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The Ohio State University Libraries
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| Announcements | Features | Spotlights | Training News/Tips | Personnel Updates | Calendar | Archive |
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Upcoming Events Tuesday, September 7, 2004: Red Cross Blood Drive- Science & Enginering Library, Room 090, 9:00am - 3:30 pm
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Announcements |
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Campus Campaign 2004 The results are in! We are delighted to report to you on the official results of the staff and faculty gifts and pledges to Campus Campaign 2004. These figures reflect cash received January 1 - June 30, 2004, payroll deductions projected for 12 months, and pledges:
Participation by the University Libraries went up to 38% this year! (That's up from 32% last year!)
NOTE: Although the solicitation period for Campus Campaign has ended, the Campus Campaign office will continue to count all gifts and pledges through December 31, 2004. Campus Campaign 2004 Co-Chairs,
Campaign for the Library Kickoff Hello everyone - We hope that you will mark your calendar for the kickoff of the Campaign for the Library, Monday, October 25 from 3-5 p.m. in the lobby of the Thompson Library. We have nearly reached $14 million of our $30 million dollar goal and look forward to this opportunity to announce the campaign - and the design for the new library - to the Ohio State community. Our President Karen Holbrook, our campaign chairs, Jim and Ellen Tressel, and our director Joe Branin will attend the festivities. Hope you'll plan on joining us! Gay Jackson and Shannon T. Weiher.! Gay Jackson (jackson.676@osu.edu)
Digital Initatives Steering Committee The Digital Initiatives Steering Committee (DISC) has created a new Web site to provide more information about the array of digital projects with which the Libraries is currently associated. These include collections of images, brittle books, theses and dissertations, scholarly journals and supplementary materials, various collection guides and databases. View the Digital Projects site at: http://library.osu.edu/sites/dlib/ or by selecting "Digital Projects" from the Libraries menu on the OSUL home page. If you have comments or questions, please send them to the committee mailing list (libdisc@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu). Digital Initiatives Steering Committee (DISC)
With Great Sadness... With great sadness, we were forced to say good-bye to two of our beloved colleagues. Louise Karlquist passed away on Friday, August 20, 2004 at Riverside Methodist Hospital. She was a member of our Library staff and retired from the Science and Engineering Library after 37 years of service. Mary Kim was the Assistant Professor and Coordinator, Kent State University School of Library and Information Science, Columbus campus. Mary passed away Thursday, August 26, 2004, at the Kobacker Hospice in Columbus, Oh. Both Louise and Mary will be greatly missed. |
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Cyrillic Manuscript Hertiage
Harry Campbell was asked to write an article (Conservation of the Bugariu Molitvenik Bogat, 1848) for the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies Newsletter on the preservation work he did on the Cyrillic printed book they had received as a gift. This article can be found at: cmrs.osu.edu/rcmss/Newsletter/CMHv15/CMHv15p07.htm .
Spot Bonus Awards
Vika's and Dennis's many job responsibilities include selection and downloading of bib records, processing of approval orders, receipt, duplicate identification and problem-solving, and copy cataloging of approval books in the Monographs Department. In previous fiscal years, it was common for backlogs of approval books to accumulate during peak periods. This delayed patron access to new books and slowed processing of invoices for payment. This is common in most libraries that receive large, uneven-sized approval shipments, especially around holidays when many staff and selectors are absent. Once begun, the backlogs may take months to clear, since more approval materials continue to be shipped 52 weeks per year. Marsha Hamilton, head of the Monographs Department, set a goal to have all in-process backlogs cleared and to handle new materials continually on a "just in time" basis. Vika and Dennis made an extraordinary effort to successfully achieve and then to maintain this difficult goal. On their own initiative, they identified ways to increase production and speed throughput while accepting new responsibilities related to the processing of other materials. The extraordinary work Dennis and Vika performed to keep approval receipts current made it possible, with the work of other members of the sections, to clear more approval invoices this June than previously thought possible prior to a fiscal close. |
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Training News/Tips
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Training Opportunities & Tips Presented by the OSUL Training Advisory Council Training Calendars - Calendars for the current and two future months, showing training opportunities available from the Libraries, the Office of Human Resources, OhioLINK, OHIONET, and the Computer Workshop. Workshop Opportunity Public Universities, Private Lives
When: Wednesday, September 8, 2004, 1:00 pm-4:00 pm Where: 099 Pressey Hall, 1070 Carmack Road, Columbus Ohio Public Records Laws... Personnel files - what goes in, what stays out?... Privacy and employee use of the Internet... These are complex issues for supervisors today. In this workshop, you will learn how to maintain and share information about employees and further your understanding of privacy issues as they relate to use of technology and the Internet. Register online at http://hr.osu.edu/ohrd/home.htm or by phone at (614)292-4500. This workshop is sponsored by the OSU Organization and Human Resource Development Office. Brian Miller (miller.2507@osu.edu) Send comments and questions to Training Advisory Council.
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Personnel Updates |
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Library personnel may also review University employment opportunities at http://www.ohr.ohio-state.edu/index.htm. |
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Last updated July 28, 2004
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