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Archives & Records Management joins the Libraries
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Up all night at Carnegie Library
Effective July 1, 2014, Syracuse University Archives & Records Management (ARM) became a division of the Syracuse University Libraries.
ARM preserves records that document the history, organization, policies, activities, and people of Syracuse University and makes those records available to researchers. The organization also is responsible for managing all University records from their creation to their final disposition.
Edward L. Galvin, who has served the University for almost 20 years as its archivist and records manager, will report to Interim Dean Dames and assume a seat as a member of the Libraries' executive team.
ARM staff will continue to occupy office space on the 6th floor of Bird Library. Many of the collections and records that ARM manages, which are housed in Bird Library and in the Hawkins Building on Jamesville Road, will remain in their present location for the foreseeable future. ARM staff shortly will be integrated into the Libraries' communications channels, including telephone, email and listservs.
Please welcome Ed and the ARM staff to the Libraries' family.
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New staff
Stephanie Helsher joined the Libraries on June 16 as a Library Technician in Access & Resource Sharing. She holds an MLIS from Syracuse University and Bachelor's degree from SUNY Geneseo. Stephanie brings library experience from Bryant & Stratton College as well as the Central New York Library Resources Council (CLRC).
Please welcome Stephanie to the Syracuse University Libraries!
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Staff meetings and presentations
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Staff meetings and presentations
Were you unable to attend the all-staff meeting on May 13 about the construction in the lower level of Bird Library? Check out the "Staff Meetings & Presentations" section in SharePoint to view videos of past SUL staff meetings.
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Recycling Numbers and Q&A
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Recycling Numbers Q&A
Tuesday, July 29
Noon | Hillyer Room, Bird Library
Theresa Mandery, Recycling Specialist at Onondaga County Resource Recovery Agency (OCRRA), and Melissa Cadwell, SU Sustainability Division Marketing Manager, will share information about recycling, including:
- Recycling Data: Each year, OCRRA analyzes the numbers--how much was recycled county-wide? How does this compare with previous years? How does OCRRA figure all this out? Theresa Mandery will share information about the current numbers, and how OCRRA gathers and analyzes the data.
- RecycleMania: How well did SU do in the RecycleMania competition? Melissa Cadwell will share information about SU's numbers, and thoughts about what we are doing well, and where we need to do better.
- What to recycle: Theresa and Melissa will respond to questions and answers about recycling such as what can and what can't be recycled.
Please join us and bring your questions! Cookies and beverages will be provided. If you need additional information about this event, please feel free to contact Tasha Cooper.
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SU Press' Director's Choice for 2014
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SU Press' Director's Choice for 2014
 The Press' Director's Choice program is an opportunity to highlight a book from its list that deserves special attention. Penelope Kelsey's Reading the Wampum: Essays on Hodinöhsö:ni' Visual Code and Epistemological Recovery is representative of the exciting and innovative scholarship that has defined the Iroquois and Their Neighbors series since its inception in 1971. I'm proud to recommend this year's "Director's Choice," Reading the Wampum, which makes a significant contribution to our understanding of Hodinöhsö:ni' intellectual history. ... Since the fourteenth century, Eastern Woodlands tribes have used delicate purple and white shells called "wampum" to form intricately woven belts. These wampum belts depict significant moments in the lives of the people who make up the tribes, portraying everything from weddings to treaties. Wampum belts can be used as a form of currency, but they are primarily used as a means to record significant oral narratives for future generations. In Reading the Wampum, Kelsey provides the first academic consideration of the ways in which these sacred belts are reinterpreted into current Haudenosaunee tradition. While Kelsey explores the aesthetic appeal of the belts, she also provides insightful analysis of how readings of wampum belts can change our understanding of specific treaty rights and land exchanges. Kelsey shows how contemporary Iroquois intellectuals and artists adapt and reconsider these traditional belts in new and innovative ways.
Reading the Wampum conveys the vitality and continuance of wampum traditions in Iroquois art, literature, and community, suggesting that wampum narratives pervade and reappear in new guises with each new generation.
