Libraries

NEWS

The Press has two new books out as of October (and November): Sporting Oregon: A Pictorial History of Early Oregon Sports by Brian Campf and A Generous Nature: Lives Transformed by Oregon by Marcy Cottrell Houle.

TAKE NOTE

The Valley Library will be an information point for the census so that students and community members can ask questions about it.  We’ll also have computers available for them to fill out their form if they would like.

The Office of Institutional Diversity (OID) is hosting their Dialogue Facilitation Lab for the winter term.  It’s a professional learning and exploratory seminar for faculty, staff, and graduate students looking to integrate critical dialogue facilitation skills into professional environments.  If you’re interested, please submit your application online by November 24^th (Sunday) at 5:00 p.m.

There have been some cosmetic changes to BennyBuy recently.  If you’re using the system to look up an invoice, then you might have noticed that the Documents and Orders tabs have been combined into one, labeled Orders.  This means that the link to do a Docume Search is now under the Orders menu.

The OSU Press is celebrating the holiday season with their holiday sale.  That means 25% off selected titles when ordered through the OSU Press website.  Just enter the promotion code 19HOLIDAY at checkout.

Are you renting a vehicle through Enterprise for business-related travel?  Then make sure you sign up for the insurance as well, as Enterprise vehicles will not come with insurance until a new contract is reached.  As of 11/18, a new agreement still hasn’t been reached.

PERSONNEL NEWS

Public Services Unit Supervisor – No new update.

Analyst Programmer 3 – The committee is working on phone interviews right now.

Monographs LT3 – The search committee is waiting for this position to be posted.

Serials LT3 – This position closed with 10 applicants and the search committee is reviewing those today.

Resource Sharing LT2 – The search committee is waiting for this position to be posted.

Collections Maintenance LT2 – The open position will be on hold as the department reviews needs.

Guin LT3s – The committee is working on making offers.

QUOTE OF THE WEEK

“Education leads to enlightenment. Enlightenment opens the way to empathy. Empathy foreshadows reform.”

― Derrick A. Bell