Kudos

Brad Baxter co-presented, with Victor Bolet from Georgia State University, at the 33rd University System Annual Computing Conference at Rock Eagle in October, 2004.  The presentation was titled "Birds of a Feather: What's My Password?  Authentication: Issues and Solutions."

Golfing partners Denise Wilson, Tim Mixon, Jim Garner, and Brad Baxter won the team trophy for the "Rock Eagle Open" putt-putt tournament at the computing conference. Jim Garner won the men's individual trophy for the Rock Eagle Open.

Diana Hartle, Jacquie Houston, Monica Periera and Ian Thomas presented "Hook, line and sinker:  engaging the academic community in library research” at the GLA COMO conference.

 

Anniversaries

Bond, Tyson	Reference	November 6, 2000
Bonds, Pennelesie	Cataloging	November 3, 1977
Brown, Devin	Collection Development	November 3, 2003
Cannon, Regina	CAES - Griffin	November 15, 2001
Gentilello, Kathryn	Digital Library of Georgia	November 17, 1997
Griffin, Julie	Digital Library of Georgia	November 3, 2003
Griffith, Eric	Reference	November 15, 1993
Hale, Margaret	Administration	November 1, 1999
Hart, Katherine	Serials	November 3, 2003
King, Florence	Human Resources/Student Learning Center	November 15, 1984
Langford, William	Acquisitions	November 1, 1982
Meyers, Anne	Acquisitions	November 8, 1993
Mitchell, Daron	Access Services	November 11, 1985
Mittelman, Willard	Acquisitions	November 29, 1999
Mison, Timothy	Systems	November 1, 1979
Murphy, Daniel	Systems	November 5, 2001
Murray, Tim	Serials	November 20, 1989
Shockley, Melissa	Cataloging	November 30, 2000
Shuck, Kathy	Development	November 4, 2003
Timian, Viki	Access Services	November 25, 2002
Wiggs, Annette	Interlibrary Loan	November 13, 1991

Who's New

No new hires to report in this issue.

Who's Leaving the Libraries

Holly Perkins, Library Assistant III in Government Documents. Effective November 3, 2004.

Who's Changing in the Libraries

Laura Heilman, Library Assistant III in Serials, was promoted to a Library Technical Assistant in Serials, effective October 18, 2004.

Katherine Hart, Library Assistant III in Serials, was promoted to a Library Technical Assistant in Serials, effective November 1, 2004.

Administrative Policies and Procedures Manual

Questions regarding the appropriate use of miscellaneous leave for voting were raised during last week’s presidential election. A handy reference tool for this type of information is available in the Administrative Policies and Procedures Manual (http://www.busfin.uga.edu/manual/). In this example, you would type "voting" in the search box.

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, NOVEMBER 11, 2004 – WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2004

Early Payroll Deadlines

Student Employee Information Forms: due to Becky Wortham by noon on Friday, November 19, 2004.
Hourly (student) timesheests: due to Betty Mayweather by 9:00 a.m. on Monday, November 22, 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.