IS Division Email Update No. 4

1) Spring Break, April 2-10. Classes resume Wed. April 11. Next week, April 2-6 a number of IS Division librarians will be on Annual Leave. Lewis Liu has been asked to serve as acting head of reference, until Louise Klusek returns on Friday, April 6. If there are any emergencies, check with Lewis, extension 1613.

2) Spring Break Reference Schedule. We expect it to be very quiet at the Ref Desk during the break. If it turns out that the desk is overstaffed (for some time slots there are three librarians scheduled), feel free to split the time. The second person can serve as an on-call back up in case it actually gets busy.

3) IS Division Meeting. Next IS Division meeting is scheduled for Monday, April 9, 2007 in room 135 from 3:00-4:30pm. Meeting will start promptly at 3pm.

4) Research Consultation. Sessions begin April 11. All time slots are now covered. Thanks, everyone, for volunteering.

5) Reading room. FYI. There have been changes in the Reading Room. Three new roundtables have been installed to encourage students to use the space for study and as an overflow venue for group meetings. The Direct Marketing Lab students have designed new signs discouraging students from using chairs as foot stools in the reading room. The signs read: good idea: studying in the reading room; bad idea: putting your feet on the chairs in the reading room.

6) Writing Center cooperation. Please note that flyers for programs offered by the Writing Center have been placed at the brochure rack adjacent to the Ref Desk.

7) General Reference Collection. If you have any suggestions for acquiring general reference books, please forward them to Louise Klusek.

8) Educational Technology Conference. Baruch's conference on educational technology is scheduled for Friday, April 13th.

9. Ticker Press Coverage. By now, everyone is probably aware that there are three articles about the library or librarians in the current issue of the Ticker-- on the Writeyourowntermpaper.com web site, Louise's presentation to the Human Resources Management society, and a humorous piece in the April Fool's section of the paper. If you have an upcoming appearances, presentations, or anything else of note that we could prepare a press release on, please contact Jerry Bornstein.