Staff NewsVolume 51, Number 3, 26 January 1995
Ethnotes from the LAUC Cultural Diversity Committee
Library Unit Heads and Supervisors are encouraged to submit short introductions of newly appointed personnel so that the Library's staff can get to know them. Announcements of staff promotions, reclassifications, awards/publications, transfers, departures and other staff news are also welcomed by the CU NEWS editor.
Effective immediately, Phoebe Janes has been named interim coordinator of all Moffitt Library collection development activities in RSCD. She will refine and monitor the new Moffitt approval plan, and augment it with firm orders. She will also develop appropriate mechanisms and strategies for management of the Moffitt collections. Phoebe brings many years of experience with Main and Moffitt collecting to her new assignment, and she has agreed to serve in this capacity through June 1995, at which time RSCD intends to name a permanent Moffitt Library selector.
Phoebe will also continue to perform her other collection development and
specialized reference responsibilities as History Librarian, and will
retain her public service desk assignment as well.
--James H. Spohrer, Chair, RSCD
A new addition to the Miller family - Sue is Public Health Library's
Awesome Serials Person - arrived on January 7th; a second daughter named
Erica Taylor, and weighing in at 8 lbs, and measuring 19 inches. Mother,
daughter, father and big sister Amanda are all doing well.
--Tom Alexander
Judy Tsou wins award
The University of Illinois Press, publisher of Judy Tsou's CECILIA RECLAIMED: FEMINIST PERSPECTIVES ON GENDER AND MUSIC, has announced that it has been named an Outstanding Academic Book of 1995 by CHOICE magazine.
Judy, public services librarian in the Music Library, is already well along with her next project (supported by a LAUC grant) to research images of the Chinese as portrayed in early American Sheet Music.
Gary Peete in print
Gary Peete's new publication, Business Resources on the Internet, is due from Library Solutions Press February 15.
Lee Leighton appointeed to OCLC Advisory Panel
OCLC has announced the appointment of Lee Leighton, Head of the Catalog Department, to the national Advisory Panel for its project "Building a Catalog of Internet Resources". Lee was appointed by Bob Holley, president of ALA's Association for Library Collections and Technical Services.
The Advisory Panel will provide advice to OCLC on broad policy issues that arise from the Internet. These include development of cataloging guidelines, changes in cataloging process and workflow, changes in management organization, and envisioning how to frame and articulate the nature of the bibliographic record and the function of the catalog and cataloging in the Internet Age.
Congratulations and thanks to Lee for lending his expertise to an
important new initiative!
--David Farrell
Recently RSCD staff have published several new books and articles, and engaged in a variety of activities which may be of interest to others in The Library.
Phyllis Bischof has published: "African Americana: The Muse Collection", in Bancroftiana, no. 107, June 1994, pp. 3-4.
"Africana Reference Works: An Annotated List of 1993 Titles," by Phyllis Bischof, Mette Shayne, and David Westley, in The African Book Publishing Record, XX:2, 1994, pp. 83-101.
Bibliographies for African Studies, 1987-1993. Compiled by Phyllis Bischof, Joseph J. Lauer, Yvette Scheven and Mette Shayne. Edited by Yvette Shayne. London: Hans Zell Publishers, 1994.
"A South African Trip: May 1993," Innovation: Appropriate Librarianship and Information Work in Southern Africa, no. 8, June 1994, pp. 41-43.
Elephant: The Animal and Its Ivory in African Culture, ed. by Doran H. Ross, Los Angeles: Fowler Museum of Cultural History, University of California, 1992. 413 pp. Reviewed in Museum of Anthropology; Journal of the Council for Museum Anthropology, XVIII:3, October 1994, pp. 79-81.
Michaelyn Burnette and Myrtis Cochran are co-authors (with Christina Gillis) of "The Humanities and the Library: Promoting New Scholarship Through Collaborative Interaction Between Humanists and Librarians". Co-published simultaneously in The Reference Librarian, The Haworth Press, no. 47, 1994, pp.181-191; and Reference Services in the Humanities, edited by Judy Reynolds, The Haworth Press, Inc., 1994.
Michaelyn began her term as chair of the English and American Literature Section of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) at the end of the ALA Miami Conference.
Carlos Delgado was invited to read a paper at the Fifth ABINIA (The Association of Ibero-American National Libraries) conference which took place in the Dominican Republic from the 29th to the 31st of August. The title of his paper was: "The Formation of Collections at the National Level: Criteria for the Enrichment of Comprehensive Collections".
