I am happy to announce that the Privileges Division has hired a new Office Assistant. Earlier this year, Kim Dickinson (the former Office Manager of the Privileges Office) left Stanford to start a new job closer to her home. I assumed her duties which created another opening in Privileges. We have filled my former position by hiring Deborah Molina.
Debbie has worked in the Physics Library for more than 1 1/2 years and has also worked in the Biology Library since September of last year. We consider ourselves very fortunate to add Debbie to our team in Privileges. Please say hello and welcome Debbie to her new position when you see her at the Privileges Desk.
--Robert Mantovani, Privileges Division
Recognition is long overdue for two women in the Libraries who regularly make the workplace just a bit more pleasant, with their contributions of beautiful flowers.
Betty Lum shares the rewards of her prolific green thumb with Jonsson Library patrons and staff, the Serials/Acquisitions Department, the Directors' Office, and even Meyer Lobby patrons, on occasion. The lovely, varied blossoms she displays are treats for the senses and provide a lift of spirit to the passerby. Betty thoughtfully sends bouquets and sprays quite regularly to the desks and offices of lucky friends.
Mutsuko 'Mitzi' Davis has been treating Technical Services to her exotic and tasteful flower arrangements for over 25 years. She has been immensely successful as an orchid grower; Nero Wolfe would have willingly ventured down from his greenhouse sanctum sanctorum to view her splendid orchid varieties, which we have been so privileged to enjoy amid our workspaces.
The efforts which go into providing fresh flower arrangements on a regular basis should not go unsung. Thank you, Betty and Mutsuko, for providing nature's bounty for our enjoyment. There is nothing like an encounter with a lovely bouquet to put a spring in one's step and to lighten the day's workload a bit.
--Ella Harsin, Replacement & Reformatting
The Payson J. Treat Fund for Library Program Development and Research provides funds to develop innovative projects to improve and enhance the effectiveness of library services and programs. The Fund is designed to encourage staff to look in new ways at the critical service and operational issues facing the Libraries and to finance initiatives for developing new approaches to them. In effect, the Fund offers seed money for research, development and testing. Are there new services we should be looking at? New technologies we might introduce? Fresh approaches to service and operational issues in your area? (You might find inspiration by reading the document entitled "Library Futures Initiative" dated 4/21/93. If you can't find your copy ask your Department Head for it.)
The Treat Fund presents an opportunity for staff in L&IR to take a leading role in problem-solving and introducing innovation into the organization. Collaborative approaches to issues that cut across units and functions are particularly encouraged.
Examples of projects underwritten by the Fund in recent years include:
Who May Apply: Applications are encouraged from individual staff, teams of staff, and units in L&IR.
Award Levels: Proposals will be considered for funding within the $2,000-$10,000 range.
Application Procedure: Proposals for Treat Fund support should be no longer than two pages and include a brief description of the project and what it proposes to accomplish; who is involved in the project; why it is significant and important to the Libraries; in what ways it is innovative; how the work will be carried out; and a general timetable. A project budget should be attached to the proposal.
All proposals will be reviewed by the Directors, who will decide on the award(s). Proposals should be sent to:
Deadlines: Proposals should be received no later than June 15, 1993. Awards will be announced on July 1, 1993.
--Tia Gozzi, Directors' Office
Applications are now being accepted for the David C. Weber Librarian's Research Award. The awards are intended to support research in librarianship and related fields, including both scholarly writing in bibliography, the history of the book, etc. and professional writing on management, automation, etc. leading to publication. The objective of the Fund is to encourage and recognize staff potential for original and innovative work.
Examples of research projects which have been supported by Weber Awards in the past include:
Eligibility: All Staff of the Stanford University Libraries (Staff of the Coordinate Libraries are not eligible)
Size of Award: From $500 - $1,000
Conditions of the Award:
Please enclose a current vita with your letter and send both to:
Important Dates:
--Tia Gozzi, Directors' Office
As one component of the Staff Development and Career Enhancement Initiative supported through funding from Charles J. Tanenbaum, the David C. Weber Leadership Award is offered as an opportunity to SUL staff again this year.
The objective of the Award is to provide the kinds of support that can make a career-enhancing difference in the leadership trajectory of individuals within SUL. Awards will be made on the basis of specific proposals for coherent efforts of a duration not to exceed two years.
Examples of activities for which the Weber Leadership Award funds might be used include:
Who May Apply? All staff of the Stanford University Libraries. (Staff of the Coordinate Libraries are not eligible.)
Award Levels: From $250 - $1,500
Application Procedure: Proposals for the Weber Leadership Awards should be no longer than two pages and include a brief description of the project along with what it proposes to accomplish and a general timetable. A project budget should be included as part of the proposal. Awards may be coordinated with other SUL awards such as the Weber Research and Treat Fund awards.
