ClimateQUAL Info Sessions

As discussed in last month's All Personnel Meeting, we have scheduled some information sessions related to the ClimateQUAL results. All sessions will be in the Hodges Reading Room and a DoodlePoll is included ti help us get an expected count of participants:  http://doodle.com/pwsnr9w8y58xs5tq

The dates and times are:

• Friday, September 28th at 11 am
• Tuesday, October 2nd at 4 pm
• Wednesday, October 3rd at 9:30 am
• Thursday, October 11th at 2 pm

We hope everyone can attend one of these sessions, slides from the ClimateQUAL presentation at the All Personnel Meeting are below:

Real Learning Connections

We are continuing with our Real Learnings Connection program for a third year with 3 projects and 4 wonderful graduate assistant's in our partnership with the School of Library and Information Science.  This program and these projects are studying the relationship between theory and practice by facilitating work and discussion between faculty, librarians and students.  Research of field literature and emerging trends within the field are also studied as per of this endeavour.

Our three projects starting this month are;

• Tech Services to study our transition to WMS and  how cloud computing is impacting the library environment, with Leslie Perry
• University Artifacts Project, to process and study how artifacts and archives can be accessible and useful for student research use, with Susan Taylor
• And Digital Media Commons, with a LIS student (Chelsea Deangio) and a Media Studies student (Samantha Chambers) is studying the needs of students in a digital environment, the impact our new DMC will have and how the two academic disciplines approach it from an educational point of view.

Please welcome these students and support them in their projects, thanks!
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New Art on First Floor

Many thanks to the Art Committee for setting up and rearranging art work on the first floor.  Please take a look, some of the maps that were displaced in the renovation have been put back in order (along with the Head), and some new prints which are copies or our special collections holding are displayed in the Reading Room and Reference.  QR codes that link to descriptions are coming.  Thanks Kimberly, Kathelene, Nancy, Audrey, Carolyn and Kathy.

Music Library Upgrade

The Music Library is upgrading some features this summer including a rearrangement of the LP's stored in the lower level:

This involves some new shelving along the walls and the LP's are currently staged for placement.

This also includes a weeding project for the reference collection and these shelves will be turned to accommodate some new furniture over the next few weeks:

More info to come soon but if you are over there they have a very attractive display case showing all of the changes:

Check it out!

Summer Time at the Libraries

In honor of the start of summer I wanted to share some photos to get everyone in the mood.  Remember we have two plots over at the official UNCG gardens:

Right now we have a flower bed going wild:

And a bunch of herbs doing very well:

And finally, Jackson through the daises...............Happy Summer!

NCLA Leadership Institute

I speaking with someone yesteday, I realized that some of you who are not NCLA members might not have seen this.  The Call for Applications is out for the 2012 NCLA Leadership Institute.  More information is at this link:  http://www.nclaonline.org/professional-development/event/2012-ncla-leadership-institute-cultivating-and-inspiring-nc-library-l

If you are interested in applying just know that you will need to be a member of NCLA but can join now in order to apply and be considered.  The venue is close to us and this year is much more affordable that in the past.  Please let me know if you have any questions.
Mike

SPA rep to AAG

We are looking for a new SPA rep to set on the Administrative Advisory Group (AAG) meetings.  With the change in the staff senate election process being a senator is not required but we would like this position to rotate to interested staff who have not served previously.  This assignment requires monthly attendance to a two hour meeting, typically and attendance at the AAG Retreat which will be on July 3rd this year.

If you are interested please let me (macrumpt@uncg.edu) know by June 23rd and a selection will be made from the group of those of you interested.

Thanks,
Mike