Volunteer to help at Library Palooza 2009 on August 30 from 1:00 till 3:00. Library Palooza is the University Library’s annual welcome/welcome back event for incoming and returning students.
Join us in making this year’s Palooza the best ever.
http://library.albany.edu/reference/services/Paloozasignupformail/signupformail.html
The Interactive Media Center will have limited services between the dates of July 25 and August 3.
Please note:
There will be no staffing at this time.
Camera, camcorders, tripods, and related equipment will not be available for checkout or return
Please plan accordingly if you need to pickup or return equipment during this period
There will be limited availability of other equipment through the Circulation desk
For more information contact: Regina Conboy, 442-3608 rconboy@uamail.albany.edu
Carol Anne has been awarded the annual Ingenta Research Award from the American Library
Association’s Library Research Round Table. The award recognizes the significance and quality of Carol Anne’s doctoral research in “Maintaining persistent scholarship: an analysis of the accessibility rate of cited
electronic resources within doctoral dissertations” and provides funding support. Congratulations, Carol Anne!
Check the New Titles list in Minerva, a recently added feature. The list is available by clicking on the last tab on the main Minerva search screen, labeled 'New Titles'. The list is in call number order, and will be available monthly. The previous month's list will also be available. Clicking on an individual title will take you to the Minerva record.
Ms. Winifred Kutchukian is a part-time instructional support assistant
assigned to the University Libraries¹ interlibrary borrowing unit where she
provides critical service in coordinating and processing a very large volume
of requests for research materials not available in the University¹s
collection. Winnie is an alumna of UAlbany, and throughout her 18 years with
the Libraries she has served in a variety of roles and functions. Her
colleagues know her as a very dedicated and thoughtful professional who has
well developed customer services abilities and a broad knowledge of
interlibrary loan trends and issues. She works to find solutions, resolve
issues, and strengthen the ability of the Libraries to achieve excellence in
interlibrary loan operations. Her many suggestions for expediting
interlibrary loan requests have enabled the Libraries truly to put global
resources within easy reach of students and faculty in a timely and
expeditious manner. The high quality of her work has directly enhanced the
Libraries reputation for service and as one of the top 100 research
libraries in the U.S. In addition to her notable performance in her core
assignment, Ms. Kutchukian is valued for her service on many committees,
task forces, and special project initiatives. Her talents have particularly
benefited the Libraries Diversity Committee. We take great pride in
recognizing Ms. Winifred Kutchukian as an exemplary member of the
professional staff and one of the 2009 recipients of the President¹s Award
for Excellence in Professional Service.
Brianna Rogers will be the University at Albany Libraries’ third summer visitor this year. Brianna is a second-year undergraduate student at Johnson C. Smith University in Charlotte, North Carolina, and a participant in The Mellon Librarian Recruitment Program funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Brianna started her internship yesterday in the University Library’s Circulation and Media Services Department. In the near future, she will also be working in the Dewey Graduate Library.
Brianna enjoys baking brownies and chocolate chip cookies and spending time with her black kitty named Princess. Her other hobbies include watching funny movies such as Meet the Parents and listening to music artists, John Legend and Destiny’s Child. Her work experience includes working in the Johnson C. Smith Library as a Student Assistant; serving as a Program Assistant at O.D. Heck; and, assisting shoppers at BJ’s Wholesale Club and Old Navy.
A little bit of information about the Mellon Librarian Recruitment Program…(from http://www.oberlin.edu/library/mellon/ )
The Mellon Librarian Recruitment Program began in June 2003 when Oberlin College received funding from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The purpose of the Mellon Librarian Recruitment Program is to encourage talented and diverse undergraduates to pursue jobs in libraries.
The program aims to increase the number of librarians available to fill the projected national shortage of librarians due to retirements. Expanding the racial and ethnic diversity of librarians is also an objective of the program. Currently, the percentage of people of color working in libraries is not proportionate to the number of people of color nationally.
Through experience in and multifaceted exposure to library work, students will become aware of the variety of options available to them in this evolving career field.
The following libraries cooperatively participate in the program with Oberlin:
