Kudos

This month's Kudos go to Baseema Banoo, Keith Jenkins, and Brenda Marston.
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Events

The first annual Celebration of Faculty Books was held in the Gould Reading Room of the Law Library in December.
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Shorts

What's happening around CUL.
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Welcome to the first issue of InsideCUL, an online newsletter that we will be posting on the 15th of each month. We hope that it will succeed in being universal in scope—that is, in reference to the CUL universe—offering a variety of news items from many different units and on many CUL-related topics, including research, collections, services, staff . . . you name it. Your feedback is welcome and encouraged; you can communicate with Inside CUL below.

Lenore Coral

We mourn the loss of Lenore Coral, Cornell’s music librarian since 1982, who died Tuesday, March 8 at Hospicare in Ithaca. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, April 9, at 2:30 p.m. in Barnes Hall. A detailed obituary is available online. Many of us have stories to share about Lenore. If you have one, please send it to Elizabeth Teskey, at et14@cornell.edu, for the next issue of Kaleidoscope.

Features

Kaleidoscope

Look for the last print issue of Kaleidoscope in the next few weeks; thereafter it will appear online. Its new virtual home will be linked to Inside CUL.

Life Sciences

Sarah Thomas, Janet McCue, Carolyn Reid

“Life in the Age of the Genome” is one of the three challenges identified by President Jeffrey Lehman in his October State of the University Address. Provost Biddy Martin has recently appointed Janet McCue, the AUL for Life Sciences, to serve on a task force charged with developing academic plans supporting this theme.
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Library Communications

The new Library Communications office is now open for business in 504 Olin Library. Our goal is to enhance and streamline communications at CUL through support for publications, events, and strategic marketing.
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Cornell’s Associated Science and Technology (ASTech) Libraries: Collaboration in Action

ASTech Libraries is the new name of Cornell’s administratively integrated Engineering, Mathematics, Physical Sciences, and Veterinary Medicine libraries. Staff of the four libraries contributed to the renaming process by quickly identifying the two attributes that define these libraries: the subject matter—science and technology—and the process of interaction with each other and with library users—collaboration.
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Reading the Tea Leaves: Examining CUL Circulation Statistics

Anne R. Kenney

Like many of you, I recently received the CUL Annual Statistics 2003/2004. As I flipped through the pages, the statistical graph on library usage struck me.
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VIVO—Creating a Virtual Community for the Life Sciences at Cornell

A key goal of Cornell’s new Life Sciences Initiative is to support collaboration among biologists, engineers, physical and social scientists, mathematicians, and computer scientists to enhance both research and education in the life sciences.
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University Librarian’s Update

“Improving Academic Support: Opportunities in Library Space” was the title of the presentation I made to the academic deans, provost, and provost’s staff on January 25.
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