Libraries Update: Staff News

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Toby Graham, director of the Digital Library of Georgia, has been selected to attend the Frye Leadership Institute at Emory University and plans to use the experience to help the University System of Georgia create a digital repository for electronic scholarship.

The institute's purpose is to develop creative leaders to guide and transform academic information services for higher education in the 21st century by providing an understanding of the issues, including academic, technology, economic, public policy, student, and constituent-relations dynamics.

Among the criteria for the competitive selection, applicants are asked to describe a year-long project that they will undertake after the two-week residential portion of the Frye Institute. Graham proposed helping UGA and the 35-member University System make substantial progress toward the goal of a systemwide Institutional Repository (IR) program.

A Trophy for Brian!

The awards night for the Fall/Winter bowling league was held Feb. 6 at Kingpins. Brian Wilson was awarded a very shiny trophy for having the highest average of the library team at 137 points. Congratulations, Brian! The rest of the team were awarded really smashing bowling towels, just for being great.

Joining the GV903s for Spring League play are:

Danny Bridges, Access Services
Tom Frieling, Access Services
Ed Hatfield, New Georgia Encyclopedia
Byron Smith, Access Services

Returning players are:

Michael Hervey, Access Services
Rachel Parnell, Serials/Binding
Deb Raftus, Reference
Leigh Ann Vey, Serials

Spring league play will begin Monday, February 19th at 6:30 at Kingpins in the Homewood Hills Shopping Center. Please plan to come out and cheer on your colleagues! If you would like to learn more about the team or would like to join the team for a chance to win a shiny trophy of your own, please contact Deb Raftus (draftus@uga.edu ) or Leigh Ann Vey (salmon3@uga.edu ). Also, please note the bowling team website is now included in the links on the right side of this page.

UGA Calendar Changes

All meetings scheduled using the UGA calendar service before January 12 for the dates March 11 through April 1 should be rescheduled.

The Energy Policy Act of 2005 changed the time-change dates for Daylight Saving Time in the U.S. Beginning in 2007, DST will begin on the second Sunday in March and end the first Sunday in November. In the past, DST started on the first Sunday in April. EITS modified the UGA calendar service (Oracle calendar) on January 12. Meetings scheduled after January 12 are not affected by the DST change. Meetings scheduled before January 12 will be off by one hour.

Who's New

Kyle Gann, Application Analyst-Associate in Systems. Effective February 12, 2007.

Hallie Pritchett, Librarian I in Reference. Effective February 15, 2007.

Who's Leaving the Libraries

No resignations to report in this issue.

Who's Changing in the Libraries

No personnel changes to report in this issue.

Student Employee Payroll Calendar:

Regular Student Payroll - Thursday, February 15, 2007 - Wednesday, February 28, 2007:

Student Employee Information Forms: due to Lucille Davis by noon on Monday, February 26, 2007.

Hourly (student) timesheets: due to Betty Mayweather by 9:00 a.m. on Thursday, March 1, 2007.

Federal Workstudy Student (FWS) Payroll - Thursday, February 15, 2007 - Wednesday, February 28, 2007:

Hourly (student) timesheets and payroll vouchers: due to Lucille Davis by 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, February 27, 2007.

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

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

If you have any questions regarding student assistants, please contact Lucille Davis at 542-0660 or at lkdavis@uga.edu .

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 Orientation" for all new student employees.

If you have any questions regarding student assistants, please contact Lucille Davis at 542-0660 or at lkdavis@uga.edu .

Websites of Interest:

Administrative Policies and Procedures: http://askuga.uga.edu/

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

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