Monthly Archives: May 2010

Congratulations to our Seniors!

Congratulations to our wonderful Circ and ILL Seniors! We will miss you all! You leave behind a big gap at the Circ Desk and in our hearts, and though we may fill your roles in Circ and ILL, we can never replace you! Take good care and be well. Safe travels.

Here are a few pics from our Senior buffet lunch celebration – thanks to Dan for organizing!

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Congratulations Seniors!
Chinyere
Liz
Sarah
Philippe
Tapfuma
Christine
Sage
Aman
Carmen
Kelvin
Alexandra
Kelly
Mimi
Asma
Martha
Marina
DaWeon
Prerna
Ey
Koby
Annabelle
Emma

Collection Mgmt move timing and requesting in process materials

A message from Joseph: “Please be aware that Acquisitions, Cataloging, and End Processing are all moving offices in the next few days.  I’ve just processed a batch of rushes and except for desperately needed items we will not be processing anything until mid-week next week.  If you have request for items in process, please explain the situation to the requestor and try to keep expectations realistic.”

Staffing Changes

doorsHello,
I wanted to update you all on some staffing changes at Circ.
Kellam Ayres has officially been promoted to Reserves Coordinator, though as you know, she has been the Queen of Reserves for some time now. Congratulations, Kellam!
Steve Bertolino has been promoted to Reference and Instructional Librarian, and will soon be leaving the Circ equipment kingdom and moving across the Davis Library to his new office. Thankfully he will not be going far! Hurray for Steve!
Shawn O’Neil will be joining Circulation Services, and may have a temporary home behind the Main Circ Desk, before moving to Armstrong. Many of you may know Shawn from his work with the Helpdesk and Media Services. Welcome, Shawn!
Rich Church, Circ Stacks supervisor will (joyously!) be retiring on June 30th, after shelving, shifting, dusting and organizing many, many, many miles of books, and other library materials. Rich will have a new temporary home next to Kellam until the end of June.
This is also my last semester and June 30th will be my last day at Midd Circ. I am moving to Dummerston, VT, and though this is a very happy change for me, I will miss you all and this job very much!
We are currently in the process of interviewing candidates for 2 positions in Circ – and I will update you again when I know more.
You may also see lots of activity throughout the Main Library as staff across LIS move into different offices and work locations. So if you don’t find someone in their usual location, please check the Midd Directory for the most up to date info.
Seniors, you are also leaving Midd soon and I suspect that this is a bittersweet time for you as well. This year Circ is witnessing an unprecedented number of graduating seniors, and you will all leave a BIG gap in Circ Services.
Our Circ motto of “change is our tradition” seems quite appropriate this year! 🙂

Returns Returns Returns

stacks_smallIt’s that time of the year again. 🙂
Please take extra care that all returns are checked in carefully and sent to the right place for re-shelving. A little extra care at check-in will save us many hours of work searching and following up on materials that we missed at check-in. This is NOT the time to let returns pile up – please check-in all returns as they come in and share the fun with your shift partner! Carts will fill up quickly and require frequent trips to re-shelving areas. Please sort and spot check carts – look out for ILL/Nexpress, reserves, media, books in need of repair etc.

And speaking of re-shelving…lots of help needed! Supervisors, please assign students scheduled at the desk to re-shelving whenever possible.

Looking for extra hours?!
We can schedule extra hours for any student assistants interested in work and $$$. Please see Rich if interested. Hours are flexible – and you can listen to music while you shelve. Training/orientation will be provided if you have not had Stacks training before.