IE out sick on 1/22

I'm not feeling well today. I don't have my work schedule with me so I don't know if I have any meetings or appointments that I will have to miss. (ie)

Proxy server will be briefly down on Tuesday (1/22) for 15mins starting at 10am

Please be advised that there will be interruptions of service to off-campus users who are trying to logon to our databases, e-journals, and e-books,during the time the proxy is down on Tuesday. (bl, 1/21)

JMD arriving ca. 11 a.m. 1/18

LF arriving ca. noon on Friday 1/18

Althea out Friday 1/19 FSCK

CW leaving at 3pm 1/17 for medical appointment

Madeleine arriving around 11:00 on Thurs 1/17

Medical appointment

JMD - out - family sick - 1/16

JMD is out on family sick leave today, Wednesday, January 16th. MM

Envelope for Professor Eric Einhorn on "hold shelf", 1/15, per blm

JMD - out - family sick - 1/15

JMD is out on family sick leave today, Tuesday, January 15th. MM

LF out Mon 1/14

Comp for Sat 1/12

AV leaving at 1pm on 1/11.

TS - out sick 1/11

TS is out sick today, Friday, January 11th. I can cover her 9:00-10:30 shift. MM

Book on hold shelf for Vin Moscardeli, 1/10, per blm.

Madeleine will arrive at noon today Thursday, 01.10.08

Madeleine leaving 3:00pm today (Wed 1/9)

Unexpected medical appointment

BL leaving at 1:30 today (Wednesday), per bl

BLM out sick, Wednesday, 1/9, per blm.

Woke up with migraine-going back to bed.

BLM leaving at 3:30 or so, Tuesday, 1/8, per blm.

MM - off 1/8

MM is taking a spa day on Tuesday, January 8th. If all goes well with the airline, I should return from CA in time for work on Wednesday, January 9th. MM 1/7

Pam's sabbatical

I will be on sabbatical leave January 14 - June 27, 2008. I have notified the Music and Dance faculty, and
talked with Suzanne Bell (Music Reserve Lab) and Peter Shea (Music Cataloger) about assistance they will
offer during my leave.

Music reference questions will come directly to the Du Bois Reference Desk. If you need assistance with a question,
please email Peter Shea (shea@library.umass.edu). Peter would prefer email rather than phone calls or in-person questions.
If Peter is unable to answer the question, he will direct the question back to the Reference Desk and the Reference
Staff will refer the question to:

1. Jane Beebe, Amherst College Music Librarian
jabeebe@amherst.edu
542-5007 (Cataloging Department, where Jane spends much of her time)
542-2667 (Music Library)

2. Marlene Wong, Smith College Performing Arts Librarian
mmwong@smith.edu
585-2931 (Josten Library for the Performing Arts)

Dance questions that our staff can't answer can also be directed to Marlene Wong. I rarely have dance questions,
so I expect there will be very little activity in this area.

If all else fails, please contact me by email or call me at home (549-2667).

The Music Faculty have been informed that the only music ordering will be for items needed for Reserve, and those
orders are to be directed to Suzanne Bell in the Music Reserve Lab. The Music Faculty have also been informed that
library instruction for music classes will not be available during Spring semester. Please do not accept any donations of
materials until I return.

As for non-music matters:

Althea will be in charge of the schedule, and Liz will coordinate eref.
If you have any questions before I leave on January 11, please let me know.

Thanks to everyone who will cover for me while I am on leave. I appreciate your help.


Pam

flyer for OIT special topics lunches

I put a flyer out at the Ref desk for OIT's Special Topics faculty lunches. Note the January 15th lunch will be presented by Liz, Dave and Tonia. Registration is through an online form. (ie)

Althea leaving @1:30 01/04

TS - car trouble 1/4

T's car won't start so she is searching for a jump. Althea will cover the desk until T arrives. MM 1/4

Madeleine arriving at 10am on Fri 1/4

IE out at 1:30 on 1/3

Aleph Circulation reminder, Jan. 3-7

Users may check out library items in person at Circ office during the Aleph maintainence downtime. No paging of 4-college items, but they can go there in person with their ID card if they need something before Monday. Also - no need to check out the desk collection for the next 5 days. (bl, 1/3)

BLM in by 10:30 Thursday, 1/3, per blm.