Hamid Mahamedi has been selected to chair a Middle East Librarian Association committee to study the possibilities of regional cooperative collection development. He was a panelist at the Middle East Librarians Association meeting in November 1994, speaking on "Women and War in Afghanistan", "Iranology and the Middle East", "Iran in 1994", and "Political Economics in Islam".
AnnMarie Mitchell, as chair of the subcommittee on Polish-English Translation, attended the American Translators Association's Accreditation meeting, October 1994. She also visited a number of Parisian booksellers during her visit there in September 1994.
Andrea Sevetson conducted a workshop with Sean Doherty titled, "Electronic Access to Public Legislative and Legal Resources" for the Association of Bay Area Governments in Oakland, November 29, 1994.
Bill Whitson authored "Free, Fee, or Subsidy? The Future Role of
Libraries," in College & Research Libraries News, July/August 1994. In
January, Bill began his year as President of the California Academic and
Research Librarians (CARL), the California chapter of ACRL, after having
served the last two years as Northern Vice-President.
--Myrtis Cochran, RSCD
Salary Increases for Staff
First Regular
Paycheck
Effective Retroactively Reflecting
Personnel Prg. Action Date Paid On Change
Academic Sal. Scale Adj. 01/01/95 Not Applicable 02/01/95
Student Asst Sal. Scale Adj. 10/01/94 02/16/95* 02/01/95
Executive, MAP Merit Increase 10/01/94 02/16/95* 02/01/95
A&PS
Staff (AFSCME Range Adjstmnt 10/01/94 02/16/95* 02/01/95
Clerical & SPP)
Staff (AFSCME Merit Increase 01/01/95 02/23/95** 03/01/95
Clerical & SPP)
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*For the month of October-December 1994.
**For the month of January 1995.
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Individual letters have been mailed to all Library A&PS and staff employees who will receive merit increases, informing them of the amount of the merit increase, and the new salary including merit. Academic employees have also received letters stating their new rate. Employees who are receiving a range adjustment only will not receive individual letters. The range adjustment for SPP and AFSCME Clerical is 2.2%; the range adjustment for Student Assistants is 3%.
The campus has not announced merits or a range adjustment for the newly
represented Technical unit; nor a range adjustment for the Service unit.
We will keep you informed of any further announcements concerning those
bargaining units.
--Kay P. Starkweather
Staff W-2 Distribution Information
In order to save money on postage, Campus Payroll will once again be distributing W-2 forms to campus departments instead of mailing them directly to individual homes. W-2s for employees who are inactive, separated, or who are on leave without pay will be mailed directly to their home address from Campus Payroll.On Friday, January 27, 1995, Library Human Resources will distribute all staff W-2s by the same process we use when distributing paychecks, batched by unit. Unit representatives can pick them up from 10am-12:15pm or 1:00-4:30pm on the 27th. All W-2s will be distributed to departments, please make sure they are given to staff promptly.
Federal regulations require that W-2s must be given to employees by January 31, 1995. Departments therefore must make every effort to distribute the W-2s to staff in a timely manner. Any W-2s that cannot be distributed by the afternoon of Monday, January 30, must be delivered to Library Mail Services in time for the final US mail pick up. DO NOT RETURN UNDELIVERABLE W-2S TO LIBRARY HUMAN RESOURCES.
If you have questions please contact me at 2-3778 or e-mail at lrowley.
--Lynne Rowley
LHRD
Soaring to Excellence Teleconferences for Library Assistants!
The UCB Library Staff Development Committee (SDC) is sponsoring and coordinating the Soaring to Excellence Teleconferences on the UC Berkeley campus. UCB will be joining another 250 sites in this series of learning teleconferences. The teleconferences will be held one Tuesday per month for five consecutive months, from 9:00 am - 12:00 pm with a thirty minute break. It's not mandatory to attend each part or every session. Enrollment is limited and required.
Please sign up via e-mail to: mturner@library.berkeley.edu ASAP, Library employees are free, Affiliate Library employees and others will be $10.00 per part, personal check or IOC.
The 'Soaring to Excellence' teleconference series is focused on the specific requirements for library assistants in all types of environments. These teleconferences will be of vital interest to library workers from small and large, rural and urban, public, school, and academic libraries, as well as library students. The topics will specifically address issues that affect the library assistant in today's library. Participation in the conference will promote the viewer's growth as a contributing partner in the library.
All of our 'Soaring to Excellence' teleconferences are guaranteed to provide viewers with at least three specific skills or strategies that may be applied by library assistants.
Each viewer will have access through each local site coordinator to materials supporting each of the topics."
Teleconference Program
#1 Tuesday, February 14, 1995 (Valentine's Day)
Dwinelle 4
Part 1 9-10:15 am
"Professional" is an attitude.
