Bill Loughner, retiring after more than 30 years of services, prepares to cut the cake at his recent retirement party, hosted by his colleagues at the Science Library.

Kudos

Ruth Young, a custodian in the Main Library, was among the finance and administration employees honored for service milestones. Ruth has been with the university 30 years! Congratulations, Ruth!

WAG Projects List

The July 20th meeting of WAG will be dedicated to creating a list of projects for the 2006-2007 academic year. If you have an idea for a project you would like to be considered, please contact Deb Stanley (dstanley@uga.edu) or any member of WAG (Virginia Benjamin, Danny Bridges, Caroline Cason, Robin Fay, Ginny Feher , Toby Graham Eric Griffith, Kristen Nielsen, Paul Nunn, Patrick Reidenbaugh, Jill Severn) with your idea prior to July 20th.

Listserv for MLIS Students

A listserv has been developed for any interested staff who are currently attending library school, fresh out of library school or those interested in attending library school in the future. We are also interested in those who might like to be on the listserv as "mentors" to give ideas, interesting readings, etc. If you would like to become a member, contact Suzanne Graham (sgraham@uga.edu) and she'll sign you up. We currently have 19 staff who are at various stages of a library school program. They are:

• Adams, Abby; Univ. of South Carolina, Russell Library
• Bishop, Carol; Valdosta State Univ., Hargrett
• Cahoon, Lynn, VSU, Reference
• Davis, Ben, Univ of South Carolina, Acquisitions
• Diamond, Trevor, Univ of South Carolina, ILL
• Dyles Julie, Univ of South Carolina, Collection Development
• Hamilton-Brehme, Anne Marie, Univ of Alabama - Tuscaloosa, DLG
• Hart, Kathy, VSU (start Fall 2006), Serials
• Heilman, Laura, Florida State Univ. (start Fall 2006), Serials
• Holt, Nathan, VSU, Access Services
• Hopkins, Emily, Univ of South Carolina, Collection Development
• Jackson, Chandra, VSU (graduate Aug. 2006), Serials
• Knowlton, Lauren (Law), Univ. of South Carolina (start Fall 2006), Law Library
• Lopez, Christian, Univ. of South Carolina, Access Services
• Mastrovita, Mandy, Univ of Alabama - Tuscaloosa (start Fall 2006), DLG
• Prosser, Cynthia, Drexel (grad. Dec 2006), Map Library
• Reddy, Tim, Univ of South Carolina, Government Documents
• Smith, David, FSU, Access Services
• Timian, Viki, VSU (start Fall 2006), Access Services

Who's New

Ngaire Smith, Library Associate I in Reference.  Effective July 13, 2006.

Who's Leaving the Libraries

No personnel changes to report at this time.

Who's Changing in the Libraries

No personnel changes to report at this time.

Student Employee Payroll Calendar:

New payroll calendars for FY 2007:
Hourly: http://www.libs.uga.edu/staff/hourlypayrollcalendar.pdf
Salaried: http://www.libs.uga.edu/staff/salariedpayrollcalendar.pdf

Time sheet information for Fiscal Year End/Beginning: Staff Time Sheets for pay period ending June 30th and July 12, 2006 - Both sheets due in on Wednesday July 12, 2006 at 9:00AM. (Gold and White sheets). Contact Betty Mayweather (bettymay@uga.edu, 2-0651 for questions).

Thursday, July 6, 2006 - Wednesday, July 19, 2006:

Student Employee Information Forms: due to Lucille Davis by noon on Monday, July 17, 2006.

Hourly (student) timesheets: due to Betty Mayweather by 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday, July 20, 2006.

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

Visit http://www.busfin.uga.edu/staff/orient.html for 'Online Orientation' for all new student employees.

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

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.

Websites of Interest:

Administrative Policies and Procedures : http://www.busfin.uga.edu/manual/

Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA): http://www.hr.uga.edu/fmla/fmla_intro.html.

UGA HR Position Vacancies: https://jobapp.humanres.uga.edu/hr_app/hr_position_vacancies.cfm

Libraries Position Postings: http://www.libs.uga.edu/humres/jobs/index.html

Libraries Meeting/Events Schedule: http://www.libs.uga.edu/events

Online HR Newsletter: http://www.hr.uga.edu/news_intro.html

Library Worklife Newsletter: http://www.ala-apa.org/newsletter/newsletter.html

Shared Leave Program: http://www.hr.uga.edu/shared_leave.html