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Bancroft Roundtable

The first Bancroft Round Table of the Spring Semester will take place on Thursday, February 20th at noon in the Lewis-Latimer room of the Faculty Club. Shayee Khanaka, Library Staff member will give a brief introduction to the "Persian, Arabic and Turkic Manuscripts at The Bancroft Library."

Although Bancroft's Rare Books and Literary Manuscripts Collection is better know for its treasures from the European and American traditions, they also include marvelous and beautiful works from all around the world. Amongst the least known is a precious, and long neglected, trove of manuscripts from the ancient civilizations of Western Asia. The provenance of our holdings is in some ways a mystery. The content of these works, however, is finally being revealed thanks to the efforts that Shayee Khanaka has recently made in cataloging them. You are invited to join us as she shares her discoveries with us.

Interested members of the UC Berkeley campus community are invited to attend this informal event. Bancroft Round Tables aim to stimulate thoughtful discussion and promote awareness of the resources of The Bancroft Library. Experiencing the literary and artistic productions of different cultures is an important component in creating understanding between the peoples of the world. We invite you to come learn about Bancroft's treasures from historic civilizations that are largely unknown to us.

David Kessler
Baiba Strads
The Bancroft Library

Chancellor's Community Service Awards

Every year, the University selects several outstanding students, staff members, faculty, and campus organizations to receive the Chancellor's Community Service Awards. These awards are given to members of our University community who have made notable contributions as volunteers in community organizations.

Awards information and nomination forms for this year's awards are available online at http://students.berkeley.edu/calcorps/awards.html. The deadline for nominations is noon, Tuesday, April 1, 2003.

Please consider nominating faculty and staff colleagues for these prestigious awards. Those selected will be honored at a special campus celebration at the YWCA at 2600 Bancroft Way on Thursday, May 1.

If you have any questions, please contact Devin Kinyon at the Cal Corps Public Service Center, at 643-0306 or serviceawards2003@uclink.berkeley.edu.

Thank you for your help with this important activity.

Sincerely,

Robert M. Berdahl
Chancellor

New UC Berkeley NewsCenter

The UC Berkeley NewsCenter -- a comprehensive new Web site for daily campus news -- was launched this week by Public Affairs. The campus community can now find the day's news from all across campus, updated continually, at one site, http://newscenter.berkeley.edu. Features of the site include:

• Top Stories: The latest on Berkeley newsmakers, research, and happenings, including highlights from the Berkeleyan
• Campus Connection: News especially for staff, faculty, and students
• Press Coverage: Daily clips from the media featuring Berkeley newsmakers and issues
• Calendar: All that's happening at Berkeley, highlighting the week's major events
• Sports: Headlines on Cal athletics
• Multimedia: Slide shows, webcasts, and video

Also, readers can now find campus news stories by any of 15 subject areas, and can subscribe to receive news via e-mail in any of these areas.

We're excited about this new enterprise in Public Affairs. We invite you to bookmark the NewsCenter, and to send news tips and comments on the site to newscenter@pa.urel.berkeley.edu.

George A. Strait
Assistant Vice Chancellor, Public Affairs