The internal search for a head of the Reference & Orientation unit of the Research & Access Services Area has been completed, and I am pleased to announce that Kate Fuller will be leading Reference & Orientation Services. The members of the unit are Kathy Banas-Marti, Kate Fuller, Kathy Labadorf, Jane Recchio, and Joelle Thomas.

Reference & Orientation Services

Reference & Orientation Services is one of four units making up the Research & Access Services Program Area. Other units in the area are Circulation & Reserves, Humanities & Social Sciences, and Sciences. The Reference & Orientation Services unit is responsible for coordinating:

• Reference and information services
• Basic information literacy initiatives
• General orientation and student engagement programs at the main library

Core team functions:

• Coordinate the provision of physical and virtual reference services
• Coordinate engagement and outreach activities aimed at students or incoming students and their families
• Facilitate information literacy objectives
• Contribute to assessment and development of teaching, learning, and other library spaces

The unit head serves as immediate supervisor for the members in the unit and works together with the Director and the other Area unit heads to oversee the work of the Research & Access Services Area as a whole.

Scott Kennedy

Shelley Goldstein has agreed to serve as interim education librarian. She will assume this role in addition to her responsibilities as Waterbury Campus Libraries director and undergraduate education librarian. In her current roles, she has capably provided extensive instruction and research assistance to undergraduate students and for education faculty and students enrolled in programs at the Waterbury campus.

In the past, Shelley provided instructional and research support for education faculty and students enrolled in programs at the Stamford and Waterbury campuses.  Shelley will be resident on the Storrs campus approximately three days per week. In addition,  Shelley will be a full participant in Humanities and Social Sciences team discussions and work collaboratively with team members on issues and resource decisions related to collections, electronic resources and new initiatives relevant to her new area of responsibility. She is one of our most capable, enthusiastic and knowledgeable librarians and her services at both the Stamford and Waterbury campuses have been exemplary.

Please join me in thanking Shelley for her willingness to provide support for the faculty and students in Neag School of Education and in welcoming Shelley to her new role!

Submitted by Francine DeFranco, Interim Assistant Vice Provost

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Thank you to the following staff for their recent recognition for years of service. We didn’t get everyone in a photo, but here they all are:

Melissa Watterworth Batt – ten years
Phara Bayonne – ten years
Kate Fuller – fifteen years
Jean Nelson – fifteen years
Nancy Romanello – fifteen years
Robin Lubatkin – twenty years
David Avery – twenty five years
Bill Miller – twenty five years
Bill Uricchio – twenty five years

The Public Outreach Team loves it when we open our e-mail, or scroll through social media in the morning and find our colleagues out there.  Last week there were a few items that you might have seen, but if not, here’s a round up for you.

Wrack Lines, the publication of Sea Grant out of Avery Point was published last week with an article regarding the online resources now available through MAGIC that are helping folks track changes to the CT Coastline.  The article was written by our own Suzanne Zack and can be found at http://seagrant.uconn.edu/publications/magazines/wracklines/sprsummer13/
Look for the article called A MAGICal Look at the Shore, page 8

Our friends at the UConn Foundation posted a nice piece on their website and social media about new library donors, Marc and Lisa Daniels

“Our son, Michael, is enjoying his college experience at UConn and frequently finds the materials he needs at the library. Donations make many things possible for students, and a good education is something that can never be taken away (as my mom used to say)!”

And last but not least, our own Ann Galonska will be giving a talk at the Connecticut State Museum of Natural History titled “Spectacular Silkworms,” as Director of the Mansfield Historical Society. Saturday, July 27, at 3 pm. http://dailydigest.uconn.edu/publicEmailSingleStoryView.php?id=10333&cid=24&iid=505