TABLE OF CONTENTS:

1.  Systems Coverage During the Holidays
2.  Jackson Library Hours During Intercession
3.  RLIN Service Schedule Dec. 25, 1997 - Jan. 2, 1998
4.  Into the Future: On the Preservation of Knowledge in the Electronic Age
5.  Human Resources Closed for Holidays

During the holiday weeks (Christmas Week and New Year's Week), there will be reduced staffing in the Systems department as many of the Systems staff will be taking time off.  However, as always, our normal emergency notification phone will be in operation. The purpose of the notification phone is to have a way of supporting the systems that are critical to library functionality, and is for use with any problem where rapid response is required.  It may be used during business hours as well as after hours. Call 5-9787, and select the option to leave an urgent message.  This will page the Systems staff person on-call.  Be sure to include the phone number where you can be reached, and a brief description of the problem. Phone calls for non-emergency problems should go to 3-9724.  Voice mail will be monitored during business hours.

We in Systems wish all of you a very pleasant holiday season!
 

Jackson Library (Graduate School of Business) will be closed to the public on Wednesday, December 24th and the regular University Holidays.  During the period from December 22nd to January 5th, the library will also be offering only limited "on-call" reference services.
 

RLIN bibliographic and authority files will be available in search-only mode, as previously announced in RLG's 1997 service schedule, on Thursday 12/25/97 through Friday 1/2/98.  This period of search-only service will allow supplementary loading of RLG member, RLIN user, and resource file data.

These functions WILL NOT be available 12/25/97 through 1/2/98:

   -  Input/update in the bibliographic files
   -  Input/update in the authority files

These functions WILL be available 12/25/97 through 1/2/98:

   -  Searching in all files
   -  Input/update in the ILL file
   -  The Pass and Put commands in the bibliographic and authority files
   -  Printing in all files (including Acquisitions products)

Service hours for these periods will be (Pacific Time):

  Thursday 12/25/97    12 midnight - 9:00 p.m. (no RLG Central Staff support)
  Friday, 12/26/97     12 midnight - 9:00 p.m. (no RLG Central Staff support)
  Saturday, 12/27/97   8 am - 12 midnight (no RLG Central Staff support)
  Sunday, 12/28/97     12 midnight - 9:00 p.m. (no RLG Central Staff support)
  Monday, 12/29/97     12 midnight - 9:00 p.m.
  Tuesday, 12/30/97    12 midnight - 9:00 p.m.
  Wednesday, 12/31/97  12 midnight - 9:00 p.m.
  Thursday, 1/1/98     12 midnight - 9:00 p.m. (no RLG Central Staff support)
  Friday, 1/2/98       12 midnight - 9:00 p.m.
 

The above film is reviewed in the January 1998 issue of Scientific American on page 110)

For information on this program from the Public Broadcasting System see
http://www.pbs.org/whatson/1998/01/descriptions/INFU.html
 

HR will be closed for the holidays December 24 through January 4. If you need assistance during this time, please leave a voice mail message at 723-8251.

SUL/AIR News, an electronic publication of Stanford University Libraries is issued weekly.  Copy deadline is 5:00 Wednesday.  Submit items for publication to cnielson@sulmail.stanford.edu
EDITOR/PRODUCTION:  Maureen Davidson
EDITORIAL ASSISTANTS: Lucretia Cerny, Catalog (lcerny@sulmail) Grace Baysinger, Swain (graceb@leland) Liz Green, Reference (cn.dat@forsythe) Donna Hjertberg, Cubberley (cn.dxh@forsythe) Jill Otto, Falconer (jotto@leland) Riva Bacon, Music (hf.riv@forsythe) Lois Sher, Engineering (cn.las@forsythe) Liz Wise, Preservation (lizwise@leland).
COORDINATE LIAISONS: Elaine Cattell, Law (cattell@leland) Suzanne Remington, Hoover (suzyq@leland) Valerie Su, Medical (valerie@krypton) Suzanne Sweeney, Business (ssweeney@gsb-peso)
 

Last Modified: May 12, 1998
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