Medical appointment.

LF off Thurs 1/3 (comp for 1/5)

Loan rules for Periodicals

Both bound and unbound periodicals circulate for 24 hours only, available to faculty, staff, and graduate students. (bl)

IE med. appt. today

I'll be back hopefully by 1:30. (ie)

DM = sick 1/2

DM is out sick today, Wednesday, January 2nd. He does not have any desk shifts. MM 1/2/2008

Althea = vacation 12/31

Althea is taking a vacation day today, Monday, December 31st. MM

PJ lv. at 3pm Wed. Jan. 2 - dr. appt.

Bindery Shipments Delayed

I have placed Nancy Washburn's list of departures and returns inside the front cover of the black notebook. Feel free to contact Nancy if you have questions. MM 12/28

Beth leaving at noon on Friday, Dec. 28.

Dave covering Ref Desk 4-5pm today (12/27)

For Madeleine. Thanks, Dave!

Madeleine leaving 1:30pm today (Thurs 12/27)

Family sick time.

Althea out after 1p.m 12/27

...and Ben out sick Thurs. 12/27 too (bh)

I will cover my chat ref shift 1:30-3 at home, however, since I'm feeling a lot better.

Ben out sick again Wed. 12/26 (bh)

No shifts to cover.

BH out sick Mon. 12/24 (bh)

No shifts to cover.

AV leaving at 3 on 12/21.

Steve is out sick Fri. - desk shift is covered

Steve is out sick Friday, December 21. His 8:30-10:30 desk shift is already
covered, thanks to Peter (8:30-9:30) and Althea (9:30-10:30). PJ

BLM out today, 12/21, per blm.

MM - off on Fri., Dec. 21st

I will return on Monday, December 24th. In case I don't see you before 12/25, I will wish you, as the Royal Family would say, "Happy Christmas, Luv." Or maybe they wouldn't say that. MM 12/20

Althea leaving @ 3:30 12/20

IE left at 2:15 on 12/20 (ie)

Key checked out- RETURNED 3pm. PJ

Linda Matson checked out the yellow paddle key at 1:15 p.m., Thursday, Dec.20, 2007.

Dave Mac Court out sick 12/20/07 (la)

MM is covering TS's eref shift.

Mel is covering Tonia's eref shift for Th. 12/20. Thanks, Mel. PJ

TS = sick - Thurs., 12/20

TS is out sick today, Thursday, December 20th. I doubt we will need to fill her 2 desk shifts since business is slow. MM 12/20

BH is sick and looking for coverage for 4-6 tonight, 12/19, per blm.

If we can't cover it, he may be able to make his way in...

BLM leaving at 3ish on Wednesday, 12/19, per blm.

Liz will be in after medical appointment this morning, 12/19, per blm

Althea taking vacation day Wed. 12/19 (bh)

Hold Shelf envelope for Lyle Denit, 12/18/07

From Jim Kelly. Lyle will pick it up today or in the next few days.

BL leaving at 3pm on Tuesday, 12/18

Liz leaving at 2:45 on Tues., Dec. 18.

AV leaving at 3 on 12/18

Althea -> @ 2:30 12/18

Steve is out sick today, Tu. 12/18. PJ

IE - sick time in am, meeting in pm on 12/18

I'll be out for a medical appt this morning and in the afternoon I have a meeting of the campus General Education Task Force (covering for Anne C.). (ie)

LF - out at 2:15 on 12/17

LF left at 2:15 on Monday, December 17th. MM 12/17

MKC will be in after 2:30 Monday 12/17.

Madeleine has a Status of Women Council meeting from 1-2:30pm today, and will be in after the meeting. Mon. 12/17. PJ

Barbara won't be in Mon. 12/17

Barbara will not be in today, Mon. 12/17, but will monitor email from home. Her morning appt. ran late and she would have to leave early for another appt., so she opted not to come in to work today and be in touch by email. PJ

BH in by noon today (12/17)

Beth in late on Monday

The start time of my RIO meeting at Hampshire College library has been delayed until 10am (and I made it here by 9:15!) so I will not arrive at UMass until afternoon. (bl, 12/17)

IE out at 2:30 on 12/14 (ie)

UPDATE: Color printer is fixed, thanks to Luke.

