Libraries

NEWS

Congratulations to Kelly McElroy.  She and UW’s Madison Sullivan received one of the John F. Helmer Professional Development Awards granted by the Orbis Cascade Alliance.  Their proposal seeks to develop a digital privacy and security training program so as to pool expertise across the consortium and build capacity relating to the very critical privacy and security concerns we all have.   Many of you have heard Kelly present on this topic so it’s no surprise why their proposal was chosen.

TAKE NOTE

BennyBuy has a new permission so that Approvers can view the reason the document went into their approval queue.  This can be found in the workflow section of a document, where an Approver can click on PCMM Approval to see what rule triggered it moving into their queue.

The OSULP Dress Code is still with the EOA office.They will be talking with HR and the General Council about it.  Due to the holidays there is a delay in comments returning to the library.

Sustainability Tips for the Holidays: As the season of entertaining and gift giving kicks into high gear, the following tips and ideas are offered to support more sustainable celebrations.

• For library unit celebrations, don’t forget to reserve and use the OSULP Party Pack to reduce (or eliminate!) landfill-bound waste.
• When entertaining at home, try to use some or all of these strategies to reduce (or eliminate!) landfill-bound waste: (from Corvallis Sustainability Coalition newsletter suggestion doc)
• Use reusables instead of disposables whenever possible
• If you must use plastic, wash and reuse instead of throwing out (they are sturdier than you think!)
• If you must use paper napkins, compost in your Yard Debris cart (if you have one)
• Place well-labeled recycling and composting bins for guests to use
• Create your own platters instead of over-packaged pre-cut items
• If you buy pre-cut, save the sturdy packaging for reuse next time
• Reuse bows, ribbons, paper, boxes & gift bags from year to year
• Use fabrics or scarves as gift wrap -- oh-so-reusable!
• Use gift bags instead of gift wrap -- much easier to reuse (NOTE: gift wrap that includes foil elements cannot be placed in paper recycling)
•  If you get a print newspaper, use Sunday newspaper comic pages for colorful, fun gift wrap. Or use plain craft paper wrapping and decorate with beautiful, reused ribbons and bows

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES

Timberline Lodge has a call for proposals out, which ends December 31st.  The planning committee is open to Presentations and Table Talks on all aspects of library acquisitions and collection management.  Presenters are encouraged to engage the audience in discussion, whether the presentation leans more toward the practical "here's what we did" sessions or toward the more abstract "here's what we think" sessions.

PERSONNEL NEWS

LT2 in Circulation – The committee is conducting interviews for this position.

Acquisitions LT3 – The committee has been finalized.

Acquisitions/Monograph LT3 – This position has been posted.

GovDoc Position – The committee is looking for a search advocate.

Project Manager Position – The search committee is being formed for this position.

Cascades LT3 – The position should be posted early this week.

Press Acquisitions Editor – The committee is being formed for this position.

QUOTE OF THE WEEK

“....a good book can teach you about the world and about yourself. You learn more than how to read better; you also learn more about life. You become wiser. Not just more knowledgeable - books that provide nothing but information can produce that result. But wiser, in the sense that you are more deeply aware of the great and enduring truths of human life.”
― Mortimer J. Adler, How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading