CU News Contents:
Thank you, Library Staff
Staff Changes: Art History/Classics and Teaching Library
LHRD studies library student employee turnover
Moffitt Reserves relocating to 250 Moffitt
Beverlee French: CDL Associate Director, Shared Collections and Services
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I want to thank all the library staff for your help in providing information about The Library's progress and prospects to the Blue Ribbon Committee. The work we have done collectively over the past few years is most impressive, and I hope that you will take pride in our accomplishments. The progress we have made is extraordinary by any measure, and it is a very great tribute to everyone that we have been able to do so much while also taking $5 million in operations budget reductions.
A copy of the binder that was sent to the Blue Ribbon Visiting Committee is in the Librarian's Office at 245 Doe Library for your onsite review.
Two of the documents from the binder are on the web, found via the "Library Administration Budget and Program Planning" webpage at: http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/Admin/. They are:
"The UC Berkeley Library in the 1990s: a Progress Report, February 1998" on the web at: http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/Admin/report298.html, and
"A Digital Library Progress Report, with a Look to the Future: January 1995 through January 1998" on the web at: http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/Admin/diglib98.html.- Peter Lyman
University Librarian
We're happy to report the following staff changes in our units:
Oliver Heyer, who has had a half-time appointment in the Teaching Library, began reporting to TLIB full-time as of February 1. In addition to the run-of-the-mill Web, Library Research Workshops (LRW), and course-integrated instruction Oliver conducts, he's also responsible for teaching HTML in the Faculty Seminar series, and is in charge of running the Moffitt 5th floor Collaboratory, which is used by Humanities Graduate Students working on technology projects. In this role, he trains graduate students to use the equipment in the room as well as various software packages, and acts as a consultant to the students. Welcome Oliver!
Aija Kanbergs, who has had a one-semester rotation to the Teaching Library, will continue her .5 FTE appointment to TLIB on a permanent basis. Aija has been in charge of much of our Pathfinder training, and for writing the Pathfinder scripts we use in the Library Research Workshops. Aija is also responsible for coordinating Cal Day activities this April - please heed her call for volunteers! Welcome Aija! Both Oliver and Aija serve on the Information Center and Information Gateway public service desks.
John Ceballos has increased his .50 assignment in the Art/History Graduate Service to full-time. John will replace Oliver Heyer as operations manager, and will also serve as the curatorial assistant for art history. Welcome John!!
- Ellen Meltzer, Teaching Library
- Kathryn Wayne, Art History/Classics
The Library Human Resources Department (LHRD) will conduct a study of library student employee turnover over the next few months. To accomplish this we need everybody's help in encouraging terminating students to complete our new 'Reason for Leaving Library Student Employment' form. This form is to be filled out by the Student Employee, and replaces the former "Notice of Discontinuance" filled out by the supervisor.
Every student who leaves the Library must complete this form and return it to Laurie Pangelina (447 Doe Library) in order to complete the separation process, including the DCP refund.
LHRD will distribute this form widely throughout the Library. Forms will be available from every student supervisor and circulation desk, and from the Human Resources Department, the Library Business Office, Library Security desks and library service desks. LHRD's address is preprinted on the back of the form to make it easy for the student to return it via campus mail.
The form is available at: http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/LHRD/leaving.html - on the Library Student Employment Website. We will soon develop an interactive form that can be directly sent back from the web and announce when it is available.
In addition to providing valid information on student employee turnover, an expedited notice of employee termination will enable LHRD and the Library Business Office to maintain more accurate records on the profile of our student workforce, and create efficiencies and savings by eliminating costly paperwork, PAF and payroll processing of students who no longer work in a Library unit.
- Laurie Pangelina
LHRD
On February 24, the Moffitt Reserves Processing Unit will be moving from 302 Moffitt downstairs to 250 Moffitt. The Technical Services Department has generously offered to provide space near their reception area for the Reserves operation. Although they'll be located in the Tech Services neighborhood, Moffitt Reserves will remain part of the Doe/Moffitt Circulation Services Department.
Please drop by and say hello to the Reserves staff - Barbara Kizziee, Claudia Monroe, and Toni Walker - in their new location.
- Scott Miller
Doe/Moffitt Circulation Services
Richard Lucier, University Librarian and Executive Director of the California Digital Library, is pleased to announce the appointment of Beverlee French as Associate Director, Shared Collections and Services, the California Digital Library. The University of California's President, Richard C. Atkinson, established the California Digital Library in the fall of 1997. As part of its mission, the CDL will provide access to shared digital collections that support the University's research and teaching missions and offer services that facilitate access to those collections.
Ms. French will be responsible for planning and implementing the shared collections of the CDL. Her work will involve substantial collaboration with senior librarians and faculty in developing innovative plans and programs and devising implementation strategies for expanding the University's shared digital holdings.
Richard Lucier says, "The depth and breadth of Ms. French's experience in both the print and electronic world, and her long history with UC libraries, will be a real asset as the CDL develops a vision to guide the development of UC's digital collections. These collections will include not only digital versions of the traditional published literature but also UC's unique special collections in digitized format, databases available only in digital form, and new forms of scholarly and scientific communication."
Ms. French has a wide range of expertise in collection development, library management and technology, and public services. Most recently she has served as the Assistant/Associate University Librarian for Sciences and Systems at UC Davis (1992-present), where she administered the science libraries (Biological and Agricultural Sciences Department, Physical Sciences, Health Sciences, and Medical Center Libraries), Government Information and Maps, and library computing services.
She has also been Acting Assistant University Librarian for Collections (1988-89) and Assistant University Librarian for the Sciences (1987-1992) at UC Davis, as well as Chair of two systemwide committees, Heads of Public Services and the Computer Files Committee.
Prior to her appointment at UC Davis, she served as Head of the Science and Engineering Library, and as a reference librarian and cataloger at UC San Diego. She holds an A.B. in social sciences and an M.L.S. from UC Berkeley.
- Mary Jean Moore
California Digital Library
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