What is this attitude and how is it conveyed to others? How can it help
you serve your library patron? Issues affecting library assistants such
as self-esteem, team-building, and accepting and giving criticism will be
explored.
Dwinelle 4
Part 2 10:45-12
Libraries Then and Now: What does the Future Hold?
A brief history of libraries. Trends and issues for the future of
libraries. Continued emphasis on individualized service and the unique
needs of each person. What part do you as a library assistant, play in
all of this?
#2 Tuesday, March 7, 1995
Dwinelle 117
Part 1 9-10:15 am
Technology and the Library Staff
How technology affects the inside operation of the library. Exploring
the Internet, and other automation trends that affect your work within
the Library.
Dwinelle 117
Part 2 10:45-12
Technology and the Library User
Issues that affect the library user; expectations and fears. Exploring
CD-ROM, Self Check out, Internet, and looking toward the future. How to
help patrons accept and use new technologies.
#3 Tuesday, April 4, 1995
Dwinelle 117
Part 1 9-10:15 am
Tools of our Trade: Reference Sources for Real-Life Issues
Library workers need practical, useful lists and tools to assist in the
area of science, health and nutrition., and consumer information. Leave
this session with something you can take back to your library and use
immediately!
Dwinelle 117
Part 2 10:45-12
Individualized Library Service for a Diverse Population: Is it Possible?
Defining diversity. How to survive in the face of many different views.
Dealing with diverse clientele including ethnic groups, different age
groups, and people with special needs.
#4 Tuesday, May 2, 1995
Dwinelle 117
Part 1 9-10:15 am
Communication in the Library: up, Down and All Around
Learning effective communication techniques to use when dealing with
patrons, colleagues and supervisors. Techniques dealing with difficult
people in the library.
Dwinelle 17
Part 2 10:45-12
Library Learning Over a Lifetime
What is the library assistant's role in programs such as literacy,
pre-school story hours, job centers, retirement programs? From school
readiness to retirement. Strategies for serving the patron who wants to
learn.
#5 Tuesday, June 6, 1995
Dwinelle 117
Part 1 9-10:15 am
Meet the Library Assistants!
Library workers from academic, public, school, and special libraries will
discuss their duties, how they fit into their organization, and how they
see their future.
Dwinelle 117
Part 2 10:45-12
Staff: The Key to Library Service
The variety of staff roles in the library. How do you fit in? Support
organizations and programs to empower you to be the best library worker
you can be. Coping with change. Pay equity and security. Just what do
MLSs do? Showing your worth.
--Michelle C. Turner
Teaching Library
Chinese New Year Celebration - January 31-February 18, San Francisco, CA. North America's largest Chinese community salutes the Year of the Pig, 4693 on the lunar calender (Jan 31, 1995). Set in the heart of traditional Chinatown, the Chinatown street fair showcases the diversity of Chinese culture. The famous Golden Dragon Parade takes place on February 18 at 6 PM. For more information, call the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, New Year Festival at (415) 391-9680.
Afro-American History Month - February 1-28. Traditionally the month containing Abraham Lincoln's birthday (February 12) and Frederick Douglass's presumed birthday (Feb 14). Observance of a special period to recognize achievements and contributions by Afro-Americans dates from February 1926, when it was launched by Dr. Carter G. Woodson and others. The theme for 1995 is "Reflections on 1895: Douglass, Dubois, Washington." For more information, contact W. Leanna Miles, Managing Dir, The Associated Publishers, Inc. at (202) 265-1441.
Ed Meese came by the Library this week. He came into the Librarian's Office saying, "I don't know if I'm in the right place or not, I'm Ed Meese," and I thought to myself, "oh hey, you have the name of a famous person, I bet that is weird for you," and I started telling him the right place to go to get his library card. But then he said he was looking for Bancroft so I switched to gesticulating with my go-out-and- arOund-to-Bancroft arm movements when my co-worker came up and realized this was The Ed Meese and said here let me escort you.
When she came back she said that was Ed Meese.
Yeah, I know.
The Ed Meese.
That was Not The Ed Meese.
Yes it was.
And I thought to myself then that it probably isn't as weird for him to have the name of a famous person, as I had thought.
One more thing, completely unrelated . . . I found the funniest line
in this issue of CU NEWS to be:
DO NOT RETURN UNDELIVERABLE W2s TO LIBRARY HUMAN RESOURCES.
Somehow I just Know that in the past LHRD had been completely inundated with
undeliverable W2s. I don't know how I know this, but I KNOW.
--Holly Halligan
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