etc.). Beginning in the 1980s the collection has benefited from several large cookbook donations.  

Whether you are interested in learning new techniques, eating healthier or planning a dinner party for 100, we probably have a cookbook for that!  

See the Cooking at Carnegie Subject Guide for more information about this large and eclectic collection or contact Janet Pease.  

Check out Onondaga County Resource Recovery Agency's (OCRRA) Fall 2012 newsletter full of useful tips on recycling, waste reduction, and trash options.

On Tuesday, November 6, the Library held its annual United Way Election Day Bake Sale in the Learning Commons. Due to the generosity of all the wonderful bakers and buyers, the event exceeded last year's total by a wide margin, raising $185 as part of our gift to the CNY community.   

Don't forget to mark your calendar for the annual United Way Auction Extravaganza on Friday, December 7 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Peter Graham Scholarly Commons. Contributors may drop off auction items -- handmade items, art work, white elephant, theme basket/clever container, and silent auctions -- between now and December 7 to any team member (Carol Cavalluzzi, Nancy Cohen, Pat Hunt, Matt Reschke, Penelope Singer.)   

And last, but certainly not least... don't you wish you could have another day off? Well, you can! Back by popular demand: A Library Day Off Donation Giveaway! Donation tickets are available in the Business Office for just $5.00 each through Friday, December 7. Remember, each $5.00 donation you make increases your chance for a bonus day off!

Thank you for supporting our community through your participation in the Library United Way activities, and by filling out your pledge card. 

There are several ways that you can participate in the Holiday Sharing program:

• Take a ornament off the tree in the basement lounge, buy and wrap the gift listed on the label for the family member.
• Help to provide the ingredients for a holiday meal. A list of suggestions for holiday dinner items can be found here. Contact Cindy Barry if you are planning to bring in some of the items at a later date so she can take them off the list.   
• Donate cash to buy gifts as needed with the remainder going toward grocery store gift cards.

Almost every day, SU students comment and complain about the Library using Twitter. Many of their musings receive a reply from the Library's official Twitter handle, @SyracuseULib or the Learning Commons (@sulibrarylc) Here are some of the things that have been on their minds: 

• SU needs to take a good chunk of the 1 billion they just raised and seriously remodel Bird Library. #mostdepressingplaceoncampus
• It would be great if you could keep the library open 24/7, even on Fridays and Saturdays.   

• The disrespect in SU library. People be making all kinds of noise.    
• Club Bird, can you please be Bird Library for once?   
• Bird Library is for sure not a place to study!     

• Club Bird empty tonight, finally feeling like I'm in a library. 
• Quiet spaces at the SU library might be my favorite thing about this campus.     
• Cal me nerdy but I love how quiet the library is on Sunday mornings.    

• So thankful for access to academic journals thanks to @SyracuseULib.
• There are a lot of books at Bird Library.   
• Bird Library is sinking cuz there's too many books. WHAT IS GOING ON CUSE?!?  
• Sooo can we just take books from Bird Library or do we have to check them out?  

• I already know that Bird Library is too old to get more electrical outlets but that doesn't mean I'm going to stop complaining. 
• Not sure why the entire campus is in club bird right now, but I really need an outlet.   

• It would be really nice if these computers in club bird would go faster so I could actually make it to class on time!
• Wow... just lost everything I been working on since 8:30... thank you Bird Library.   
• It's always at the times you don't need to print anything at all that there are like 50 open computers in Bird Library.
• There are 154 people on the first floor of Bird Library connected to the internet #computernetworkingstalking      

• I swear, Bird Library has the magical powers of making the sun go down in record time.
• Foursquare gave me points for checking into Bird Library five weeks in a row. #nerdproblems
• Invention #56: A sweater that cuddles you while you are miserable in club bird.       

• Still wondering why Bird Library does not have a starbucks in it... #butseriously
• So they remember my coffee order at the cafe in Bird Library.
• Paper towel dispenser just activated for no reason in the bathroom... Bird Library is haunted.  
• Where is my "I Voted" sticker, Bird Library?! Old enough to vote, young enough to demand a sticker reward.  

• LOL at the fact Bird Library tweeted me back. I love it.