All proposals will be reviewed by the Directors, who will decide on the award(s). Proposals should be sent to:
The deadline for submitting applications is June 15, 1993 and the presentation of awards will be on August 4, 1993.
--Tia Gozzi, Directors' Office
A tour of Technical Services, sponsored by SULSA, will take place on Friday, June 18 from 1:30 to 3:30 pm. Please note that, in addition to Technical Services sections located in Meyer and Galvez, the tour will include a visit to the Conservation Treatment Section (Preservation Department) in Wilbur Modular A, but that it won't include visits to the Systems Department or to other Tech Services staff located in Green (Special Collections catalogers and Bindery Receiving staff).
The tour will begin on the 4th floor of Meyer Library (just outside the elevators) and will conclude with light refreshments being served in the Meyer Lounge, also on the 4th floor. (Technical Services staff are encouraged to join tour participants for break at 3:20 in the Meyer Lounge.) Although the tour is intended as an orientation tour for new staff, "older" staff are welcome as well. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN ATTENDING or have questions about this tour, please CONTACT TOM HOLT (cn.tjh@forsythe or 5-1159). The tour will be limited to 20 participants.
--Tom Holt, Catalog Department
Because SUL staff have expressed an interest in knowing ... If you are attending the Annual Conference of the American Library Association in New Orleans later this month, and will be presenting a paper, participating on a panel, etc., please identify yourself and provide details about your presentation (title/topic, where and when). Please provide the information to cn.bul@forsythe). We will share that information via an item in the June 18 issue of SUL News Notes. Thanks.
--Lisa Brown & Tom Holt, Co-editors
The table below illustrates the past three years' data representing Stanford University Libraries' (SUL) staff composition.
Copies of the complete document, which includes charts depicting the ethnic composition of SUL staff for two (2) reporting periods, have been provided to members of the SUL Management Group. Please note: Names of those members in the SUL Management Group are noted below. They will circulate the document to staff in their areas.
We have been distributing this information annually to provide you with an ongoing perspective of SUL's efforts and progress in making our environment more culturally diverse.
What follows is a statistical breakdown that includes past reporting periods:
Year 1989 1991 1992 # of SUL Staff 338 312 314 %/# of Total Minority Staff 18% (61) 20% (63) 23% (73) Breakdown of total by Group: # of Nonexempt Staff 243 222 215 %/# of total Nonexempt Minority 20% (49) 24% (53) 26% (55) # of Exempt Staff 95 90 99 %/# of total Exempt Minority 13% (12) 11% (10) 12% (12)
The table indicates overall that while we have decreased in size since 1989, the percentage of minority over non-minority has increased slightly in the nonexempt group. For the exempt group you will note that there have been slight variations from year to year with relatively little increase in minority staff.
The members of the Diversity Committee would like to remind SUL staff of the importance of diversity in our workplace. We invite you to submit to the Diversity Committee any recommendations and ideas you may have for workshops, programs, and recruitment, such as ideas for increasing the number of minorities in our applicant pools, to further our efforts in fostering cultural pluralism.
You can call anyone of us to submit your ideas or feel free to send us e-mail at (SULDiversity@Forsythe). The Diversity Committee members are as follows:
Kevin Freeman (Chair) 5-8819 kevin.a.freeman@forsythe Betty Lum 3-9650 cn.yae@forsythe Joao Barretto 3-9143 cn.jcb@forsythe Linda Long 5-1026 cn.ljl@forsythe Cathy Jara 3-8257 cr.cat@forsythe
Members of the SUL Management Group are as follows:
Deborah Shaffer Dianne Chilmonczyk Tia Gozzi Rick Biedenweg Barbara Celone Vicky Reich Barbara Maliska Charlotte Derksen William McPheron Tony Angiletta Jerry Persons Ed McGuigan Karen Kalinsky Joan Krasner Robert L. Street Constance Brooks Karen Nagy
--SUL Diversity Committee
Dear Co-editors: Thanks for your long and dedicated hours of work in producing an interesting, fact-filled, humorous and timely bulletin for us. SUL News Notes' online format is, in my opinion, its most successful and reliable format in the 24 years that I've been reading versions of SUL's Library Bulletin. It amazes me that you are able to produce it so faithfully on time and with continuing fine standards. And kudos to you, Lisa, for producing it so well alone in Tom's absence; I didn't detect a thing.
