Quite a few new staff have joined LTS since our last issue, and some of our more seasoned colleagues have take on new roles. We are pleased to welcome the following folks to new responsibilities:
Willa Collins joined the Music Library as acquisitions assistant in July 2007. Currently a PhD candidate in musicology at Cornell, Willa is writing a dissertation on Adolphe Adams’ ballet, Le Corsaire. Willa has had a fascination with books since early childhood and enjoys the intricacies and challenges involved with her new position. She has previous library experience at Rice University in Houston, Texas.
Sutani Havananda is the new processor for Thai-language materials in the Inputting Unit. She joined the unit on May 10, having previously worked as a volunteer in the Echols collection. She has also worked as a systems analyst for the Secretariat of the Senate in Bangkok, and as an instructor at the Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University, also in Bangkok .
Beth Kelly joined LTS Cataloging in May as music cataloger, but she is no new-comer to LTS. Beth has worked part-time in the Music Library since 2000, where she gained experience in acquisitions, serials check-in, gift processing, materials supply, and reference duties. Beth is also a flutist and performs with various groups in the area and also teaches privately. She has two children and a dog, and she enjoys dancing tango in her spare time.
Johnathon Schultz is a new part-time programmer in Metadata Services. Johnathon is currently a freshman at TC3, but he will be transferring to Cornell next fall to major in computer science. His duties include the management and maintenance of the Metadata Service website as well as writing a variety of programming scripts that typically convert data into XML. Johnathon's work is very important to the support that Metadata Services will be increasingly be offering CUL units, departments, and libraries.
Heather Shipman joined the Inputting unit on August 2nd. A Cornell Graduate in the Astronomy program, she brings a variety of language and computer skills to the unit, as well as previous experience working in the Bookselling business and as a Physics tutor at Indiana University of Pennsylvania.
Sandy Sinclair became as Blanket Order/Approval Coordinator in Acquisitions in May 2007. Sandy was originally hired by Database Management as a term employee to work on the medium-rare books to be transferred to the Annex. In addition to her past work at Cornell, Sandy 's experience includes 13 years in technical services at SUNY at Stony Brook and New York Institute of Technology.
Zoe Stewart-Marshall transferred from Database Management Services to the Electronic Resources and Serials Management (ERSM) unit in July to become electronic resources librarian in that group. Zoe continues as the LTS liaison for Annex related work, but now spends about 50% of her time supporting electronic resources. Her focus is on workflow improvements through application of various quality control measures such as automated link checking. Zoe’s experience with automated and batch solutions is helping ERSM meet its goal of preemptively addressing user access problems. Zoe is also examining issues related to our e-book collections and workflow.
Joseph Thomas is the new Electronic Resources Librarian in the ERSM unit. Joseph comes to Cornell from Eastern Carolina University in Greenville, NC. Besides adjusting to the Ithaca weather, Joseph will be working on e-resource problem resolution, vendor relations, and other matters relating to our licensed electronic materials.
Ken Tiddick began work as the Senior Annex Projects Assistant in Database Management Services in April. He also works part time in Collection Maintenance as a Public Services Assistant working on the Annex Move.
Masayo Uchiyama, our new Japanese Searcher/Receiver in the Order Unit, comes to us from Boston via Japan. She attended junior college in Niigata, Japan with her primary focus being English. She worked at the Daishi Bank as a teller until she moved to the U.S. Masayo previously worked as a secretary for the Greater Japanese Association of Boston.
Glen Wiley began working as metadata librarian in Metadata Services in June. He came to CUL from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY where he was the Digital Resources and Metadata Librarian. A graduate of Syracuse University, Glen is already busy contributing to a number of committees and projects, including the Institutional Repository Team, Documentation Committee, Steering Committee of the Metadata Working Group, and serving as the department's Standards Officer and documentarian. He’s also contributed many ideas and new content to the updated Metadata Services website.
Yael Zucker is the new Hebrew Searcher/Receiver in LTS Orders Unit. Prior to coming to Cornell she worked for El-Al, Israel ’s primary airline, as a flight attendant. She has a B.A. in History and Sociology from Haifa University in Israel .
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