Week of May 21, 2018

NEWS

Congratulations to Hannah Rempel, who was recently ACRL’s featured librarian! Check out the whole story here. Way to go, Hannah!

TAKE NOTE

The Office of Human Resources is offering several financial and retirement workshops soon. If you are interested in learning more about Social Security, retirement, PERS, and other financial topics, you will find more information here. There is also information about having one-on-one consultations with TIAA and Fidelity representatives.

OSU will once again work both on- and off-campus with the Corvallis community to collect reusable goods from students during the Great Move Out. Volunteers are needed for the off-campus event on June 15; details and signup here. Volunteers are needed for the residence hall program June 11-19; details and signup here. For more information on the Great Move Out, visit the website.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES

Instructional Analytics and Reporting will provide an in-depth introduction to the data available in CORE and how to navigate the CORE website. Register online for the May 15^th workshop from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Willamette East.

There will be a campus forum on DocuSign and how to use the tool on May 23 from 10 to 10:50 a.m. in Owen 101.

Detours and Distancing within Affinity Groups: What White People Do is Thursday, June 7^th, from 10:00 to 12:30am in 124 Cascade Hall. This experiential learning workshop invites participants to do small group work that identifies common detours and distancing that White people do to explain good intentions. The goal of our work today will be to recognize these patterns and move toward corrective justice practices in the future. Pre-requisite: Must have completed Social Justice Education Initiative - Session 1 & 2 before attending this workshop. Register online now.

PERSONNEL NEWS

Science Librarian – Science Librarian applications are coming in. Recruitment closes on May 29, 2018.

Metadata Librarian – On-campus interviews wrapped up last week, and the search committee has finished their report.

QUOTE OF THE WEEK

“We may sit in our library and yet be in all quarters of the earth.”

— John Lubbock