Shift Happens

Next week we move into March and a lot will be happening in the basement to get ready for the April 1st deadline for renovation.  Ann and her crew have done an outstanding job of moving and shift materials and we've gotten some help lined up during spring break.  Mary Jane and the folks in the catalog department have also been a great help in getting materials directed, sorted and staged.

We filled up the surplus truck today and be making another run late next week as well as moving the microfiche cabinets and thinning out the shelving so that we have some room to maneuver.

Early next week I will publish details on what to expect when over the next several weeks, in the meantime, thanks for your patience and thanks to all those working on this project for their efforts.
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Liaison Collections Responsibilities Task Force

A new Task Force looking at Liaison Collections Responsibilities has been formed with Steve Cramer agreeing to be chair.  Libraries are talking about how collection development has changed, and about the need for a re-examination of how they are organized to handle collection development along with the multitude of other liaison responsibilities. It's a critical issue that needs to be investigated and given some attention.

This task force is charged to:

·         Define the collection development, instruction, outreach and newly defined and enhanced responsibilities of our liaisons.

·         Define the ways that collection development has changed over the years.

·         Benchmark with other libraries to see how they are handling the complexities of liaison responsibilities in new, creative and innovative ways.

·         Recommend an organizational model for collection development and other liaison responsibilities that will allow us to give the proper attention to both areas in a sleek and efficient way. More than one organizational model should be recommended providing alternatives to choose from.

Other members include:  Beth Bernhardt, Mike Crumpton, Amy Harris, Nancy Ryckman and the report is due to Rosann on September 30th.

Open Access Publishing Support Fund

The University Libraries and the Office of Research & Economic Development recently created an Open Access Publishing Support Fund in order to support faculty, EPA employees, and graduate students who are becoming increasingly involved in open access publishing.  Currently, there are more than 30,000 open access journals published worldwide, and in lieu of a subscription-based business model, many open access journals require that authors pay an article processing fee.  To reduce barriers to open access publishing and to support faculty, EPA employees, and graduate students who choose open access publishing as the best venue for their work, the University Libraries and the Office of Research & Economic Development established this pilot project, which is funded at $11,500. 

The primary guidelines for the fund are that the author/applicant must be a member of the full-time faculty, a full-time EPA employee, or an enrolled graduate student; the article must be published in a peer-reviewed open-access journal; the article processing fee must have been paid no more than three months prior to submission of the application; reimbursement will not exceed $1,000 per published article; reimbursement will be limited to one award per fiscal-year per author; and authors are expected to exhaust all other grant or contract funding sources available to them before applying for support from the Open Access fund.

Information about the guidelines and the application process, as well as a link to an online application form, can be found at:

http://library.uncg.edu/services/scholarly_communication/OAPSF.aspx

If you have questions about the fund or process, please contact Stephen Dew (shdew@uncg.edu), Collections & Scholarly Resources Coordinator

New Year activites

With the new year we have several responsibilities that have produced new or returning individuals to help us pursue specific strategies or activities.  These individuals are working as temp SPA’s or students.  Their contributions are significant so please join me in welcoming them to our organization.  They are:

Andrea Cole has returned to SCUA to work on the processing of the Coble collection, which has now been moved to the renovated third floor.  This is an important collection of Howard Coble’s papers from his first years in office and will be joined at some point by his remaining papers once he leaves office.

Cynthia Wyrick has started part-time up in the administrative offices to support development activities with Linda Burr and help prepare for the next upcoming university wide fundraising campaign.  She will be working with donor information to identify and communicate with donors for solicitation purposes as well as cultivating potential opportunities for future donation activities.

Kristen Ross has been selected to work on the institutional repository NC DOCKS for promoting, soliciting and uploading information required to maintain and update our collection of university authored publications.  This new activity is a result of recommendations from the task force looking at the future of NC DOCKS.   She is an LIS student and will be reporting to Stephen Dew.

In the News, on the News or being the News

Our own Steve Cramer was featured this week on Fox 8, check it out!

http://www.myfox8.com/videobeta/?watchId=443c7f2e-5f75-458e-9f31-54003fef07c8

Third Diversity Residency position posted

The search for the third Diversity Resident has begun with the forming of the committee and the posting of the position on the UNCG website:  http://provost.uncg.edu/Academic/EPA_Personnel/JobLists/DetailPage.asp?s='3130'

This important position has gained momentum and support from all of your efforts and due to the success of our first two residents, Jason Alston and LaTesha Velez.  The search committee for this search has meet initially to review and tweak the position description and consists of:
Kathy Bradshaw - chair
Anna Craft
Erin Lawrimore
Danny Nanez
LaTesha Velez
Cathy Rothermel
Gerald Holmes (ex officio)
Mike Crumpton (ex officio)

The plan is to have a third resident ready to start this summer as LaTesha finishes her term.  Thanks for all of your efforts to this important program.

For more information regarding the University Libraries Diversity Initiatives including information about the first two residents, please see:  http://library.uncg.edu/info/diversity/

Irene Parsons

Irene Parsons, who graduated from Women's College in 1941, passed away last year and her planned gift to the Betty H. Carter Women Verterns Historical Project will support this project for years to come.  At the time of her death, this gift was valued at $53,876 and will produce approximately $2000 annually to use toward the Women Veterans Historical Project work and activities.

For more information about Ms. Parsons and her gift, see
http://uncgfol.blogspot.com/2009/10/irene-parsons-creates-endowed-fund-to.html