--Ella Harsin, Replacement & Reformatting
[Co-editors' Note: Thanks, Ella, for your encouragement and support. However, we can take only partial credit for the "interesting, fact-filled, ..." SUL News Notes (SNN) you refer to and for producing it "so faithfully on time and with continuing fine standards." The SNN you're reading now looks very different from the SNN which debuted in January 1992, thanks to the many comments and suggestions of SUL staff, including you. And, staff, have been wonderful about submitting items without solicitation. Because the weekly publication schedule doesn't allow the Co-editors time to do much soliciting (we like to keep our writing and editing to a minimum too!), we're very grateful for that. However, we're aware that more could be included in SNN and that sometimes items which should be, don't get submitted. That is, we still need everyone's help in making SUL News Notes the communication tool all of us desire. We encourage all staff to continue to comment, suggest, and submit ... Again, thank you, Ella, for making our day!]
NOTIS Special Interest Groups (SIGs) will meet at ALA's Annual Conference in New Orleans; you are welcome to attend any of them. The NOTIS booth at ALA will have updated meeting information.
DAY DATE TIME LOCATION Circulation Friday Jun-25 2:00-4:00 p.m NOCC-14 Cartogr.Mat'ls Satur. Jun-26 8:00-10:00 p.m. MONT-Gallier Gov. Docs. Satur. Jun-26 8:00-10:00 p.m. MAR-Balcony M Catg. & Auth. Sunday Jun-27 8:00-10:00 p.m. NOCC-37 Faxon/NOTIS Sunday Jun-27 4:30-5:30 p.m. NOCC-14 Preservation Sunday Jun-27 10:00-12 noon DBL-Rosedown Media Mgmt. Sunday Jun-27 2:00-4:00 p.m. SHER-Calcasieu MDAS Monday Jun-28 12:00-2:00 p.m. NOCC-12 Acquisition Tuesday Jun-29 2:00-4:00 p.m. NOCC 10 BNA/NOTIS Tuesday Jun-29 11:30-12:30 pm MAR-LaGalerie 4 OPAC Users Tuesday Jun-29 10:30-12:30 pm NOCC-26 RLG Owners Tuesday Jun-29 8:30-10:30 a.m. NOCC-82 Serials Ctrl Tuesday Jun-29 8:30-10:00 a.m. NOCC-26 Location Codes: NOCC=New Orleans Conv. Ctr. SHER=Sheraton New Orleans MAR=Marriott HIL=Hilton New Orleans Riverside DBL=Doubletree
--Catherine Tierney, Systems
[We] need to reach as many UCLA alums and other concerned librarians as possible. Many of you have followed the struggles of the UC Berkeley library school. Today, UCLA Chancellor Young is recommending that the UCLA GSLIS be totally shut down as of July, 1994, as part of a general consolidation of UCLA professional schools.
People to contact include:
The GSLIS department FAX is 310-206-4460.
Thank you for your time.
--Melissa Silvestre, Student, UCLA GSLIS, user195@gslis.ucla.edu or izzygq9@oac.ucla.edu
(Submitted by Vicky Reich, Serials & Acquisititions)
The most up-to-date online source for tables of contents and keyword searches of journal articles in biomedicine (and other fields), UnCover, is available on SUNET via Lane-Services.
Check the table of contents for the latest issue of NEJM, Science, Nature, and many more.
Multidisciplinary subjects are covered, including basic biological sciences, clinical medicine, social science, natural sciences, and popular periodicals. Over 12,000 journals are indexed. Time coverage is 1987 to present (depending on the journal) and is updated daily. Database producer is CARL Systems, Inc. and member libraries. There are no author abstracts but selected articles have summaries.
For more UnCover information, refer to the Lane handout: "Quick Guide to UnCover". Included in this quick guide is a factsheet, login information, comparison with MEDLINE, and a few sample searches using UnCover. Pick up a copy at Lane Library or contact us and we will send you a copy.
To learn more about UnCover, changes in MEDLINE and LOIS and collection locations:
For further information:
Call 723-6831 8-6 M-F, or email laneinfo@krypton
--Gloria Linder, Lane Library
June 4: Public Presentation by Director of Libraries candidate
Larry Dowler (3:00-4:15; Oak Lounge, Tresidder).
See ALL-SUL-STAFF memos dated 5/13/93 & 6/3/93.
June 8: Going Away Party for Vivian Jones (3-5; Law School
Courtyard). See ALL-SUL-STAFF memo dated 6/3/93.
June 10: SSY Health & Safety Module (12:15-1:30; Amy Blue B
Training Room, 857 Serra, 1st floor). See 3/5/93.
June 12: "Managing Diversity in the Workplace" workshop (Santa
Clara). See 3/12/93.
June 13: Stanford University Graduation.
June 15: Applications due for Weber Leadership & Research awards
and for Treat Fund. See 6/4/93.
June 18: Technical Services Tour (1:30-3:30; begins outside
elevators, Meyer 4th floor). See 5/28/93.
Holderlin: Philosopher & Poet. [Exhibit commemorates the 150th anniversary of Holderlin's death and documents key episodes in his life and the history of the reception of his work.] (April 19 - June 13, 1993; Green Library Lobby).
