July 2010 Update

Moving Collections Project
The Moving Collections project has reached the end of Phase 1. That is, the Q – R books on the 2nd floor have been relocated to the northwest corner of the floor (in the former red-carrel area). Now, the classification sequence is Q – Z in that area. Hooray!

Phase 2 has begun which means that the government publications are being moved to 2nd floor, in the former Q – R area. In other words, the government publications will be located outside of Archives. Once gov pubs are moved, the current and bound journals will be moved into the former gov pubs area on 1st floor, next to the Computer Commons.

Thanks to all who have worked hard to make these moves possible - Special Projects, Shelving, Becky, Collection Development, Technical Services, and others). The result will be a vibrant collection surrounded by increased quiet study areas. Library maps are in the process of being updated.

When these phases of the Moving Collections project are complete, we will have a Party!


Subject Teams - Planning for Fall Goals

Members of the Subject Teams (Arts, Humanities & Architecture; Professional Studies; Socials Sciences; and Sciences) are updating individual professional plans and focusing on creating Team plans. We have also created a new Academic Support Team (to focus on non-disciplinary based campus collaborations). Meeting several newly defined goals will necessitate changes in Research Help and IM scheduling, in approach to the instruction strategic goals, and in how the Reference and Instruction departments are organized. To help us accomplish these goals, beginning August 1, the Reference and Instruction Librarians*, Bill Tietjen, and Tobey Stein will begin reporting directly to Cindy Hashert. The bibliographers*, Mary Dodge, Gayle Bradbeer, and Judith Valdez will continue to report directly to Cindy.

For more information on this topic, you are welcome to take a look at the intranet under the ERI/Subject Teams headings.

*see next entry for how these job titles are changing.

Librarian Title Changes

To more effectively communicate the scope of our jobs to the campus faculty and students, we have made a few changes in librarian job titles.

The Reference and Instruction Librarian title has changed to Research and Instruction Librarian.In some circumstances, the librarian will add their subject areas to their title.

The Bibliographer title has changed to Collection Development Librarian. If the Collection Development Librarian has a minor, that description may be added to their title. For example, Ellen Metter's title is Collection Development and Research Librarian. In some circumstances, the Collection Development Librarians will add their subject areas to their titles.