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SULAIR NEWS – July 8, 2009
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
- Changes to Library Publications and Outreach Activities
- Maria Grandinette Receives Award from the American Institute for Conservation.
- LOCKSS Program Looking for Systems Administrator
- *** Reference Question of the Week ***
1. Changes to Library Publications and Outreach Activities
Due to recent budget cuts, the following changes have been made in Stanford University Libraries’ publications and library outreach activities:
- We have ceased publication of Imprint, a semi-annual publication
originally published under the auspices of the Libraries’ Associates,
and more recently published under the auspices of the Department of
Special Collections and University Archives. The last issue of Imprint
is the Spring 2009 issue, Volume 27 Number 1.
- We have eliminated bulk printing of Library Hours, Libraries’ maps,
and postcard announcements for Speaking of Computers. These
publications are all available online and may be printed on demand:
- We will greatly reduce the number and size of print ads placed in
the Stanford Daily for events such as new student tours, Winter
closure, and graduation.
- We have canceled the 2009 Library Open House.
2. Maria Grandinette Receives Award from the American Institute for Conservation.
The American Institute for Conservation awarded Maria Grandinette the Rutherford John Gettens Award for outstanding service at the annual AIC conference in Los Angeles on May 19, 2009.
Throughout her career in conservation, Maria has made many important contributions to the AIC. In particular, she was cited for founding the Library Collections Conservation Discussion Group with her colleague Randy Silverman. As co-founder and co-chair of the LCCDG, Maria has provided an invaluable forum for library conservators to exchange ideas. This forum has become one of the most relevant and important sessions for library conservators attending AIC, and has raised awareness of conservation issues and needs that are unique to their institutions.
The award also recognizes her work with the Task Force on Collections Care Professionals. As Chair of the Task Force, Maria helped to establish professional standards for conservation technicians which led to one of AIC’s core documents, Requisite Competencies for Conservation Technicians and Collections Care Specialists.
Let us congratulate and thank Maria for her many contributions that ensure such a high standard of care for collections at Stanford and beyond.
--submitted by Elizabeth Ryan
3. LOCKSS Program Looking for Systems Administrator
LOCKSS Program
Stanford University Libraries
Systems Administrator Job Posting
The LOCKSS team supports an international community of libraries and publishers who work with the Stanford University LOCKSS Program to preserve digital content.
Responsibilities
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Administer (buy, install, configure, troubleshoot, backup, upgrade, document and manage) software and hardware components for LOCKSS Program and CLOCKSS Archive machines.
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Monitor the LOCKSS Network and gather performance statistics using LOCKSS Program tools.
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Build and test internally developed software.
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Build and test the LOCKSS software distributions.
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Support LOCKSS Alliance members to maintain their LOCKSS boxes.
Qualifications
Required:
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BA/BS in Computer Science/Electrical Engineering or equivalent experience.
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Three years related experience.
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Experience with source control systems such as CVS.
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Experience with Linux.
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Experience with network management tools, such as traceroute and ping.
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Experience with OpenBSD or FreeBSD.
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Ability to learn new systems and programming languages.
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High level of integrity and excellent judgment concerning privacy issues.
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Demonstrated ability to work in a team environment.
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Excellent oral and written communication skills.
Desired:
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Experience with OpenSolaris.
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Experience with shell scripting, Perl, Python, etc.
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Experience using a high-level structured programming language, such as Java.
Contact
Vicky Reich
Director LOCKSS Program
vreich@stanford.edu
When contacting us about this position, please use the subject line: System Administrator (YOUR NAME HERE).
--submitted by Vicky Reich
4. *** Reference Question of the Week ***
Question: Can Stanford Library help me appraise the value of a book?
Answer: Book appraisal services are not offered by the Stanford University
Libraries, but staff members offer the following suggestions for
getting the valuation of old books on your own:
- If you are in the San Francisco Bay area, here is a resource that our staff uses: The Brick Row Book Shop.
The Brick Row Book Shop offers appraisal services of books, manuscripts
and archives for numerous purposes: donation to educational
institutions, replacement value for insurance coverage, division of
property, establishment of a fair market value for sale, etc. There is
a link on their site for Appraisals
- You can try this public site: AbeBooks.com. This Web site is an online marketplace for old books.
- Or you can show it to a book dealer. Any major yellow pages will list Books, Used & Rare.
- There are also a couple of good, general sites for analyzing the value of books. Bookride is an amusing site with lots of advice and links. ViaLibri has a search engine for checking about 20,000 book dealers worldwide.
You can find more reference questions and answers at the Information Center Web site.
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
SULAIR News is an electronic publication of Stanford University
Libraries and Academic Information Resources issued weekly. Copy deadline is
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Editor: Eleanor Brown, Eleanor.Brown@stanford.edu
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