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October 2009
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum: Inclusiveness Task Force Completes Its Charge
Ed Weissman
 On August 10, 2009, six members of the library staff--Carla DeMello, Rachel Brill, Gail Steinhart, George Kozak, Cecilia Sercan, and Debra Lamb-Deans-- were elected to serve as members of the Steering Committee for the inaugural year of the Library Forum. The election, in which 52.8 % of the library staff cast ballots, marked the culmination of nine months of work by the members of the CUL Task Force on Inclusiveness and others to take steps to improve the climate for staff in the Cornell University Library.
In October 2008, University Librarian Anne Kenney charged the Task Force on Inclusiveness to recommend strategies to achieve greater staff inclusiveness across the Cornell University Library. This action was taken in response to a resolution passed by the Academic Assembly in September 2008, to findings in the 2008 ClimateQUAL survey of library staff, and to the report of the Strategic Alignment Group. The Task Force, an all-volunteer group consisting of 13 staff (five academic and eight non-academic) understood inclusiveness operationally to mean providing all CUL staff with the opportunity and encouragement to enhance their understanding of the Library's goals and priorities, to be heard on issues important to library staff and the Library, and to be more engaged in the intellectual life of the broader library and university communities.
The specific recommendations of the Task Force are available on the CUL Staff Web. In brief, they called for:
- Creating the Library Forum, of which all library staff are members, with a structure, activities and programming that invites attendance and participation by staff at all levels.
- Modifying the bylaws of the Academic Assembly to focus the activity of that group on the issues that affect only academic staff while transferring other responsibilities to the Library Forum.
- Implementing strategies providing opportunities for staff to share information and make connections and supporting career and professional development opportunities.
We are pleased with the progress to date and are optimistic that the Library Forum, with your support, will succeed. We look forward to the final report and recommendations of the Strategic Alignment Group (SAG) that will help move the Library further along the path to becoming a truly inclusive organization. We are heartened that the Library Executive Group accepted SAG’s preliminary recommendation to form the Managers’ Council to address issues of representation and two-way communication. We encourage everyone to take advantage of the opportunities being provided to become more engaged in the life of the Library.
We thank those of you who helped the Task Force on Inclusiveness by providing input at the public forums and through the message board last winter and those who voted in the Library Forum Steering Committee elections last summer. Thanks, also, to the members of the 2008-2009 Academic Assembly Steering Committee— Eileen Heeran, Ken Bolton, Michael Cook, Ana Korhonen, and Liren Zheng—along with Tiffany How for their work in getting the Academic Assembly bylaws changed to make allowances for the Library Forum. Lastly we thank the members of the Library Executive Group for their support for making the Cornell University Library an inclusive work place.
Ed Weissman, for the members of the CUL Task Force on Inclusiveness:
Ken Bolton, Eli Brown, Linda Bryan, Marty Crowe, Carla DeMello, Kirsten Hensley, Randi Kepecs, Debra Lamb-Deans, Boaz Nadav-Manes, Liane O’Brien, Ecaterina Petrina, Cynthia Rich, Ed Weissman (chair)
Thanks to Carla DeMello for providing a rare photograph of Emperor Ed.
Killer Serials and Their Handlers: The OCLC Serial Holdings Project
Jim LeBlanc
In December 2005, the Cornell University Library sent 4.5 million catalog records to OCLC in order to “reclaim” our holdings in the WorldCat database (see “Updating Cornell Holdings in OCLC”). Although OCLC praised us for how “clean” our data was, they still rejected some 72,000 records from the automated phase of the initiative because of coding errors, obsolete cataloging conventions, or difficult-to-match titles that prevented the processing of records at their end. Handling these rejected records was a daunting task, since the majority had to be examined painstakingly one-by-one by technical services staff to diagnose the problem that prevented their automatic addition to WorldCat. By far, the most significant part of the cleanup effort was the manual searching and resetting of bibliographic holdings in OCLC for the 41,191 serial titles that lacked OCLC numbers in Voyager and which therefore could not be loaded into WorldCat by machine. Ask any serials expert on the staff why, and s/he will be happy to explain — possibly at great length!
