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January 2002
The
Newsletter of the
Employees of the Libraries
at UC Santa
Barbara
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 Personnel
Announcements |
Welcome!
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Will Burns has taken a new position in the Access Services, Stack
and Serials Services Department. He will be continuing his education
at UCSB in the fields of Environmental Studies and Global Studies.
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 Our
Middle Eastern Studies Librarian, Meryle Gaston, arrived last month.
Meryle came to us from the E. H. Bobst Library at New York University where
she worked as the Middle East Studies Librarian/Associate Curator. She
received her MLS from the University of Southern California and her MA
in Near Eastern Literatures & Languages from New York University.
She speaks and writes several languages including: Arabic, Persian, Syrian,
Hebrew and Turkish. Photos of the receptions which were held to welcome
Meryle can be seen by clicking on this photo.
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Making the Move!
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Wendy Jones is taking on some different responsibilities and a few
more hours in the Serials Department.
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Dennis Olson has accepted the new position of Library Business Officer.
He will be overseeing all budgeting and accounting functions; will coordinate
statistical reporting for the library, supervise the administrative
office staff and receiving room, and coordinate administrative services
and support; will be the department's safety representative and chair our
Safety Committee; serve as liaison for building renovation and physical
facilities tasks; will serve as our contracts and grants officer; and will
be the person who works with Purchasing to negotiate with external suppliers
and vendors such as the copy services company. Dennis will become
a member of the Library Administrative Group.
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Farewell!
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Leeza Charleboix will be leaving CatalAcq. She has decided
to commit fulltime to the Spanish and Portuguese Department on campus.
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Eric Johnson has finished his degree in Communications and left
Stack Services to accept a job with Americorps.
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 After
over 33 years with the Library, Kathleen Robledo is retiring. During
her time here she worked both in Cataloging and Serials. Her plans
for the future are too numerous to mention and will keep her very busy.
To view pictures from Kathie's retirement celebration, click on her photo.
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Current
academic and staff recruitments can be found at the Library Personnel Office's
Website:
http://www.library.ucsb.edu/depts/lpo/
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Announcements & Reports |
Annual Holiday Celebration Has Pegasus Theme
This year's annual winter holiday celebration was a potluck
enjoyed by all who attended. Our annual white elephant gift exchange
was renamed because of the implementation of the new Pegasus this fall.
It seemed appropriate to honor our "winged friend" along with our accomplishments
in working with our new web-based integrated library system. Click
on the photo to see more.
This is a good time to remind library employees that updated documentation,
information on indexing and locations, and Pegasus Systems Group and Pegasus
Web Task Force minutes and tasklists can be found on our L-drive in the
Pegasus 2-2002 folder. Remember to send staff clients or web Pegasus
problems to pegasus@library.ucsb.edu
and suggestions and questions about the web pages to pegweb@library.ucsb.edu.
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World Map Added to Library Wall
 One
of the improvements added to the library during the Winter Recess was the
installation of a mural-sized world map in the central lobby in front
of the 8-story elevators of the Davidson Library. The map was carefully
hung and framed by our campus painters and carpenters and has created a
nice focal point for people walking by or waiting for the elevators. More
photos
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Nyholm Award for 2001 Announced
The Nyholm Award was presented to Catherine Nelson on
January 31st. Here is an excerpt from her nomination packet:
Catherine has made a number of significant
contributions this year. Within the library she has served on the
Pegasus 2 team for years and has been instrumental in finding and
correcting conversion problems. Last year she handled the transition
from Faxon to Ebsco while working on the Aleph implementation and systemwide
projects. She manages the Serials Department, a major achievement
both in terms of the size of the unit and its impact on the entire library.
Systemwide, Catherine served on the Melvyl 2 selection team and is a member
of the Preservation Advisory Group. Both the Melvyl and Pegasus implementations
meant that she had to meet many deadlines; nothing could be put off in
order to accommodate other priorities.
 The
systemwide work on Melvyl 2 was an extensive project, involving lengthy
and detailed specification work, functionality analysis, consultation with
numerous constituencies, review of vendor bids and more. Catherine's
work will benefit users throughout the state and we congratulate and thank
her for her achievements! (Click here or on
the photo to see more.)
The Amy and Jens Nyholm Award is presented annually to the UCSB librarian
who has made an outstanding contribution to librarianship during the past
year, "be it excellence of performance, catalizing influence, or some other
act of distinction." The Nyholm Award, is now funded by a permanent
endowment established this fall by the estates of the late Ada Wood and
(originally) Jens & Amy Nyholm.
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Friends of the UCSB Library To Host Lecture
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. . . and be sure to mark your calendars for March 15th, at 3:30 p.m,
when the new Tibetan Studies Room will officially open. All
are welcome to attend the reception in the Mary Cheadle Room immediately
following the opening ceremony.
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News
From Other Organizations
A bi-weekly electronic newsletter which provides specific updates
on California Digital Library projects and initiatives.
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Connection
The online newsletter for the California State Library and the Library
of California. This is a forum for library issues and library
news statewide.
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*SPARC
e-news*
The monthly update on SPARC (Scholarly Publishing & Academic Resources
Coalition) activities and a look at key publishing industry developments
that have an impact on journal publishing.
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Deadline for the next issue: February 20
Please submit your articles to: Renata
Hundley, Editor.
Contributors: Judy Gorrindo, Debra Park, Sarah Pritchard, Joyce
Ziman.
Photographers: Carol Gibbens, Renata Hundley.
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