The Tuesday Times—October 4, 2016
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Archives Month Returns with Opening of Arkansas Extension Circulars Digital Collection
Special Collections will celebrate American Archives Month with an event highlighting the opening of the Arkansas Extension Circulars Digital Collection at 1:30 pm. Thursday, Oct. 13, in the Special Collections Reading Room. The Arkansas Extension Circulars were published by the Cooperative Extension Service of the Division of Agriculture to provide Arkansas working farmers and families education and support for a variety of topics related to farming and home-making. Jeannie Whayne of the U of A, Cherisse Jones Branch of Arkansas State University, and Denna Clymer of Crowder College will be speakers at the event. Necia Parker-Gibson will also give an overview of the collection and the digitization project.
Teatime Training Wednesdays in October
Beth Juhl will offer a series of open staff training sessions on Wednesday afternoons in October. Please feel free to attend any that interest you. All sessions will be at 3 pm in Mullins Library room 102. It’s BYOT (Bring Your Own Tea) but chocolate will be provided.
- October 5: Sierra Basics, an introduction to the library catalog system for all staff.
- October 12: LibGuides Overview and Updates, an introduction to LibGuides for new authors, best practices for guide authoring, and update on new functionality for experienced users.
- October 19: Sierra Create Lists, an overview of creating and using lists of records on the Sierra system.
- October 26: Zotero for Staff, an open session on the Zotero citation management tool.
New LibGuides on Open Access Launched
Melody Herr has launched two new LibGuides in anticipation of Open Access Week (October 24-29). The first guide, Open Scholarship , serves as an introduction to all things open access; it’s sort of an umbrella glide which links to the other guides related to open access (e.g., Open Web, Open Education Resources). The second guide, Open Access, focuses primarily on open access publications, although it does point to other open access media.
Sierra Upgrade Planned for Fall Break
Beth Juhl reports that the next Sierra upgrade will occur on Tuesday morning, October 18th, at 7:30. We expect to be offline for approximately 90 minutes while the system is updated to Sierra 2.3.
Mark Your Calendars: Fall Convocation
Geoffrey Stark of the Staff Concerns Committee announces that the Fall Convocation (and costume contest) will occur on Monday, October 31 in the Staff Lounge. In case you want to spend more than five minutes planning your costume. We haven’t quite decided on a time yet, so we’ll keep you updated.
Kalli is Gone (and I’m still grieving)
Kalli Vimr left us for Charlotte, North Carolina, where there are riots and curfews, so I hope she is happy. Howsomever, I’ve been left in charge of the public relations office and activities until a new public relations coordinator is hired. As you can imagine, there is a large gap between everything that Kalli took care of and my knowledge about said activities. So I’m asking for your help. If you see something being neglected, or you wonder, “What ever became of _________?” or “Why hasn’t anyone done __________ for three weeks (the time since Kalli left),” then would you please let me know?
Computer Tech Tip
Elaine Roser asks, “Know about LYNDA.com? It is a collection of hundreds of training modules, and the campus subscribes so we can create individual accounts at no cost to faculty, staff, or students. LYNDA.com has an excellent Windows 10 Essential Training video:
https://www.lynda.com/Windows-tutorials/Windows-10-Essential-Training/379064-2.html
Shout Out (n.) Informal. A message of congratulation, support, or appreciation.
Molly Boyd gives a shout out to Ila Irizarry and Martha Guirl-Phillips, who took care of logistical details and problems for two big events on back-to-back days last week seamlessly and without complaint. Ladies, you take a load off my back, and I am grateful.
Melody Herr gives a shout out to The Open Access Group, who assisted her in creating the two new LibGuides.
Reminders and Such:
- Please remember to COPY the person or people who are serving as your back-ups in your out-of-office emails to me. It provides not only an excellent last minute confirmation for you, but is also a handy way for me to procure the contact info that I add to each entry. Thank you!
Calendar of Libraries’ Events – Mark Your Personal Calendars!
| Date | Event |
| 10/5 | Sierra Basics, an introduction |
| 10/7 | ACRL Scholarship Deadline (UARK Libraries’ Contact is Elaine Thornton) |
| 10/7 | SAA’s “Implementing ‘More Product, Less Process’ #1752” |
| 10/9-10/15 | Homecoming 2016 |
| 10/12 | LibGuides Overview and Updates |
| 10/13 | American Archives Month: Arkansas Extension Circulars Digital Collection Opening |
| 10/19 | Sierra Create Lists, an overview |
| 10/24-29 | Open Access Week |
| 10/26 | Zotero open session for library personnel |
| 10/29 | ArkanSalsa |
| 10/31 | Fall Convocation (and costume contest) |
| 11/2 | Lonnie Johnson, Director of the Austrian Fulbright Commission, lecture |