 A total of 27 LTS and Law Technical Services staff, along with 10 students, slogged through this lengthy list of surly serials for 30 months, using a multi-step process to bring our Voyager and WorldCat holdings into sync and provide adequate linkage for these titles in our WorldCat Local catalog. The Library received financial assistance to help fund the student labor through two grants from the South Central Regional Library Council (SCRLC). Although the number of participants in this project are too numerous to name here, Central Library Operation’s Peter Martinez deserves special recognition for hiring and leading the squad of student serial searchers and for designing the database with which he tracked progress on the project. (Photograph of Peter Martinez by Gwen Glazer)
Unit in the Spotlight: Commercial Binding, Preparations, and Physical Processing
The Commercial Binding, Preparations, and Physical Processing Unit, from left: Kaye Westfall, Physical Processing; Pamela Clearwater, Commercial Binding; Susan Cobb, Supervisor; Zora Radoja, Preparations; and Jan Frantz, Physical Processing; missing from photograph, Sherry Hubbard, Preparations. (Photograph by Joan Brink)
The Grapes of Wrath and CUL: New Student Reading Project 2009
Lance Heidig
The New Student Reading Project has brought Cornell students, faculty, alumni, and library staff together to read and discuss books for nine years. This year's book selection was John Steinbeck's Pulitzer Prize winning novel, The Grapes of Wrath. The Library continued its generous support of the Reading Project again this year with 14 librarians and staff leading small group discussions during Fall Orientation Week.
Working with a team from the Provost's Office, Library staff made other major contributions to the Project. Carla DeMello's work included the design of the Project's poster, bookmarks, and Web graphics. Jennifer Colt-Demaree assisted with Web site design and Gwen Glazer wrote publicity ads and articles. Lance Heidig, from Research and Learning Services in Olin Library, contributed subject content to the Project Web site, authored and managed its Grapes of Wrath blog, posted reading updates on Twitter, and curated a Steinbeck exhibit in the  Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections. Boris Michev and his staff in Olin Maps and Geospatial Information created an interactive Google map that traces the Joad family's fictional journey from Oklahoma to California and are presently working on a Grapes of Wrath map display in Olin Library. (Photographs of Lance Heidig's small group discussion by Gwen Glazer)
Links:
New Student Reading Project
Grapes of Wrath blog
CornellReading on Twitter
http://twitter.com/CornellReading
The GPS of Wrath - Cornell's Grapes of Wrath map
Chronicle article
Adelson Library Receives Bill Reid Sculpture
Jacalyn Spoon
The Adelson Library is pleased to announce the addition of Owl’s Mouse Fantasy, a painted steel sculpture created by Bill Reid in 2007. This is one of three sculptures by Bill Reid that are now part of the permanent art collection at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Following a recent display of his works at the Lab the artist graciously donated two of his sculptures Owl’s Mouse Fantasy and Cuba Bound (2005), on display in the visitors center.
The lab also has on display in the visitors center, Through the Binoculars Darkly, commissioned in 2002 specifically for the Cornell Lab of Ornithology by Imogene Powers Johnson.
Photograph by Jacie Spoon
Owl’s Mouse Fantasy was described by the artist this way: "The Owl perches in a tree dreaming of remote control mice. Scrumptious!"
More of Bill Reid’s work can be seen on his Web site.
BIG at CUL
Elena MacGurn
Have you ever gotten business-related questions from patrons and didn’t know where to send them? If that’s the case, you need to know about Cornell University Library's Business Information Group (BIG).
BIG is a dynamic interest group of library staff interested in business and economics. We collaboratively support business research at Cornell and promote access to business resources and services available to the Cornell community.
Formed in 2004, BIG includes over a dozen members from Catherwood (ILR), Management, Mann, Nestlé (Hotel), and other libraries. If you do have that one of a kind business question, you can reach us all at once by emailing bizinfo-l@cornell.edu.
BIG members who attended the last meeting, front row, from left: Susan Kendrick, Ken Bolton, Suzanne Cohen, Angela Horne; back row, from left: Elena MacGurn, Derrick Brown, Neely Tang, Don Schnedeker, Chris Miller, Jesse Koennecke, Jeff Shampnois (Photograph by Deb Lamb-Deans)
The group meets once a month to share reference and outreach expertise, exchange best practices for business-related instruction, and evaluate business research collections. All of our meetings include demonstrations of business resources and are open to all library staff. Feel free to visit our site for the time and agenda of our next meeting: https://confluence.cornell.edu/display/BIG.
Want to learn more? Come to the November 2009 R&O Forum where we will answer your questions.
