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Thorin's last words
Dear Friends and Colleagues:
 As I leave for Maine, I want to thank all of you for your wonderful work in the Libraries. As I look back over nearly eight years, I am proud of your achievements on behalf of the students and faculty at Syracuse University. From building the SU Library Facility to adding significant services for the faculty and building the first version of the Learning Commons, you have all been a part of our success. I wish you everything good in your work and personal lives.
All Best,
Suzanne |
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SUL name change and new visual identity
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Effective on July 1, 2013, the Library's official name will change from "Syracuse University Library" to "Syracuse University Libraries". There are several reasons for this change:
- It helps move the University community away from its Bird-centric orientation;
- It helps identify the network of facilities we manage for members of the SU community;
- It begins to adjust notions of principal or special collections being tied to a specific building, and instead begins to foster inclusion of our collections within a system of facilities;
- It facilitates future conversations about movement of collections to the Library Facility on South Campus.
Making a name change necessitates a change to the visual identity used on stationery, the website, and all manner of other corollary materials. To address this, a team of library staff (Cindy Barry, Pamela McLaughlin, Jeremy Morgan, Julie Sharkey, Penelope Singer, and Ron Thiele) have created a new visual identity (shown above) that has been approved by Dean Thorin and Interim Dean-designate K. Matthew Dames.We have compiled a (long!) list of places where the identity will need to be replaced and will begin rolling it out over the course of the summer, with the goal of having the highest profile changes done by the start of the fall semester. We will be reaching out to specific individuals over the coming weeks to help facilitate updating various items for which they are responsible. We are also in the process of ordering new stationery. We will update the organizational name on business cards at the time they need to be reordered.To assist in the transition to the new identity, the team has created a style guide and will place a variety of the new graphics files and templates in the Library Identity Materials folder on the shared drive. Please begin using this new terminology and graphics on July 1, for example, update your email signatures and voicemail greeting.Please let Pamela McLaughlin know if you have any questions. Thanks for your assistance as we make this transition.
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Access & Resource Sharing news
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Access & Resource Sharing news
Syracuse University Library Hosts National Interlibrary Loan ConferenceSyracuse University Library, along with SUNY-ESF and Upstate Health Sciences Library, will host the 2013 Information Delivery Services (IDS) Project Conference from July 31st to August 2nd at the Crowne Plaza Hotel. The IDS Project Conference will feature tracks on resource sharing, open access, coordinated collection development, open source software development, and scholarly publishing. Syracuse University Library has been a member of the IDS Project for several years, with SU Library staff serving in a variety of roles in the award-winning organization. ................................................................................................................................................. Syracuse University Library Joins Libraries Very Interested in Sharing (LVIS) On May 10th, SU Library joined the international resource sharing group "LVIS," which is comprised of almost 2,800 University, College, Medical, Public, and Special Libraries. LVIS was founded 20 years ago by the Indiana State Library and the Missouri Library Network, and has grown steadily into a global group of libraries who are dedicated to encouraging sharing of collections. As a member of this group, SU will receive free Interlibrary Loan services from any of the LVIS libraries in exchange for SU Library sharing its collections. With the LVIS group's blend of research, medical, popular, international, and government collections, having free access to these collections complements and supplements SU's collections and existing resource sharing memberships.
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SULA Officer Elections 2013
 Thanks to all who sent in nominations for the SULA officer elections. The polls are now officially open! Please select and submit your choices between now and July 5 using the following form: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/QRMPZ6TIf you have any questions, please e-mail Tarida or Steven. SULA Nominating Committee: Tarida Anantachai, Steven Hoover, Uma Sharma
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Make your summer sustainable
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Make your summer sustainable
 Will you be away from your campus office for an extended period this summer? If so, before leaving, please do the following: - Turn off and unplug all office and personal electronics such as computers, monitors, printers, paper shredders, televisions, chargers, etc.
- Take home plants or have a co-worker take care of them.
- Close and lock all windows.
- Turn off all office lights on your way out.
All of these efforts save energy and contribute to SU's Climate Action Plan, the institutional blueprint for becoming carbon neutral.
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SU Press newsletter: Pressing Issues
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SU Press newsletter: Pressing Issues
 Syracuse University Press is happy to announce the launch of its quarterly press newsletter which will be released every June, September, December, and March. Each issue will provide readers with information on upcoming book events, recent awards and media attention, forthcoming titles, and author interviews. The newsletter will also communicate any changes or news related to the press, introducing new staff members, new publishing initiatives, and letting readers know about upcoming conferences staff will be attending. The newsletter is sent to booksellers, librarians, authors, the University community, press partners, and anyone interested in SU Press. If you would like to receive a copy, please contact Lisa Kuerbis at kuerbis@syr.edu. |
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Quimby's "Plastics" case study selected by ARL
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Quimby's "Plastics" case study selected by ARL
In 2012, the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Working Group on Transforming Special Collections in the Digital Age issued a call for proposals of case studies that demonstrated how special collections was being aligned, integrated, mainstreamed, or centralized into broader library operations. Twenty-six ARL institutions answered the call, offering a wide array of examples. Sean Quimby, Senior Director of Special Collections, submitted Syracuse University Library's story of marshaling resources from across the library to drive the acquisition of and access to its plastics collection to support an area of developing research strength at the university. Sean's case study, entitled "'There's a Great Future in Plastics': Mainstreaming a Special Collection" was one of six cases selected to document a diverse set of models in ARL's flagship publication Research Library Issues (RLI). Read Sean's essay (pages 13-18), as well as the five other specially-selected submissions. Congratulations, Sean!
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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 social media outlets, such as 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:
- Every table is empty at Bird Library and this guy has to sit with me.
- Thank you @SyracuseULib 4 allowing us 2 host #SITEL2013 in the Spector. It was a wonderful place 2 host!
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Otto spotters
 After visiting the departments of Access & Resource Sharing and Resource and Scholarship in April, Otto seems to be missing in action.
Have you seen him? 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: Tarida Anantachai, Melinda Dermody, Lisa Kuerbis,
Suzanne E. Thorin, Sean Quimby
Click here to view past issues of the Library Staff Newsletter
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