Library Gazette

Dedicated Deacon

Thursday, October 22, 2009 2:16 pm
Person Recognized
Giz Womack
Given By
Kristen Morgan
Reason
Thank you Giz for helping me put my committees web site in Google!
Person Recognized
Carol Cramer
Given By
Giz Womack
Reason
While I was working the Reference Desk on a particularly busy Monday night, Carol jumped in as she passed by and helped catch the overflow by helping a faculty member on the phone with an ILL request! Thanks Carol!
Person Recognized
Giz Womack
Given By
Kaeley Mcmahan
Reason
Giz stepped in to update my SMARTboard software and show me the drawing features just before an instruction session. Thanks Giz!
Person Recognized
Craig Fansler
Given By
Lauren Corbett
Reason
Thanks for attending the reception at Romance Languages to help welcome Milan Hughston, Chief of Library and Museum Archives at MOMA.
Person Recognized
Erik Mitchell
Given By
Cristina
Reason
My friend told me that Erik stopped and helped her changed her flat on Wednesday morning, 9/30. She was most grateful, since she had no idea how to work it. Thanks, Erik.
Person Recognized
Sarah Jeong
Given By
Lynn Sutton
Reason
On short notice, Sarah agreed to take Molly Keener out to lunch on her first day when Susan was stuck in Salt Lake City.
Person Recognized
Mary Beth Lock
Given By
Lynn Sutton
Reason
On short notice, Mary Beth agreed to take Molly Keener out to lunch on her first day when Susan was stuck in Salt Lake City.
Person Recognized
Craig Fansler
Given By
Molly Keener
Reason
For graciously installing blinds on my office door, completely with cheerfulness and engaging conversation!
Person Recognized
Heather Gillette
Given By
Mbl
Reason
Special thanks to Heather for coming out to assist with the 5K at the Registration table. Your expertise made the event go well, even through the rush of last minute registrants!
Person Recognized
Ellen Makaravage
Given By
Mbl
Reason
Thanks to Ellen, the early morning Registrations at the 5k went smoothly. Thanks for giving up your morning, arriving early and being dedicated enough to come even though you had a busy day scheduled later!
Person Recognized
Mary Scanlon
Given By
Mbl
Reason
Thanks to Mary for coming in early to work the 5K registration table. Even though I kept changing the starting time, she showed up ready to work at 6:30am. Thanks, Mary!
Person Recognized
Roz Tedford
Given By
Mbl
Reason
Roz ably handled the pre-registered and the newly registered as she captained the table. Thanks for dedicating so much of your time on Friday and Saturday (not to mention the preceding weeks)to the 5k.
Person Recognized
Patty Strickland
Given By
Mbl
Reason
Thanks to Patty the registration table was able to keep up with the new and pre-registrants on Saturday morning at the 5k. She also lent us, for the second year running, all of the pens we could need! Thanks, Patty! (And thanks to your husband, Mark, too!)
Person Recognized
Kaeley Mcmahan Dedicated Deacon Winner
Given By
Mbl
Reason
Thanks to Kaeley for coming to help with the registration table at the 5K. Your help made us better able to meet the needs of the last minute throng. We appreciate the help!
Person Recognized
Ellen Daugman
Given By
Mbl
Reason
Thanks to Ellen for coming out early on Saturday morning to help person the registration table at the 5K. The assistance you gave allowed us to ably register all of the last minute and pre-registered racers before the 5K start time! Thanks!
Person Recognized
Sarah Jeong
Given By
Mbl
Reason
Thanks to Sarah for volunteering for the 5K providing course guidance on Saturday. All of the runners were comforted by your presence and no one made a wrong turn!
Person Recognized
Steve Kelley
Given By
Mbl
Reason
Steve volunteered for the 5k and gave guidance on the course during both the 1 mile fun run and the 5k. He stood out in the questionable weather for over an hour while the walkers/runners passed him in both directions. With is able assistance, no one got lost. Thanks, Steve!
Person Recognized
Barry Davis
Given By
Mbl
Reason
Thanks to Barry for providing course guidance during the 5k and 1 Mile Fun Run on Saturday. He had perhaps the hardest location on the course as he had to direct the 1 Mile people in one direction, and the 5kers in a different direction. No one got confused with his able assistance. Thanks, Barry!