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CLRC Bibliotrivia Challenge 2014
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CLRC Bibliotrivia Challenge 2014
Discover Central New York's Treasures with CLRC
The Bibliotrivia Challenge is a scavenger hunt which lets you and a team of up to 3 other people answer questions about CLRC member organizations and their collections.
Put your reference skills to the test, learn about Central New York libraries, and have fun! Win awesome prizes!
- First Prize: $50 gift certificates to Barnes and Noble for each team member.
- Second Prize: A gift certificate for one free CLRC continuing education offering (good for one year) for each team member.
Three Learning Commons librarians (Fantasia Thorne, Tarida Anantachai, and Abby Kasowitz-Scheer) were part of the team that came in second place in last year's contest.
Download the 2014 rules and questions
Completed submissions must be turned in, and all photographic materials must be received, by 4:30 p.m. on Friday, September 3.
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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 and Facebook. 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:
- @SyracuseU why are you devoting 18 million to renovating Newhouse 2 when Bird Library looks horrible on the inside?
- While you're all out doing whatever you do on summer "vacation," there is fun to be had at Bird Library. #foundart http://t.co/XFUOzg8riG
- I mean I'm in BIRD Library so I guess it makes sense that a BIRD just tried to kill me.
- Thank u @SyracuseULib 4 letting us host the Summer Institute for Technology Enhanced Teaching&Learning #sitetl2014 in the Peter Graham Room.
- @SyracuseU: It's hard to beat a good book under the sun, and the SU Library has a Pinterest board of summer reading suggestions: http://ow.ly/xNKpw
- We're making the @printinghistory Upstate NY Chapter happen! Thanks @P22TypeFoundry @RITCaryLibrary & @SyracuseULib pic.twitter.com/F7huGuxCx5
- Finished my Master's degree...still hanging out in libraries! #nerd #SU (@ Bird Library)
- I am spending this beautiful Sunday in Bird Library.
- Hey @SyracuseULib a heads up on the window washing schedule would be awesome so that cyclists don't get stuck without a bike!
- Love this blog post on politeness from @SyracuseULib 's Special Collections Research Center: goo.gl/zKKIhN We're guilty, too!
- The Plastics Collection at @SyracuseULib has over 2500 plastic objects including this super cool celluloid bird cage! pic.twitter.com/rcSS6onr2O
- Discovered why no one was at the library this am--they weren't actually open. Nothing like getting kicked out for trespassing at 7 am! #rebel
- I am so glad I went to check out the map room at the Bird Library. Had a terrific conversation with the map librarian there.
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New Library baby
Congratulations to Eli Liquori (Learning Commons) and his wife on the arrival of their new son, Ethan Liquori, born on June 18. Ethan weighed 8 lbs., 9 oz. and measured 21 inches. Both Mom and Dad are doing great and hope that big brother Aiden is proud of his new sibling.
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Kudos
Nicole Dittrich's book review of The Encyclopedia of Caribbean Religions, a two-volume reference work, was published in Theological Librarianship. The journal is freely accessible online at https://journal.atla.com/ojs/index.php/theolib.
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Charulata Chawan was recently re-elected Eastern Division Governor for Toastmasters District 65. The Eastern Division is made up of 28 clubs with nearly 400 members.
Penelope Singer was recently elected the Toastmasters District 65 Public Relations Officer. District 65 is made up of 105 clubs with nearly 1,500 members.
Both Charulata and Penelope are charter members of the Orange Orators club, which meets every Tuesday at noon in Bird Library. Non-members are always welcome to visit. Meeting locations and more information about Toastmasters can be found on the Orange Orators website. You can also stop either one of them in the halls.
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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 Libraries Staff Newsletter
Editors:
Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin, Julie Sharkey
Contributors: Annette Carbone, Charulata Chawan, Natasha Cooper,
K. Matthew Dames, Nicole Dittrich, Stephanie Helsher, Roberta Gwilt,
Dale King, Eli Liquori, Alice Randel Pfeiffer, Penelope Singer
Click here to view past issues of the Staff Newsletter
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