People News
Welcome
Welcome to Iantha Haight, the new research attorney and Lecturer in Law at Cornell Law School. Iantha received her Master of Science in Information Studies, University of Texas, Austin, in May 2009.  She received her J.D. from J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University in 2005 (cum laude, senior editor of the law review), and her B.A. from Brigham Young University in 2002 (summa cum laude, major in classical studies). She is admitted to the California Bar and previously worked as an attorney, Law Offices of Bill J. Thompson, Valencia, California, and a law clerk, Los Angeles Superior Court. Iantha's experience in digitization and rare books, and her knowledge of Spanish and Latin, make her a great addition to our talented team of law librarians. She will teach legal research, help faculty and students, and focus on the incorporation of new technologies into research, scholarship, and teaching. (Photograph by Amy Emerson)
Promotions
 Boaz Nadav-Manes, Head of CLO Acquisitions Services, has been appointed to the rank of Assistant Librarian. Boaz holds a B.A. in Classics and Philosophy from Tel Aviv University and an M.F.A degree from Cornell. He has taught at the university level and served on a curriculum development committee before assuming his academic role in CUL where, in addition to serving as a department head, he is selector for philosophy material. (Photograph by Joan Brink)
See also Announcements below for more promotions and appointments.
Congratulations
Congratulations to Neely Tang for her part in the LLAMA Group Achievement Award this summer. The Library Leadership and Management Association’s (LLAMA) Mentoring Committee, chaired in 2008-09 by Management Library’s Public Services Librarian, Neely Tang, was awarded the LLAMA Group Achievement Award for its work in 2007-2009 at the 2009 ALA Annual Conference LLAMA President’s Program. The Group Achievement Award recognizes outstanding teamwork by LLAMA committees and task forces in supporting the goals of LLAMA.
 Neely has been a member of this committee since 2006 - when it was still a sub-committee of the LAMA Leadership Development Committee. Within a year's time, the sub-committee put together a charge and the structural basis for LLAMA's mentoring program. Neely led the team during the mentoring program’s pilot year (2008-09). The committee began using technology to perform virtual committee work and program coordination, and continued its use to accomplish various tasks. Neely also worked to apply the mentoring model within the committee this past year. The committee teams often paired veteran LLAMA committee members with ALA Emerging Leaders (EL) who were interested in volunteering, which provided everyone a chance to learn from one another. “Working on this committee has been a terrific experience,” said Neely. “This award is special because it highlights what happens when an amazingly talented, intelligent and dedicated group of individuals come together to serve their profession.”
The purpose of the LLAMA Mentoring Program is to encourage and nurture current and future leaders and to develop and promote outstanding leadership and management practices. The ten month mentoring for leadership program is multifaceted. Mentors and mentees are called duos and must be members of LLAMA in good standing. The committee has run the mentoring program from its inception. (Elena MacGurn; photograph by Elena MacGurn)
Out and About
Pattie Mongelia, Weill Cornell Medical Library's Pediatric Clinical Medical Librarian, reached out to the new Consumer Health Librarian, Rhonda Allard, to develop a plan addressing patients' and caregivers' health information needs; to promote the new Patient Resource Center (PRC); and to instruct staff in the provision of such materials. Both librarians developed and presented "The Internet, Your Patients' Health and You" at Pediatrics Grand Rounds this summer. The presentation increased awareness of patient and caregiver health information needs, including health-seeking behaviors and how informed patients improve treatment outcomes.
Elena MacGurn spoke September 25th at the UNYSLA Fall Meeting in Syracuse. Her topic was "The Power of Inbound Outreach: Effective Tools & Strategies for Information Professionals." Her abstract reads: "Every minute of every day, we are proving ourselves - to our patrons, our organizations, ourselves. This rapidly increasing demand to communicate our value comes with a lot of power. From outreach goals to campaign analysis, this session will equip you with strategies of closed-loop marketing. We will get tactical and share a number of online and desktop tools to boost credibility, relevancy and findability of your content." Look for her summary to appear on the UNYSLA wiki, http://sla-divisions.typepad.com/unysla/.
Harry Potter fans will be pleased to know that the Law Library at Cornell is a place that “would make Hogwarts proud,” according to a nationally recognized college admissions counseling company.
