Milestones:)Public Services: Robert Sage (ext. 1317), formerly with the Queens Public Library, joins the faculty as a Reference Librarian, along with Vera Stepchyshyn (ext. 6364), formerly a librarian with Lighthouse, Inc. Lisa Burwell (ext. 1679) is the new Interlibrary Loan clerk, formerly at the Albert Einstein School of Medicine. In the library's Technical Services Division, Songqian Lu (ext. 6352) comes aboard as the Technology Applications Librarian. Before coming to LIU she was at the Brooklyn Public Library's Business Library. Anthony Sogluizzo (ext. 4582) is a recent adjunct appointment as Catalog Librarian.
Millstones:(User surveys find that excess noise continues to be the number one complaint about the library. Some of the noise is inherent in the architecture: the large window surfaces, the 4th-floor "balcony," and the loud ventilation system, all contribute to echoing and amplifying sound. But the noisy dot-matrix computer printers have been replaced. And methods for deadening the sound of the copying machines are being investigated, as is the possibility of constructing group-study rooms. Library staff and security officers are not shy about asking library patrons to quiet down. If everyone entering the library simply realizes that it is a place to study and to do research, perhaps the complaints will disappear. There has not been a major leak in the library since last spring, and those remaining should be repaired this spring. A major millstone will then be lifted… |