Kudos

The Georgia Historical Records Advisory Board presented its Documenting Georgia History Award for Georgia HomePLACE (Providing Library and Archives Collections Electronically), a collaborative effort of the Georgia Public Library Service (USG Board of Regents) and our own DLG/GALILEO. Accepting the award are, from left, Brad Baxter, Katie Gentilello, Anne Marie Hamilton-Brehm, all of the UGA Libraries; Georgia Secretary of State Cathy Cox; Merryll Penson of the board of regents; Ed Johnson, GA HomePLACE director; Toby Graham, director of DLG; and David Singleton, Deputy Director, Georgia Public Library Service.

Caroline Cason joined SLC colleagues Joe Mason (EITS) and Christina Serrano (OISD) in a presentation on the SLC at "Rock Eagle 2004: University System Annual Computing Conference"
(http://www.usg.edu/oiit/re/re04/) . "The Student Learning Center at UGA: One Year Later" looked at the unique teaching and learning facility. Based on data collection and observation from the first year, each representative from each area of the partnership presented information regarding successes, obstacles, and future goals in the Student Learning Center.

Susan Morris of ILL was a co-presenter with Margaret Ellingson from Emory in a program at GLA/COMO entitled "The Odyssey of ILLiad" about our new ILL software. Susan also is the current secretary of GLA.

Who's New

No new hires to report in this issue.

Who's Leaving the Libraries

Gabriel Jordan, Library Technical Assistant in Records Management. Effective October 29, 2004.

Alice Epps, Library Assistant III in Serials. Effective November 10, 2004.

Who's Changing in the Libraries

No changes to report in this issue.

Position Postings

Visit and bookmark the Libraries' HR site for an up-to-the-minute listing: www.libs.uga.edu/humres/jobs/index.html.

Training Calendar and Standing Meeting Schedule

Training, workshops or presentations, and standing meeting schedule for upcoming months can be found at www.libs.uga.edu/events.

Student Employee Payroll Calendar

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2004 – WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2004

Student Employee Information Forms: due to Becky Wortham by noon on Monday, November 8, 2004.
Hourly (student) timesheests: due to Betty Mayweather by 9:00 a.m. on Thursday, November 11, 2004.

Information on the procedures for hiring, changing status, or terminating student assistants can be found at www.libs.uga.edu/staff/studentproc.html.

Visit www.busfin.uga.edu/staff/orient.html for "Online Orienation" for all new student employees.

If you have any questions, please contact Becky Wortham at 542-2716 or at bwortham@uga.edu.

Online HR Newsletter

UGA Human Resources will periodically publish an online newsletter to keep faculty and staff updated on the latest HR initiatives. Each newsletter will be advertised through the Staff and Admin-Memo listservs. The HR newsletter is located at www.hr.uga.edu/news_intro.html.

Library Worklife Newsletter

Volume 1, Number 6 of Library Worklife from the ALA Allied Professional Association (APA) (formerly Personnel News) can be seen at: www.ala-apa.org.