Dr. Kat’s List of five campuses that would afford the Harry Potter experience due to physical appearance, academic rigor, unique traditions, residential communities, and extracurricular opportunities, says this about Cornell: “Located on 745 acres overlooking Cayuga Lake in upstate New York, this research university is fairly removed from the hustle and bustle of Manhattan (as Hogwarts is from London). Cornell's West Campus residential community, appropriately called "The Gothics," along with the War Memorial, Risley Residential College, and the Law Library, are gothic masterpieces. There's big school spirit here, too. Ice hockey, lacrosse and football games bring out huge crowds. Like competitors in the Triwizard Challenge, Cornellians wear their red scarves when they compete against their Ivy League rivals. Combined with snowy winters, intense studying with students who know how to work hard and play hard, it's easy to see how the Weasleys would feel at home here.” (Thanks to Claire Germain for bringing this to our attention.)
Announcements
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2009
From: Jill Powell
To: cu-lib
Subject: Jeremy Cusker, Reference, Instruction, Outreach, and Data Librarian, Engineering Library
 It is my pleasure to announce that Jeremy Cusker has been appointed to the position of Reference, Instruction, Outreach, and Data Librarian in the Engineering Library.
Jeremy received his MA from the University of Wisconsin's School of Library and Information Science and his BS in Human Development from Cornell University. In July 2008 he came to the Engineering Library as Reference Assistant. Since then he has enthusiastically become involved with many projects and committees, including Digital Reference Services, Citation Management, Library Outside the Library, Ask-a-Librarian Reference Blog, library information displays, Commonspot, Drupal, and teaching Adobe InDesign and library instruction classes. We have been impressed with his accomplishments and are very happy to have him in this new position. (Photograph supplied)
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Date: Tue, 08 Sep 2009
To: cu-lib@cornell.edu
From: Susette Newberry
Subject: Boris Michev Appointed as New Maps & Geospatial Information Librarian
 I'm honored to announce that Boris Michev has been appointed to the position of Maps and Geospatial Information Librarian in Research & Learning Services, Olin & Uris Libraries. Boris Michev joined the library in 1993, and has worked in both Olin and Uris Libraries, in Access Services and more recently, as Media, Microforms, and Newspapers Unit supervisor. In July, he became the new head of the Maps and Media Unit, and selector for cartography, geography, and urban studies. Boris earned his M.A. in history from Sofia University (Sofia, Bulgaria), and M.L.S. from Syracuse University. His extensive linguistic abilities (he can speak and/or read seven languages), historical knowledge, and global perspective will make him an excellent Map and Geospatial information Librarian. Please congratulate Boris the next time you see him on many accomplishments at Cornell, including his new position. (Photograph by Cynthia Lange)
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Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009
To: cu-lib@cornell.edu
From: Katherine Reagan <kr33@cornell.edu>
Subject: Laurent Ferri Appointed Assistant Curator in RMC
 I am pleased to announce that Laurent Ferri has been appointed to the position of Assistant Curator of Rare Books & Manuscripts in the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections.
Laurent was hired in 2007 to serve as RMC's curator of French Collections, with responsibilities for promoting and enhancing the Library's significant historical collections on the French Revolution, Lafayette, and related subjects. Laurent's abilities and interests, however, extend well beyond his original position description, and his new job title reflects the broad contributions he has made to RMC's teaching, exhibition, and collections processing programs over the past two years. Some of you may also know Laurent from his service on CUL's Humanities Team and the PSEC Instruction Committee.
Laurent has degrees from the École des Chartes, the Paris grande école that has trained French library, archive, and museum curators since 1821, and from the Institut National du Patrimoine. His expertise in everything from ancient languages, to paleography, to heraldry, makes him a valuable resource for scholars working with RMC's medieval manuscripts and early printed books. His new position will give him expanded responsibilities for articulating those areas for students and faculty, as well as for some of RMC's other European collections. He will also continue his contributions to RMC's very active teaching, reference and outreach programs, and assist with special projects in processing, collection development, and digitization.
We are happy to have Laurent in this new position. (Photograph by Carla DeMello)
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 Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009
To: cu-lib@cornell.edu
From: "Anne R. Kenney"
Subject: Library Picnic Kudos
In a summer of unusually heavy rainfall and cooler than normal temperatures, the weather for the Library's annual staff picnic on August 12th was perfect. Also perfect was the high staff turnout, the delicious food from Dinosaur BBQ, and the relaxing atmosphere. The Library Executive Team, along with staff from the Picnic Planning Committee, enjoyed seeing you all there and chatting with you in the serving lines.
