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SULAIR NEWS – December 3, 2008
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
- Important Payroll Information
- SULAIR News Publication Schedule for Winter Break
- *** Reference Question of the Week ***
- SULAIR Job Opportunities
1. Important Payroll Information
The 12/15/08 pay period is the last pay period for the calendar and tax year 2008. Due to Winter Closure, payroll deadlines are accelerated. Payday is 12/19/08. Direct deposits will post on Friday 12/19/08. Your online pay statements will be available in Axess (https://axess.stanford.edu) on Wednesday 12/17/08, even if you receive live paychecks. Please verify your pay as soon as possible.
Live paychecks will be delivered to departments, as normal, on payday, 12/19/08. Paper advices (for those who have opted for a paper advice) will also be distributed to departments on 12/19/08.
If you have not done so, we strongly urge you to enroll in direct deposit. Direct deposit enrollment instructions were attached to all live paychecks for the 11/15/08 pay period. Direct deposit enrollments, both online in Axess or on paper forms submitted to Payroll, will be accepted through 12/15/08.
--submitted by Malini Doering
2. SULAIR News Publication Schedule for Winter Break
Because of the University's Winter Closure from December 22, 2008-January 2,2009, SULAIR News' publication schedule will change as follows:
- The last issue of December 2008 will be on Wednesday, December 17.
- The first issue of January 2009 will be Wednesday, January 7.
Remember to submit your articles via the online submission system. The deadline for submitting an article is 12 noon Friday for publication the following Wednesday. For the January 7 issue of SULAIR News, you can submit your articles noon on Tuesday, January 6.
--submitted by Editorial Staff
3. *** Reference Question of the Week ***
Question: I will be in London shortly, doing research on the signal and code intercepts made by British Intelligence, both civilian and military, for the early 1950s in the Far East. Before I go, I would like to find out what are the archival classes of these materials in what was formally called the Public Record Office, and is now the British National Archives.
Answer: Our best guess would be that whatever declassified records might exist would be found in the HW class in the National Archives at Kew, which comprise the records of the Government Code and Cypher School and its successor, GCHQ. As described in the National Archives' online catalogue, the records comprise 74 series (the majority of which are not listed online). Here is a brief description of the HW series:
Government Code and Cypher School (GC&CS) and its successors
"The Government Code and Cypher School (GC&CS) was formed in 1919 with overall responsibility for Signals intelligence (SIGINT); the interception of enemy communications as well as the security of the Government's own communications. Most famously GC&CS scored a resounding success against Nazi Germany when its code-breakers cracked the enciphered codes to the ENIGMA machine in World War Two. In 1946 the GC&CS was renamed the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ). GCHQ is also responsible for the security of the government's electronic communications through its Communications Electronic Security Group. Records of GC&CS (as well as the Far East Combined Bureau and the interception and direction finding station at RAF Cheadle) can be found in the HW record series. There are 74 series in the HW class."
For the complete answer, visit the Information Center Web site at:
https://www.stanford.edu/group/ic/cgi-bin/drupal2/node/439
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.
--submitted by Editorial Staff
4. SULAIR Job Opportunities
SULAIR has no new positions this week.
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
SULAIR News is an electronic publication of Stanford University
Libraries and Academic Information Resources issued weekly. Copy deadline is
12:00 NOON Friday for publication on the following Wednesday. Submit items for
publication via the online submission system.
Editor: Eleanor Brown, Eleanor.Brown@stanford.edu
