Personnel Announcements
Be sure to say "hello and welcome" to the following people who joined
the library's personnel roster in January:
- Bangwei Zhu started her 50% Library Assistant II
position in the Authority
Control section of CatalAcq on January 25. Bangwei had been a student
assistant in our East Asian Collections and also a teaching assistant and
research assistant while attending graduate school. She recently earned an
MA in East Asian Studies. Bangwei was a lecturer at Nanjing Normal
University for 10 years before she came to UCSB. Most recently she was a
Teaching Assistant in the Dept. of East Asian Studies and a Student
Library Assistant in the East Asian Collection.
We're glad to have you with us, Bangwei!
- Susan Duncan started January 26 as the department
secretary for CatalAcq, in
a 50% Library Assistant II position (you will find her there from 8:30-12:30 on
weekdays). For the past five years, she has been office manager
for Murray Duncan Architects in Santa Barbara. Susan
worked here at UCSB in the Military Science department in the 80s, and prior
to that, she was employed as a customer service representative for the
Franchise Tax Board. Welcome (back) to UCSB, Susan!
We're sad to say goodbye to Cecile Brown, whose last day was January 29.
She had been working in the Cataloging section of Serials. Good luck,
Cecile!
Martha Casarez
has replaced Kim Thompson as the head of the Order Section
in Serials, effective January 15. Martha has worked at the Library in a
number of different positions for over 13 years. Most recently she has
been an integral member of the Order Section team. Congratulations,
Martha!
Correction: Last issue, we introduced the new assistant in
Special Collections. Everything we said about her
was true, but we neglected to properly spell her last name. Our apologies go
to Florence Sanchez and take this opportunity to welcome
her again!
Current academic and staff recruitments can be found at the Library
Personnel Office's web page
http://www.library.ucsb.edu/depts/lpo/
Professional & Outside Activities
Judy Gorrindo Quilt on Display
Be sure to drop by the Women's Center to see In Celebration of Fiber Art.
Included in this exhibit, which is presented in collaboration with the
Santa Barbara Quilter's Guild, you will find an elegant white cotton and painted
silk quilt by Judy Gorrindo.
Elizabeth Witherell in Thoreau Country
On January 24, 1999, in Concord, Massachusetts, Elizabeth Witherell
,
Thoreau Edition Editor-in-Chief, gave a talk at the Concord Museum titled:
Thoreau's Transcendental Natural History. The talk, which was
open to
the public, was part of a 1999 lecture series sponsored by the
Thoreau Society, the Concord Museum, and the Thoreau Institute.
Library Announcements & Reports
Thoreau Edition Receives Matching Funds
As was reported in our last issue, The Writings of Henry D. Thoreau,
(the Thoreau Edition), based in the Davidson Library, received a grant from the
National Trust for the Humanities and an additional December 1998 gift from a
private donor. In January, The Writings of Henry D. Thoreau was awarded
$21,000 in National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) matching funds.
Send a CookieGram!
Show someone you care! Send a CookieGram to a co-worker! CookieGrams are
an integral part of the UCSB United Way campaign's efforts to raise money.
They are also a great way to send a personal greeting to your friends and
co-workers around campus. This year, we are selling LARGE "Chewy Chocolate
Chip" cookies (no nuts) from Debbie's Delights that are simply delicious!
CookieGram sales began January 25th and will continue through noon on Thursday,
February 4th. The cost is $1.00 each. You can order your CookieGram through
Coni Edick in the Library Personnel Office (M-F, 8-12 & 1-5). They will
also be sold in front of the UCen February 1-4, 11:30 am - 1:30 pm.
CookieGrams are scheduled for delivery to campus departments on Thursday,
February 11.
So send a sweet message to someone special AND help contribute to the
United Way campaign. All for a mere $1.00. Order your CookieGram today!
(While we're on the
subject....please remember to turn in your United
Way pledge cards to the Library Personnel Office, if you haven't already
done so. Thanks!)
Staff Calendar
Brown Bag Diversity Video
Join us for an informal "bring your own bag lunch" video screening on
Wednesday, February 10 at noon. The Academy Award winning "Days of
Waiting" will be shown, described by the San Francisco Chronicle as "a
poignant documentary about an extraordinary woman, artist Estelle Ishigo,
one of the few Caucasians to be interned with 110,000 Japanese Americans
in 1942...a modern love story set against one of the darkest chapters in
American history."
Brought to you by the Library Diversity Committee, each title in this
"Brown Bag Diversity Series" will be limited to 30-40 minutes in length.
Coffee and Japanese green tea provided on February 10.
Location: 2nd floor conference room. No RSVP's.
- Humanities Reference Librarian Candidates continue instructional
presentations in 1414C, 10am - 10:30am. All Library employees are invited
to attend.
- Friday, February 5 - Sherrie Barnes
- Monday, February 8 - Brian Hancock
- Monday, February 15 - President's HOLIDAY!
News From Other Sources
Library Waves is published monthly.
Editor: Renata Hundley.
Contributors:Louisa Dennis, Andrea Duda, Coni Edick,
Sal Guerena, Lynne Hayman, Cecily Johns, Cathy Turner.
Deadline for the next issue: February 25 - Please submit
your articles to: hundley@library.
ucsb.edu.
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