Speaking of the planning committee, I would like to thank the following for all their good work in organizing and staffing the picnic: Ken Tiddick, Bronwyn Mohlke, Lynn Bertoia, Carla Bahn, Tiffany Howe, Rachel Brill, CJ Lance. In addition, thanks to Adam Spry and Ron Clark from Library Facilities for helping with the picnic setup and tear down, Human Resources student worker Mike Teti, and others who lended a hand when needed. As we head into a busy fall, I hope you had an enjoyable summer and wish you a healthy and productive semester.
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Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009
To: cu-lib@cornell.edu
From: Edward Weissman
Subject: Library Forum Election Results
Dear Library Staff,
We are pleased to announce the names of the newly elected members of the first Library Forum Steering Committee:
- Rachel Brill, Administrative Assistant, Library Administration - 2 year term
- Carla DeMello, Publications and Graphic Design Manager, Library Communications - 2 year term
- George Kozak, Digital Library Specialist, Digital Media Group, Division of Library Information Technologies (DLIT) - 1 year term
- Debra Lamb-Deans, Assistant Director, Martin P. Catherwood Library - 1 year term
- Cecilia Sercan, Principal Cataloger, Library Technical Services - 2 year term
- Gail Steinhart, Research Data & Environmental Sciences Librarian, Albert R. Mann Library - 2 year term
Turnout for the election was a respectable 52.8%. 215 of 407 eligible voters submitted a ballot. Thank you for your interest and participation. We'd like to thank the new members of the Steering Committee for their willingness to serve and we wish them a successful year.
The Library Forum Elections Committee:
Randi Kepacs
Boaz Nadav-Manes
Ecaterina Petrina
Ed Weissman
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Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009
From: "D.S. Lamb-Deans"
To: cu-lib
Subject: Update from the Library Forum Steering Committee
We would like to bring you up to date on our activities so far. We met with the Inclusiveness Task Force who provided us with some background about their intent for the Library Forum. We have also met with the University Librarian Anne Kenney to get her input on the formation and purpose of the Library Forum.
In our organizational meeting, it was decided that the Steering Committee would have co-chairs, one non-academic and one academic. We are pleased to announce that Rachel Brill and Gail Steinhart are the co-chairs for this year.
We are in the process of creating the by-laws that will govern the Library Forum. This is a critical process that will shape the way we operate, including committee structure. A meeting will be held this fall for discussion of these by-laws before they will be put up for a vote by the members of the Library Forum. To expedite this process, we are meeting weekly for the next 6 weeks.
At the same time, we are also working on programming for this fall. We agree that it is important to be visible and contribute to the CUL Community in this manner and are fortunate to have been offered opportunities to co-sponsor upcoming programs. We look forward to sharing all of this with the CUL Community.
If you have any questions or comments, please contact any of the members of the Library Forum Steering Committee:
Rachel Brill, co-chair (rlb54)
Gail, Steinhart, co-chair (gss1)
Carla DeMello (carlademello@cornell.edu)
George Kozak (gsk5)
Deb Lamb-Deans (dsl6)
Cecilia Sercan (css4)
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From: Angela Horne
To: "cu-lib@cornell.edu"
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2009
Subject: Inaugural Managers' Council Meeting
Dear CUL,
Anne Kenney’s June 8th Take One provided an overview of the newly appointed Cornell University Library Managers’ Council (MC). To quote a small portion of the council’s charge: “This group will fill an important void in the management structure of the Library and help engage staff in building, supporting, and assessing the library as a vital academic partner in the 21st century research university.”
The Managers’ Council held its inaugural meeting August 25th and the main agenda items were expectations & operating principles for the MC (as well as our individual participation thereon), and future meeting topics. Highlights of that discussion are now available from a new wiki. The wiki also includes the full charge and list of MC members. (To see the summaries, click “Tools” on the wiki homepage and then open the attachment.)
At our next meeting, on September 21st, the Library Strategic Task Force Report will be discussed.
If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to contact any member of the MC Steering Committee or any member of the MC. We welcome your feedback and ideas as this new group moves forward.
Take care,
Angela
Managers’ Council Steering Committee:
Angela Horne, Chair
Marty Kurth
Jim LeBlanc
Janet McCue
Scott Wicks
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Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2009
To: cu-lib@cornell.edu
From: Mary Ochs
Subject: News from Mann
I am pleased to announce that Mann Library has received a new $1.8 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to increase access to The Essential Electronic Agricultural Library (TEEAL) database for researchers and students in sub-Saharan Africa. The goal of the grant is to strengthen the scientific foundation for agricultural research and education in sub-Saharan Africa by providing TEEAL sets, with their 140 key agricultural journals, to 115 institutions in 14 countries. Our long term partner in Africa, ITOCA (Information Training and Outreach Centre for Africa) will collaborate with us on the training component of the grant. Jaron Porciello, Medha Devare, Elaine Guidero and several other Mann staff will be working on the project. A press release with more details is available online.