Person Recognized
Roz Tedford
Given By
Mbl
Reason
Roz pulled double duty at the 5K this year. After helping with the registration table, she headed out to the course to help guide the runners on the 5K down the path to Reynolda Village, and up the path back to the library. Her enthusiasm was gratefully received by the runners in the race. Thanks, Roz.
Person Recognized
Heather Gillette
Given By
Mbl
Reason
Heather deserves special recognition for stepping up to shoot the starting gun in the 5K and then heading out to the course to provide guidance to the runners who were at their last turn on the course. Her enthusiasm and encouragement meant alot to the runners who were nearing the end of their uphill climb. Thanks, Heather!
Person Recognized
Derrik Hiatt
Given By
Mbl
Reason
Derrik and his wife Sarah ably handled the responsibilities of the water table to provide refreshment to the runners and walkers in the 5K. Thanks to Derrik, the participants were hydrated both coming and going on the 5K course. Thanks, Derrik!
Person Recognized
Tim Mitchell
Given By
Mbl, Erik And Susan
Reason
Thanks to Tim for handling the responsibilities of setting up and providing the finish line refreshments for the 5K and Fun Run runners and walkers. All of the participants appreciated your efforts!
Person Recognized
Tim Mitchell
Given By
Mbl, Erik And Susan
Reason
Tim deserves special recognition for rounding up so many food donations for the 5K. Seeking donations is very hard work and he did it with little fan fare, and a great deal of success!
Person Recognized
Carolyn Mccallum
Given By
Mbl, Erik And Susan
Reason
Thanks to Carolyn, the refreshment table at the finish line was well stocked with food. Thanks for doing all you did to gather donations for the 5K and 1 Mile Fun Run.
Person Recognized
Carolyn Mccallum
Given By
Mbl, Erik And Susan
Reason
Carolyn worked the 5K and 1 Mile Fun run providing freshly cut up fruit, water, gatorade, bagels and donuts for the participants. Thanks for coming in early and dedicating so much of your morning to make sure that the participants were well taken care of at the end of their run/walk.
Person Recognized
Mary Reeves
Given By
Mbl, Erik And Susan
Reason
Mary provided essential finish line refreshment services, as well as much good cheer throughout the morning of Saturday’s 5K. Thanks for your assistance, Mary. The participants and the rest of the volunteers appreciated your help!
Person Recognized
Doris Jones
Given By
Mbl, Erik And Susan
Reason
Doris provided assistance with the refreshment table for the 5K and 1 Mile Fun Run on Saturday. As she does every WTL, she handled the food preparation and distribution with care and professionalism. Thanks Doris!
Person Recognized
Sarah Jeong
Given By
Mbl, Erik And Susan
Reason
Thanks go to Sarah for helping at the Finish Line of the WTL5K, providing refreshments for the weary 5k runners. We appreciate the help!
Person Recognized
Susan Smith
Given By
Mbl
Reason
Susan was once again a guiding force and a force to be reckoned with in putting on the 5k and 1 Mile Fun Run this year. Her perseverance and ability to anticipate and thwart disaster served us well once again. Thanks doesn’t say enough, but Thanks, Susan!
Person Recognized
Erik Mitchell
Given By
Mbl
Reason
Thanks to Erik for providing the leadership and vision to put on another great 5K this year. Nothing slipped through the cracks even though at times things were balanced precariously. Your tenacity helped us all provide a really fine race experience to the runners and walkers again this year. Thanks, Erik!
Person Recognized
Charles Bombeld
Given By
Mbl, Erik And Susan
Reason
Thanks to Charles for providing photographic services the morning of the 5k and 1 Mile Fun Run, through rain and rainbows. The pictures are a treasure and we will remember the day fondly because of your talent!
Person Recognized
Mary Beth Lock
Given By
Susan & Erk
Reason
Mary Beth made all the difference this year in saving our sanity planning the 2nd annual WTL5K. No matter what we threw her way, she handled it capably and with good grace. In addition to the myriad of overall planning assistance, she took on volunteer coordination which was well organized. She handled manual registrations, taking money, credit cards and deacon dollars and doing data entry into the race system. Thanks for everything, MB!
