January 1999 In this issue:   Personnel Announcements   Professional & Outside Activities   Library Announcements & Reports   Staff Calendar   News From Other Sources   Building Update

We are woven from many diverse threads,
Yet we make one glorious quilt.
Wishing you a world of Peace & Joy

(Inscribed on the cake served at our library holiday party - Happy New Year!)

  Personnel Announcements

Be sure to say "hello and welcome" to the following people who joined the library's personnel roster in December:

• December 7 - Cecile Brown, LA II in Serials. Cecile had been working for the UCSB Bookstore as a book receiving manager and before that as an office manager at Planned Parenthood. She will be working in the Serials cataloging section.

• December 15 - Sandy Lewis, Associate Librarian in SEL. Sandy comes from Arkansas State University where she was a reference librarian. She has a BA in History/Government and got her MLS from the University of Missouri. Her position here is Sciences & Engineering Reference Librarian in SEL. MORE about Sandy

• December 18 - Florence Sanches, LA II in Special Collections. Florence just moved from Kokomo, Indiana, "back" home to Santa Barbara. She worked at Indiana University in the Library and in Alumni Relations. She had also previously worked at the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden as a horticultural assistant and as a library assistant. She's the new assistant in Special Collections (replacing Walt Grunden, who replaced Lori Ritchie).

• January 4 - David Gartrell began his appointment as the Project Archivist for the Humanistic Psychology Archives, in the Special Collections Department. This is a three-year grant-funded project. The Archives includes collections relating to Rollo May, Carl Rogers, Virginia Satir and other notable individuals and organizations. Mr. Gartrell received his Master of Library and Information Science from UCLA.  He just recently ended a position at the UCLA Biomedical Library, where he worked as the Archivist for the John C. Liebeskind History of Pain Collection. His office is in Special Collections.

  Ali Khalil, who works in both RBR and the Loan Desk became a citizen last month. Congratulations Ali!

  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

A Note of Thanks To Concerned Staff

November 23, 1998

Concerned Staff
Davidson Library
University of California
Santa Barbara, CA 93106

Dear Library Staff:

On behalf of all of those you have helped with your wonderful generosity, we at Direct Relief extend our most sincere thanks. The devastation of Hurricane Mitch is enormous and much of the population of Nicaragua and Honduras are victims.

Your financial assistance will enable us to provide critically needed medical supplies to heal people and prevent further disease. Many many people will be assisted due to your kindness and for this you should be proud. The UCSB Library staff is obviously a "concerned" and responsive group of fine people. Thank you.

Sincerely yours,

Max P. Goff Executive Director Direct Relief International

  Library Announcements & Reports

• Memo From Chancellor Yang

  We are extremely pleased with the appointment of Sarah M. Pritchard as our new University Librarian. . .

• Library Holiday Party Attended by Record Number

  The Holiday Celebration on December 15th, was attended by a record number of library employees: 42 staff, 30 students and 22 librarians resulting in 94 attendees (and 94 white elephants). Cost of the Holiday Affair remained at $5.00 each for a selection of Chinese food from Panda Express, a cream cake from Hennings, and orange punch.

  The RBS student crew (with Rob Crew) decorated and arranged the seating using all areas of the staff room. Mary Larsgaard, Sal Guerena, and Carol Gibbens handled the gifts and cultural diversity information. Chris Palacio arranged for a delicious sheet cake (half yellow with strawberry filling, half chocolate with vanilla). Sherry DeDecker and Pat Dawson artfully distributed the 94 gifts.

  Click here to see party photos

• Thoreau Edition Receives Gifts

  The Writings of Henry D. Thoreau, (the Thoreau Edition), based in the Davidson Library, recently received a gift of $20,000 from the National Trust for the Humanities.  This gift, which was received on December 15, 1998, is eligible for a matching amount from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) as part of the Editions' 1997-99 NEH grant.  The National Trust Funds were made available from the Barkley Fund.  (The Edition was the recipient of a $10,000 gift from the National Trust in December 1997; that gift was matched by NEH).  The Edition received another December 1998 gift - $1,000 from a private donor.  That gift is also eligible for matching. 

• United Way Campaign Begins

  The 1999 UCSB United Way campaign is now getting under way. This is a wonderful (and convenient!) opportunity for UCSB employees to help support the many local health and human service agencies that serve our community. The United Way Network for Caring can distribute your donation to over 70 service programs throughout south Santa Barbara County. Or you can choose the "Isla Vista-UCSB Connection" to support IV and UCSB organizations such as the University Children's Center and Isla Vista Youth Projects, among others. Or you have the option of targeting your donation to any charitable agency that you consider most important. The choice is yours.

  You will soon be receiving a packet containing United Way information and pledge cards. Instructions on completing the pledge card are included in your packet. You can donate through payroll deduction or make a one-time gift. Please note that if you are currently giving through payroll deduction and do not return your card, your deduction will continue. Please return your pledge card by February 12 to the Library Personnel Office or mail it directly to Accounting & Financial Services.

• CEMA profiled in 93106

  Staff Calendar

• Instructional Presentations by Social Sciences Reference Librarian Candidates

  • Thursday, January 14 - Linda McCann
    
  • Friday, January 15 - Shirin Jamasb
    
  • Monday, January 25 - Lissa Lord

• January 12 - DRA demo

  DRA will be in town to demonstrate the latest enhancements to the library system we hope to bring up in 1999. They will be showing off various parts of their system in Room 1414c. Due to the confined quarters, contact Beverly Ryan if you would like to attend.

  9:00 am  12:00 noon
        Technical Services
        Cataloging Client
        Serials Client

  1:00 pm  4:00 pm
      Circulation
      OPAC (Web2)

• Monday, January 18 - ML King Day HOLIDAY!    

• November 1998 E-news for ARL Directors:  Part 1

  Includes Digital Millennium Copyright Act link . . .

• LC Cataloging Newsline

  Online Newsletter of the Cataloging Directorate, Library of Congress

• HighWire Press And ISIŽ Collaborate on Providing Links

• SPARC in the News

  SPARC: The Scholarly Publishing & Academic Resources Coalition

• More from SPARC

  ARL announces . . .

  Building Update

There is a new Website for info on our building . . .

Library Waves is published monthly. Editor: Renata Hundley. Contributors:Detrice Bankhead, Louisa Dennis, Andrea Duda, Coni Edick, Carol Gibbens, Cecily Johns, and John Vasi. Deadline for the next issue: January 25 - Please submit your articles to: hundley@library. ucsb.edu.