I am also pleased to announce the launch this week of the new Mann Web site. Check it out at http://www.mannlib.cornell.edu. Congratulations to the Mann Web site Team who did such a beautiful job!
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Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009
To: cu-lib@cornell.edu
From: David Ruddy
Subject: Project Euclid Milestone
CUL's Project Euclid reached a significant milestone last week with its journal article count climbing over 100,000. The Web site first went live eight years ago this month as a not-for-profit initiative to support independent publishers of mathematics and statistics literature. That first month, August 2001, Euclid held content from 6 journals, with 126 articles total. Today we're about to add our 60th journal title, and the system holds 100,757 articles and over 1.3 million pages. Supported by a combination of subscriber and publisher fees, Euclid is able to make 70% of its journal articles available without any access restrictions.
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From: "Bolton, Ken"
To: cu-lib
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009
Subject: Resource Guide for Local Research
Good afternoon CUL,
The Nestlé Library has created a research guide for Ithaca and Tompkins County. We thought this might be useful to other library staff that receive research questions about local demographics, government data, etc. Thanks to Derrick Brown for producing this guide. As always, any suggestions are welcome.
You can find more details on today’s Hospitality Insight post:
http://nestleblog.com/
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Date: Thu, 01 Oct 2009
To: cu-lib@cornell.edu
From: Phil Koons
Subject: Personnel Shuffle in CUL Facilities
Hello all,
After serving for two years as interim Building Coordinator for Olin, Kroch and Uris Libraries, Adam Spry has returned to the position of Senior Mail Clerk in the Shipping and Receiving Department.
Ron Clark, our CUL Facilities Coordinator who has been doing support work on the Olin Renovation and other special projects on an interim basis, will be moving back into the office that Adam has vacated in 2B06 Uris. Ron will resume handling issues related to building repairs, maintenance, and requests for custodial assistance, as well as continue to work on special projects.
The phone number in 2B06 Uris has not changed. Ron's contact info is:
Ron Clark , 2B06 Uris Library, rbc9@cornell.edu
Office: 255-5767, Cell: 327-0282
I wish to thank Adam and Ron for stepping up and accepting these interim positions and for the fine jobs they have done over the past two years.
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Reimagining Cornell: Bookmark This Web Site
Reimagining Cornell is the new Web site where you can find important information about the university's budget and finances. It archives the president's statements and forums, and Chronicle articles about current efforts to balance the budget and create a stronger university in the years to come. It allows folks to weigh in through a Suggestion Box and also has links to Strategic Planning (click on Welcome), Task Forces, Teams, and Timelines.
Good-bye
Good-bye and good luck to the following folks who recently left the Library: Heather Cobb (O/K/U – Collection Maintenance & Interlibrary Services); Sheila Dean (RMC); Charles Finger (Law Library); and Pete Schlough (Administrative Operations, Shipping).
Farewell
Charlie Finger, Law Library
Dear CUL Colleagues,
I hope that you will join me in congratulating Charlie Finger, Research Attorney & Collection Development Librarian, on his promotion to be the Associate Director of the Law Library at St Mary's Law School, San Antonio, Texas. We are very proud of Charlie's new career move, but also very sorry to see him leave Cornell. Charlie has made excellent contributions to the Law School and CUL in the areas of faculty service, teaching, reference, service to students, technology, and collection development, thanks to his many years of experience as a law librarian. He was especially active at CUL CD-Executive group. We will miss him, but hope to see him again soon at various meetings. Charlie's last day here will be next Wednesday, August 12, 2009. Please join us at a party to wish him well on August 11, in Room 273.
Best regards, Claire (Announcement to CULIB, August 4, 2009)
 After eight years at Cornell Law Library it is with both great sadness and great pleasure that I announce that I will soon be leaving Cornell Law Library. I have accepted the position of Associate Director and Associate Professor at St. Mary's University School of Law and will soon be moving to San Antonio. Our son wishes to finish High School there so we must be down there before classes start on August 24th. Margo is staying in Ithaca to sell the house; then she will join us near the Alamo. Thank you for all the help that you have given me. Both you and Cornell will be missed. Best wishes, Charlie (Photograph by Suzanne Hills)
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