Campus Updates

[alarrivee]

New library employees joining us this autumn are: Andrea Melione – Public Services Coordinator, Science Library, August 16, 2012; Lauren Laskowski – Evening/Weekend Supervisor, Bartle Library, September 18, 2012; Elise Thornley – Resource Sharing Assistant, ILL, September 27, 2012; Andrew Blaine – Student/Weekend Supervisor, Bartle Library, October 3, 2012; and Stephanie Hess – Electronic Resource Librarian, December 3, 2012.

Binghamton University's Special Collections made the cover of CRL News - http://library2.binghamton.edu/news/specialcollections/2012/10/09/1462/

Recent conference presentations include:
Elizabeth Brown, Scholarly Communications and Library Grants Officer, attended the Association of Research Libraries' Library Assessment Conference 2012 in October 2012 and presented a paper as part of the Institutional Data Session: Game of Clones: Using research analytical tools to identify institutional peers and collections needs. Papers from the sessions will be published from the Association of Research Libraries in late 2012 or early 2013.

[alvin.dantes]

A short update from Milne Library at SUNY Oneonta.

There was an active shooter scenario that took place in the library. University police staged the scenario to work out how police, students, staff, and anyone else should respond in the event that a shooter come into the building. The library was officially closed to the public for part of that day, but students and staff from around the campus participated as if they were actually in such a scenario. A drama student played the part of the shooter. As part of the outcome of the event, the library has installed locks for the front door that can be activated remotely. Previously, our front doors could only be locked by someone with keys right at the door.

Our Banned Books Bracket received an innovation award from the South Central Regional Library Council.

[lcharbonneau]

There is not much to report from MVCC libraries since our post-summer report.  It's all about library instruction and reference at this time of the semester.  The librarians are in the process of coming up with a workflow for weeding throughout the year, as opposed to doing it intensely only during the summer break.  Our ILL service has seem a significant increase in activity since we joined IDS, so we are trying to make staffing adjustments.