Library Staff Newsletter
May 15, 1997
Number 212
Memorial Day Holiday will be observed on May 26. The Law, Management and Music Libraries and Library Administration offices will be closed. All other libraries will be open, and there will be limited mail/messenger service. Memorial Day is a premium pay holiday for non-exempt staff who work on that day.
Staff should have received an invitation from Vanderbilt Human Resource Services for the annual spring concert, to be held Thursday, June 5, from 5:30-7:00 p.m. on Magnolia Circle lawn on the Peabody campus. Staff are invited to bring their families and a picnic supper. In case of rain, the event will be held in the Stadium Club, with free parking in the Stadium Club garage.
"Communication in the Library" is the subject of the next "Soaring to Excellence" video session, to be presented Thursday, May 29th at 2:00 p.m. in the Central Library Classroom. Reservations should be made by e-mailing Judy Carter or calling her at 2-7110. Refreshments will be served. While the programs were designed for library assistants, any library staff member is welcome to attend. For more information, contact Magdalena Buchowski (2-2838),Mollie Hall (2-2418), or Laura Power(3-2091).
Vanderbilt's HealthPlus invites staff to participate in two events on Wednesday, May 21. The first is a thirty-minute "Fruit" Walk around campus with co-workers and HealthPlus staff members. Fruit and fruit bars will be available for participants. Walks begin at different times and from different locations on campus.
The second event on May 21 is a free day of recreation at the Student Recreation Center for all VU faculty and staff and their families. Just bring your Vanderbilt ID and enjoy time with your family as you exercise.
In addition to these special activities on May 21, HealthPlus will also sponsor a six-week exercise incentive program from May 21-July 2. Designed for those staff wishing to begin regular exercise and for those who are already regularly exercising, "My Time's Valuable" will include clinics on how to begin an effective, fat-burning, body-toning walking program. Staff can earn points and win prizes for participating.
For more information on any of these activities call HealthPlus at 3-8943.
More activities from the recent Nashville meeting of the Association of College and Research Libraries:
Ramona Madewell and Flo Wilson served as volunteers at the LITA (Library and Information Technology Association) booth in the exhibit hall.
Dale Manning served on the hospitality desk at the conference and hosted tours of the Central Library for conference participants.
Bill Robnett served as co-chair of the Local Arrangements committee for the conference.
Rick Stringer-Hye attended the preconference "Georeferenced Spatial Data," as well as attending the conference itself.
Others attending the ACRL meeting included Mary Beth Blalock, David Carpenter, Paula Covington, Carol Dickerson, Lisa Hill, John Haar, Sherre Harrington, Jean Reese, Anne Reuland, and Jim Toplon.
The annual Library Leadership Dinner, hosted by the Heard Library Society for members and other library supporters, was held April 29 at Meade Haven, the former home of Jesse Wills and site of the 1956 Fugitive Reunion.
The dinner commemorated the 75th anniversary of the publication of "The Fugitive" magazine. Marice Wolfe wrote a dramatization of Fugitive voices that was presented after the dinner. The parts of the Fugitives were spoken by faculty members, members of the Heard Society and the Friends, descendants of the Fugitives, and Chancellor Wyatt. Paul Gherman was master of ceremonies.
The Library Technology Team hosted ten visitors from the University of Notre Dame library on May 1. Notre Dame is currently a NOTIS library and is in the process of looking at other systems, including SIRSI, to which they might migrate their catalog in the future.
Notre Dame had visited the Vanderbilt library a number of years ago when they were in the selection process that resulted in their choosing NOTIS, so staff were pleased to welcome them again at the time of their next system migration.
Ramona Madewell coordinated the day and extends appreciation to the following library staff who participated in the visit: Nancy Boggess-Korekach, Marshall Breeding, Zora Breeding, Sue Davis, Carol Dickerson, Ann Ercelawn, Gayle Grantham, Larentina Gray, John Haar, Bill Hook, Mary Charles Lasater, Sylvia Martin, Larry Romans, MAT Trotter, Maryanne Vaughn, Peggy Westlake, and Mary Ellen Wilson.
Jeffrey Oliver has accepted the position of Evening Assistant in the Health Information Service at the Biomedical Library. Jeffrey has a B.A. in psychology from Purdue University where he worked as a research assistant. He has also worked at the Children's Museum of Indianapolis.
Transfers, Promotions and Reclassifications
Hui-Li Chien has accepted the Acquisitions Assistant position in Resource Services. She holds a B.A. in Radio and Television from Arkansas State University. Hui-Li has been working in a Term Clerical position in the Law Library.
Jeffrey Huber has been promoted to the position of Research Assistant Professor in the Division of Biomedical Informatics, effective July 1, 1997.
Suellen Stringer-Hye has accepted the position of Systems Librarian in Resource Services. She holds a B.A. in Spanish and Portuguese from the University of Colorado and an M.L.I.S. from the University of Rhode Island. Suellen most recently held a term professional position on the Library Technology Team in Resource Services; previously, she worked in Special Collections in a term appointment. She held several librarian positions at Texas A&M University prior to moving to Nashville.
Moving On
Valerie Hedrick has resigned her position as Circulation Supervisor in the Music Library to accept a position with a family health care center.
Annie Trost has resigned her position as Business Information Service Assistant in the Management Library. She plans to spend more time with her family.
Name Change
Zora Breeding from Zora Oatley.
Deborah Bilbra attended "Critical Supervisory Management Skills," and "Performance Evaluations," workshops sponsored by Human Resource Services.
Marshall Breeding is a member of a new campus committee, the Support Interface Study Group. This group will make recommendations about how technology support is provided on campus.
Eileen Crawford, Bill Hook, Julie Nolte, and MAT Trotter attended the spring meeting of the Tennessee Theological Library Association at the University of the South in Sewanee April 25.
Paul Gherman was elected to the Board of Directors of SOLINET at its recent annual meeting in Atlanta May 1-2. He also presented "Reconfiguring the Role of Libraries" at the meeting.
Paul Gherman and Marice Wolfe spoke at the dedication on April 17 of a plaque to honor Rose Hirsch and James Marshall Frank, at whose home the Fugitives met for several years. Richard Frank, nephew of James Marshall Frank, also spoke. The plaque will be placed in the west terrace entrance to Special Collections. A historical marker indicates the former site of the house on Whitland Avenue.
Sylvia Grant attended "Coping with Difficult People," a workshop sponsored by Human Resource Services.
Sara Harwell and Marice Wolfe attended a symposium at the Center for the Book at the Library of Congress on April 10. The symposium commemorated the 60th anniversary of the publication of the first volume in the 65-volume "Rivers of America" series. Marice spoke on the challenges of exhibiting the entire series, which was done for the first and only time in Special Collections last fall.
Elaine Hill attended "How-To's of Hiring Students" and "Non-Resident Alien Hiring," workshops sponsored by Human Resource Services.
Carol McCrary attended the Fee for Service conference in Toronto April 24-25.
Flo Wilson attended the SOLINET annual meeting and conference in Atlanta on May 1-2.
Health Information Analyst I (Receiving Assistant), Biomedical Library--40 hpw.
Library Assistant I (Curriculum Lab), Education Library--20 hpw.
Library Assistant II (Binding & Marking), Resource Services--37.5 hpw.
Library Assistant IV (Sigaux Processing Assistant), Central Library--40 hpw.
Library Assistant IV (Circulation), Music Library--37.5 hpw
Hui-Li Chien 4-7979
Jeffrey Oliver 6-1410
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