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Libraries' meeting spaces are now self-service
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Libraries' meeting spaces are now self-service
The Libraries recently renovated its meeting spaces. One of the design goals was to allow users of our rooms to easily setup and take down their own presentation equipment. What does this mean for you? The expectation is that you'll be able to setup, operate, and turn off any equipment you'll need on your own. This includes preparation for all events -- webinars, meetings, guest speakers, special events, etc.
Effective Monday, September 21, all Libraries' meeting spaces are now self-service. This applies to internal and external users of the Libraries' spaces. - User guides are available in each room and viewable on the Shared drive at G:\LIB\Shared\IT Services\Meeting Equipment Guides.
- For those who may not know who their Technology Associate is, a list can be found in SharePoint.
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New Libraries Management Team formed
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New Libraries Management Team formed
The new Libraries Management Team (LMT) will be the main decision-making and information-disseminating management and leadership group in the Libraries (except for matters of a confidential nature). It will replace the Dean's Team. LMT will oversee programs, policies, and projects, and inform Libraries' strategic directions. Team membership will be revisited annually; sub-committees and task forces set in motion by this group are expected to include others from across the Libraries and beyond. The first LMT meeting was held on Monday, September 28.
Current LMT members are:
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DeAnn Buss
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Lisa Moeckel
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TC Carrier
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Lucy Mulroney
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Robert Cleary
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Kelley Parker
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Melinda Dermody
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Lesley Pease
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Nicolette Dobrowolski
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Janet Pease
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Jenny Doctor
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Alice Pfeiffer
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Amy Dygert
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Suzanne Preate
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Bobbi Gwilt
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David Seaman
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Tom House
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Russell Silverstein
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Dale King
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Ron Thiele
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Pamela McLaughlin
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Scott Warren
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Meg Mason
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Mark your calendars!
September 'Caregiving Conversation'
Date: Tuesday, September 29 Time: 2 to 3:30 p.m. Location: Bird Library, 6th floor, Hillyer Room (606) The 'Caregiving Conversations' series consists of a monthly, informal, brown bag discussion of caregiving experiences among library staff. It provides a safe setting to share and to brainstorm ways in which we might help and support one other. Registration is not required and after a brief discussion of ground rules, attendees are free to shape the conversation that is needed on any given day. Feel free to bring your lunch. We hope to see you at a CC in the coming months! Upcoming Conversations:
- Wednesday, October 28 from 12:30-2 p.m. in Bird Library, 6th floor, Hillyer Room (606)
- Monday, November 23 from 1-2:30 p.m. in Bird Library, 6th floor, Spector Room (608)
- Friday, December 18 from 12:30-2 p.m. in Bird Library, 6th floor, Hillyer Room (606)
These events are brought to you by the SULA Family Caregivers Standing Committee.
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SUL Happy Hour
Date: Thursday, October 1
Time: 4:30 p.m.
Location: Faegan's Pub, 734 South Crouse Avenue
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Staff meetings and presentations
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Staff meetings and presentations
Were you unable to attend the State of the Libraries meeting on September 22? Check out the " Staff Meetings & Presentations" section in SharePoint to view videos of past SUL staff meetings.
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"Networks": 2015 Humanities Center Syracuse Symposium™
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"Networks": 2015 Humanities Center Syracuse Symposium™
 This Fall, Syracuse Symposium™, organized and presented by the Syracuse University Humanities Center in the College of Arts and Sciences, explores networks' diverse meanings, possibilities, and histories. What alternative ways of thinking do networks make possible (and what do they foreclose)? Do networks offer new opportunities for collective action, different means of artistic collaboration, or alternative paths to knowing? How can we think about networks and networked cultures without reducing them to a single, undifferentiated mass of nodes?
The Libraries' are a co-sponsor of three events in the Symposium's fall lineup:
"Networks and Digital Humanities: Six Degrees of Francis Bacon" Chris Warren (Carnegie Mellon University) and Daniel Shore (Georgetown University)
Public Lecture: Thursday, Sept. 17, 5 p.m.
Peter Graham Scholarly Commons, Bird Library
Warren and Shore are co-founders of Six Degrees of Francis Bacon, a collaborative digital project attempting to reconstruct Great Britain's Early Modern social network (c. 1500s-1700s). Launched in 2012 with support from a Google Faculty Research Award, the open source project enables scholars and students to curate a dataset of more than 13,000 people and nearly 200,000 relationships.