The color printer in the Reference Office is not working. Systems has been notified. PJ 12/14, 11:15am

BH in at 11:30 today (12/14)

...finally done shoveling.

12/14/07

Melinda is taking comp time today. She will be in tomorrow, 12/15/07 althea

MKC in Friday at 10:00

call received by Steve at the Ref Desk.

BH will cover chat ref 12-3 today from home (12/13)

Not coming in - delayed while having snow tires put on our second car this morning.

BLM leaving at 4, 12/11, per blm.

Yellow Paddle is back

The yellow paddle key ring is back in its rightful place! (ie)

Video camera for students to check out.

I just found out that Media Reserves has a video camera available for students to check out for 24 hour loan.

(This is for students only since faculty can always use Academic Instructional Media Services (AIMS) .)

(ie)

OIT is experiencing email problems

I'm having difficulty sending email messages, and called OIT. They are having trouble with all email systems (UMail, Outlook, Thunderbird, etc.), intermittently and with some outgoing addresses but not all. OIT is working to fix it, and as of 9:30am Tues. they didn't know when to expect a fix. PJ 12/11

Althea - in by 9:00 - 12/11

Althea hopes to be in around 9:00 today, Tuesday, December 11th. MM 12/11

LA leave at 2:00pm 12/10 (la)

BH in by 1 today (12/10)

...due to the weather

UMass home page not working properly

OIT reports that the UMass home page is experiencing problems, both loading and searching. The webmaster is working on it. PJ 12/10

BL - will probably be out all day - 12/10

BL spun around as she started out so she will be out all day unless road conditions improve dramatically this afternoon. MM 12/10

AV - a bit late 12/10

AV will be slightly late today - Monday, December 10th - because of the weather. MM

BL - in a bit late 12/10

Because of the weather, BL will be in by 11:00 at the latest today, Monday, December 10th. MM

Yellow paddle is back!

I don't know where it came from, but the yellow key paddle was back when I came in
this morning. Mon. 12/10 PJ

Missing Yellow paddle and keys

Ref Desk keys and the yellow paddle have been AWOL since Friday morning, 12/7. Presumably someone on the staff has them in their possession, and will return them ASAP but in the interim I made up a new keyring with keys to the consultation room and the Ref desk drawers. You will have to use your own key to get into the Reference Office. The temporary keyring has a blue plastic bottle opener on it, with Hakastyle.com written on it.

If someone on staff asks for a key to 1620 classroom, circulation desk now has one that can be checked-out by UCard. Please update blog if and when the yellow paddle key is found. (bwl, 12/7)

OOPs my previous post should read 12/01/07 not 12/01/04 seems like just yesterday

12/07/04 Althea out vac & comp for 12/01/07 althea 12/06

BLM to campus meeting at 2:15 and will leave from there, 12/6, per blm.

IE out at 3:30 on 12/5

BLM leaving at 4, 12/5, per blm.

Liz still sick Tuesday 12/4

My desk shift 12:30-2 will need covering, sorry

PJ = out = Tues. 12/4

PJ is out sick today, Tuesday, December 4th. She does not have any obligations which need to be filled. MM 12/4

BLM leaving at approx. 4, 12/3, per blm.

Dave MacCourt will be in to work late on Tuesday.

He expects to be here by 1pm. (bl, 12/3)

UPDATE: Desk help needed Mon. 12.3, 10:30-12:30

Mel is covering the shift. We're all set. Pam

Althea is out today and has a desk shift from 10:30-12:30. If you can work all or
part of that shift, please let me know. Thanks, Pam

Liz out sick Monday 12/3-

Nothing to cover.

Althea = out = Mon. 12/3

Althea is out today, Monday, December 3rd. MM 12/3

DuBois Papers

There was a message on the ref. off. phone this morning (Sat) from someone named Brendan or Brandon, his call back phone # was unclear to me . The message is archived on the office voicemail if anyone would like to interpret what his actual name and phone number are. The person to direct him to will be Danielle if anyone can decipher the mumbles. Althea 12/01