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SULAIR NEWS – January 9, 2008
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
- SFX MARCit e-journal Records Added to Socrates
- New LOCKSS YouTube video, Why Libraries Should Join LOCKSS
- Nathalie Auerbach Appointed Bibliographer for Germanic Collections
- Two Librarians Join the Staff in the Engineering Library
- Susan Harris to Retire
- ***Reference Question of the Week ***
- SULAIR Job Opportunities
1. SFX MARCit e-journal Records Added to Socrates
Over the weekend of December 15-16, Library Systems successfully completed the first production load of Ex Libris SFX MARCit e-journal records to the library catalog. These records provide MARC information for SULAIR’s e-journal collection managed in the SFX KnowledgeBase.
10,622 existing records were updated with a URL that brings up the SFX menu automatically when the record is displayed in Socrates. In addition, 17,370 new records were added to the catalog, providing a significant enhancement to the discovery and access of SULAIR’s e-journal collection. The majority of the new records are high quality bibliographic serial records from the Library of Congress CONSER program. Some of the new records are "brief" records, records that have basically just a title. Although not as complete as the CONSER records, the brief records do provide access to the e-journal via a title or keyword search. These short records include a note of "MARCit brief record".
Ex Libris provides regular updates to the MARCit records, and periodic updates to Socrates will be made on an ongoing basis.
A number of people throughout SULAIR deserve major thanks and credit for their efforts to bring this project to conclusion:
DLSS: Darsi Rueda, Matthew Ahmed, Jon Lavigne, and Rita Lunnon
Acquisitions: Sue-Ellen Johnson and Holly Thomason
Cataloging and Data Control: Vitus Tang, Phil Schreur, Margaret Lu, Joanna Dyla, and Kay Teel
Thanks to everyone involved in this project for all the hard work!
--submitted by Lauren Scott
2. New LOCKSS YouTube video, Why Libraries Should Join LOCKSS
A new YouTube video detailing why libraries need LOCKSS was recently created by University of Michigan School of Information graduate students. In the two-part series, they do an impressive job walking the viewer through the advantages and benefits of being a LOCKSS Alliance member. We thought you might find the video interesting, and we encourage you to share it with others! Thanks, as always, for your support!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POJf38RzihA (Part I)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKr1Adc8tnA (Part II)
--submitted by Amy Kohrman
3. Nathalie Auerbach Appointed Bibliographer for Germanic Collections
I am pleased to announce the appointment, effective in January 2008, of Nathalie Auerbach as Bibliographer for Germanic Collections, in SULAIR's Humanities and Area Studies Resource Group.
Nathalie brings a wealth of experience and training - not to mention impressive linguistic gifts - to her new bibliographical assignment. She has worked for the Stanford University Libraries since 1984. During much of that timespan (1986-2000) she served as Curatorial Assistant for Germanic Collections, working under the supervision of Peter Frank and, following him, Henry Lowood. After a stint at Highwire Press (2000-2002) Nathalie returned to Green Library and since then has served as Curatorial Assistant for French and Italian Collections - an assignment that she will retain in addition to her new assignment.
The impetus for this appointment came from the need to reduce Henry's curatorial commitments, so that he can devote a significant portion of his attentions to a grant-funded project that is sponsored by the National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program (NDIIPP) at the Library of Congress. He will co-direct (with Michael Shanks, from the Classics Department) an adventurous digital preservation effort, the first such program that is devoted fully to the documentation and historical preservation of virtual worlds. Henry will continue to serve as Curator for History of Science and Technology, and Film and Media Studies.
Please join me in welcoming Nathalie to her new role as SULAIR Bibliographer for Germanic Collections.
--submitted by Assunta Pisani
4. Two Librarians Join the Staff in the Engineering Library
The Engineering Library has been successful in hiring two seasoned librarians to fill the positions vacated by Karen Grieg and Susan Payne. Both of these librarians come to Stanford from the Hewlett-Packard Laboratories Research Library in Palo Alto. Kathleen Gust worked for the HP Labs Research Library for 20 years and was part of many transitions within the Library as HP evolved by spinning off the testing division, acquiring new businesses and surviving the dot-com bust. Kathleen supported the information needs of researchers in a wide-variety of areas including, most recently, quantum computing, micro-needle drug delivery, memory spot RFID and Asian language recognition systems. She also developed targeted newsletters, podcasts and technical topic briefings to alert researchers to new developments in their areas of interest. Kathleen’s MLS is from the University of Arizona. Kathleen will start in the Engineering Library on Jan 14, 2008.
Also joining us from the HP Labs Research Library is Pamela Gore. Pam worked for the HP Labs Research Library for 7 years as the content and communications team program manager, developing the library Web portal including the creation of tutorials for the library's collection of over 100 Web-based research tools, as well as the integration of library content with the corporate Web portal. Pam's previous work experience includes 2 years developing Web search directories for EoExchange and 5 years in user support at both Dialog and Information Access Company. Pam's MLS is from Simmons College. Pam will start in the Engineering Library on Jan 22, 2008.
Please join me in welcoming Kathleen and Pam to the Engineering Library.
--submitted by Helen Josephine
5. Susan Harris to Retire
A mainstay in the Miller Library for 34 years, Susan Harris will be retiring in early January. She was first hired by Alan Baldridge back in 1974 before he left Hopkins to become director of the Rosenstiel Library at University of Miami. Sue kept the library afloat solo until Alan returned 4 years later. She saw the library out grow its space on the top floor of the Loeb Lab and move to the Boatworks building. She then helped move the collection again to a gorgeous new building shortly before the Loma Prieta earthquake (nothing fell off the shelves at Hopkins). Sue was responsible for much of the barcoding of the collection and continued to adapt to major changes such as online journal check-in using SIRSI, document delivery through Information Express, and creation of a database for over a thousand student papers. Sue also met her husband, Chuck Baxter, while working in the library. She is looking forward to spending more time with Chuck, taking care of her garden and chickens out in Carmel Valley, and playing with her grandkids. She will be sorely missed.
The challenge to find someone to replace Sue has already begun. The job is posted on the Stanford Jobs Web page.
--submitted by Joe Wible
6. ***Reference Question of the Week ***
Question:
How do I find out about the December conference in Bali about climate change?
Answer:
A good place to start would be the official Web site of the United Nations Climate Change Conference, held in Bali, Indonesia, from December 3-14, 2007. This includes all sorts of reports, webcasts, and links, including information on the Kyoto Protocol of 1997. See also the pages of the United Nations Environment Programme, which sponsored the conference.
Other sites open to all include the Environmental News Network,
which is a great source for environmental news. (Search under Ecosystems
or Climate.) See also Greenpeace under Topics: Global Warming and
Energy. The New York Times public site has a lot of information. It also has a blog.
Grist is another helpful environmental blog.
For the complete answer, visit the Information Center Web site at:
https://www.stanford.edu/group/ic/cgi-bin/drupal/node/340
To contribute to the Reference Question of the Week feature of SULAIR News, submit your question and answer through the SULAIR News online submission form at: http://sulairnews.stanford.edu/issues/submit/submit.jsp.
--submitted by Editorial Staff
7. SULAIR Job Opportunities
SULAIR has the following new positions this week:
Senior Developer, Digital Library Systems
(# 28626)
Manager, Stanford Digital Repository
(# 28586)
Branch Specialist (Serials, Circulation, Reference)
(# 28504)
For a complete description of open positions within SULAIR, go to the Stanford Jobs page and type University Libraries in the Job Search box at the bottom of the page.
--submitted by Editorial Staff
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