Jennifer Roberts (Harvard University)
Public Lecture: Tuesday, Nov. 17, 6 p.m.
Peter Graham Scholarly Commons, Bird Library
An expert in North American art from the colonial period to the present, Roberts is the Elizabeth Cary Agassiz Professor of the Humanities in Harvard University's Department of History of Art + Architecture. She investigates a key question that lies at the intersection of network studies and print studies: How do we define the relationship between social networks that replicated images enable, and the physical networks enabling those images to be replicated in the first place?
"Networks and Digital Humanities: Other Networks"
Lori Emerson (University of Colorado Boulder)
Public Lecture: Wednesday, Nov. 18, 5 p.m.
Peter Graham Scholarly Commons, Bird Library
Director of CU-Boulder's Media Archeology Lab, Emerson studies the digital humanities, along with media theory and archeology, the histories of computing and telecommunications, and experimental writing. She is currently working on a two-part book project about the shift from liberationism via telecommunications networks in the 1970s and '80s to libertarianism via the Internet, starting in the early '90s.
View the full schedule of symposium events: http://www.syracusehumanities.org/syracuse-symposium/fall-2015/
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Office locations
 Need to find a colleague? With the number of recent office relocations, this can sometimes be a challenge. To reduce the confusion, staff in the Administration Office have created a new staff list that includes name, department, email, phone, and office location. The list is linked from the staff web page and posted in SharePoint. Updates to the list can be sent to Ann Murphy.
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New Learning Commons scanner/printer
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New Learning Commons scanner/printer
The first floor of Bird Library has a new scanner/printer, the Xerox WorkCentre 7556. At this point in time the scan to USB and scan to email functions are enabled. Printing will be enabled soon as a backup color and black and white option when either of the other two printers are down for service.
Patrons are able to use the scan functions without the need for a copy card on this unit!
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Publications
Lesley Pease (Learning Commons) published " A New Learning Commons Connection with Art Students and Their Faculty" in Volume 22, Issue 1 of College & Undergraduate Libraries, a peer-reviewed journal published by Taylor & Francis. The article addresses the theme of "connecting" and illustrated one way our Learning Commons has connected with art/design students and their faculty, leveraging our Learning Commons spaces and staff.
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New Library grandbaby
Dale King (Administration) welcomed a grandson, Dylan Christopher King on September 18. Dylan weighed 9 lbs., 10 oz. He is the son of Adema and Christopher King. All are doing well.
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Comments from the Interwebs
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Comments from the Interwebs
SU students continue to comment about the Libraries using social media outlets, such as Twitter and Facebook. Many 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:- Amazing that @miketirico just referenced @SyracuseU's Bird Library on Monday Night Football by saying Colts' stadium reminded him of Bird Library because it was so quiet.
- Social media in real life. Spotted this white board at Bird Library. #socialmedia #NHsmtp http://t.co/dx9qxHCEtv
- We're making the @printinghistory Upstate NY Chapter happen! Thanks @P22TypeFoundry @RITCaryLibrary & @SyracuseULib. pic.twitter.com/F7huGuxCx5
- Study spots at SU were also great nap spots! Top 3: Panasci Lounge, the Jabberwocky & 2nd floor of @SyracuseULib. #SouthCampusLife
- Studying in the @SyracuseULib between classes! #somuchwork
- How much time can a girl spend in #ClubBird in one day? #SundayFunday #NHsmc
- I'm at club bird before 8 a.m. because I have an exam in two hours lol some things never change.
- Nobody parties at 'Cuse. Everyone just stays in their rooms unless it's for class, food or Bird Library.
- My friends and I called Bird Library #ClubBird - socializing central! Did anyone ever get anything done there? Gold star if you did!
- Send help to SU library study room 324.
- Trying not to jump off the top of Bird Library when I think about how much my books cost.
- At Bird Library's cafe, where no one is reading any books (just phones and laptops).
- Free snacks, coffee, and an Atari exhibit is up at my last day working @SyracuseULib *squints eyes* Well played.
- Just missed chicken fingers in Ernie by 9 minutes and I am genuinely on the 4th floor of Bird Library crying now.
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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
Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin, Julie Sharkey
Contributors: Melinda Dermody, Mona Hamlin, Dale King, Lisa Moeckel, Ann Murphy,
Kelley Parker, Lesley Pease, Suzanne Preate, Russell Silverstein, Scott Warren
Click here to view past issues of the Staff Newsletter
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