The George P. Shultz Collection. [Exhibit commemorating the life of the former Secretary of State (1982-89), who is a distinguished fellow at the Hoover Institution. (May 18-July 31, 1993; Herbert Hoover Exhibit Pavilion).
Here is a recent letter from the President and the Vice President announcing White House electronic mail access:
Dear Friends:
Part of our commitment to change is to keep the White House in step with today's changing technology. As we move ahead into the twenty-first century, we must have a government that can show the way and lead by example. Today, we are pleased to announce that for the first time in history, the White House will be connected to you via electronic mail. Electronic mail will bring the Presidency and this Administration closer and make it more accessible to the people.
The White House will be connected to the Internet as well as several on-line commercial vendors, thus making us more accessible and more in touch with people across this country. We will not be alone in this venture. Congress is also getting involved, and an exciting announcement regarding electronic mail is expected to come from the House of Representatives tomorrow.
Various government agencies also will be taking part in the near future. Americans Communicating Electronically is a project developed by several government agencies to coordinate and improve access to the nation's educational and information assets and resources. This will be done through interactive communications such as electronic mail, and brought to people who do not have ready access to a computer.
However, we must be realistic about the limitations and expectations of the White House electronic mail system. This experiment is the first-ever e-mail project done on such a large scale. As we work to reinvent government and streamline our processes, the e-mail project can help to put us on the leading edge of progress.
Initially, your e-mail message will be read and receipt immediately acknowledged. A careful count will be taken on the number received as well as the subject of each message. However, the White House is not yet capable of sending back a tailored response via electronic mail. We are hoping this will happen by the end of the year.
A number of response-based programs which allow technology to help us read your message more effectively, and, eventually respond to you electronically in a timely fashion will be tried out as well. These programs will change periodically as we experiment with the best way to handle electronic mail from the public. Since this has never been tried before, it is important to allow for some flexibility in the system in these first stages. We welcome your suggestions.
This is an historic moment in the White House and we look forward to your participation and enthusiasm for this milestone event. We eagerly anticipate the day when electronic mail from the public is an integral and normal part of the White House communications system.
President Clinton Vice President Gore PRESIDENT@WHITEHOUSE.GOV VICE.PRESIDENT@WHITEHOUSE.GOV
--Submitted by Jill Otto, Falconer Library
[Co-editors' Note: With e-mail access to the White House and Congress, we will have an easy and quick way to forward our library-related concerns to the federal government.]
The last item is a collection of essays, some of the titles of which are as intriguing as that of the work as a whole. For instance: THE CANARY ON THE COMPUTER -- THE INTERFACE: SLOUCHING TOWARD THE FUTURE, OR, GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER? -- KNOWBOT EXPLORATIONS IN SIMILARITY SPACE -- PIGS IN CYBERSPACE -- TRANSCENDENCE AT THE INTERFACE: THE ARCHITECTURE OF CYBORG UTOPIA, OR, CYBERSPACE UTOPOIDS AS POSTMODERN CARGO CULT -- WHY SHOULD I READ THIS? (AND WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE, ANYHOW?).
--Submitted by Brian Kunde, Serials Cataloging & Copy Cataloging
SUL News Notes, an electronic publication of Stanford University Libraries (SUL), is issued weekly throughout the year. Submission deadline for the next issue will be 12 noon, Thursday, June 10th. Publication date for that issue will be Friday, June 11th. Items should be sent to: CN.BUL@FORSYTHE
CO-EDITORS: Tom Holt (5-1159; cn.tjh@forsythe)
Lisa Brown (3-2019; cn.llb@forsythe)
PRODUCTION: Lisa Brown (3-2019; cn.llb@forsythe)
EDITORIAL ASSISTANTS: Jill Otto, Falconer (5-1276; jotto@leland); Sheridan Schroeter, Music (5-1146; sheridan.schroeter@forsythe); Lucretia Cerny, Catalog (5-1124; cn.cat@forsythe); Lois Sher, Engineering (5-1016; cn.las@forsythe); JoAnne Klock, Serials & Acquisitions (3-3155; cn.acq@forsythe); Liz Wise, Preservation (3-9367; liz.wise@forsythe); John Baltierra, Branner (5-1102; cn.jab@forsythe); Donna Hjertberg, Cubberley (3-2121; cn.dxh@forsythe); Liz Green, Reference (5-1058; cn.dat@forsythe); Sarah Dohi, Swain (3-6401; cn.sed@forsythe)
COORDINATE LIAISONS: Vickie Seymour, Hoover (3-2065; seymour@hoover); Suzanne Sweeney, Business (5-2005; ssweeney@gsb-peso); Elaine Cattell, Law (3-2477; elaine.cattell@forsythe); Valerie Su, Medical (3-7198; valerie@krypton)