Person Recognized
Scott Adair
Given By
Elise Anderson
Reason
Scott’s copy-editing of the collection analyses really improves the readability of these reports. I greatly appreciate his skill and hard work on this task.
Person Recognized
Leslie Mccall
Given By
Elise Anderson
Reason
Leslie was a key player at the Sustainability booth on Freshman Move-in Day this year. For several hours, Leslie helped distribute recycling bins and information to students and their parents. Both Jim Coffey and Dedee Johnston also offer their thanks for Leslie’s help.
Person Recognized
Heather Gillette
Given By
Susan
Reason
The race isn’t really done when the last person crosses the finish line. Thanks to Heather for helping manually enter the 97 race day registrants into our race database that we use to communicate with our racers and which will be our first line of marketing next year. It was a tedious job with hard-to-read handwriting, but Heather tackled it along with Mary Beth and got the job done!
Person Recognized
Mary Beth Lock
Given By
Susan
Reason
The race isn’t really done when the last person crosses the finish line. Thanks to Mary Beth for helping manually enter the 97 race day registrants into our race database that we use to communicate with our racers and which will be our first line of marketing next year. It was a tedious job with hard-to-read handwriting, but Mary Beth tackled it along with Heather Gillette and got the job done!
Person Recognized
Craig Fansler
Given By
Molly Keener
Reason
Craig graciously put up several posters and displays for Open Access Week that are quite colorful and eye-catching
Person Recognized
Barry Davis
Given By
Patty Strickland
Reason
Barry taught me how to use the new large book scanner in the Bridge Lab. He also showed me some tricks to get the best images for what I needed. Thank you very much Barry.
Person Recognized
Giz Womack
Given By
Lauren Pressley
Reason
Giz was awesome with Jean-Paul’s and my Lib100 class on our library tour! When we stopped by the reference desk he was the epitome of the friendly and helpful librarian and even rushed to get candy when a few students mentioned wanting something sweet! I’m certain these students will return to the reference desk after such a positive introduction!
Person Recognized
Carol Cramer
Given By
Leslie Mccall
Reason
Carol created a customized Voyager report for me when I mentioned that I wanted to identify the most heavily-used parts of my collection, and the canned reports in the Bibbers 2000 database couldn’t do that. Thanks Carol!

Dedicated Deacon

Thursday, September 24, 2009 7:44 am
Person Recognized
Craig Fansler
Given By
Mary Beth
Reason
Craig made the best displays I've ever seen for "welcome back" days!
Person Recognized
Charles "the Man" Bombeld
Given By
Scott
Reason
Charles voluntarily helped us collections and liasion folks weed, box & transport 20 boxes of books from Mil Sci today. He's not afraid to break a sweat for the greater good!
Person Recognized
Heather Gillette
Given By
Mary Beth
Reason
For coming up with the research and fleshing out the ideas for the great "Power of Z" and "Moon Launch" displays. Thanks Heather!
Person Recognized
Heather
Given By
Mb
Reason
For going the extra mile and getting our student schedules up into a Google Docs (and putting it in the wiki, too.) This certainly increases functionality!
Person Recognized
Lynn
Given By
Scott
Reason
For helping move a massive shipment of gift books into the building.
Person Recognized
Cristina
Given By
Scott
Reason
For helping move a massive shipment of gift books into the building.
Person Recognized
Wanda
Given By
Scott
Reason
For helping move a massive shipment of gift books into the building.
Person Recognized
Mary Reeves
Given By
Scott
Reason
For helping move a massive shipment of gift books into the building.
Person Recognized
Travis
Given By
Scott
Reason
For helping move a massive shipment of gift books into the building.
Person Recognized
Craig
Given By
Scott
Reason
For helping move a massive shipment of gift books into the building.
Person Recognized
Erik
Given By
Scott
Reason
For helping move a massive shipment of gift books into the building.
Person Recognized
Tim
Given By
Scott
Reason
For helping move a massive shipment of gift books into the building.
Person Recognized
Mary Beth
Given By
Scott
Reason
For helping move a massive shipment of gift books into the building.
Person Recognized
Jean-paul
Given By
Scott
Reason
For helping move a massive shipment of gift books into the building.
Person Recognized
Charles
Given By
Scott
Reason
For helping move a massive shipment of gift books into the building.
Person Recognized
Scott Adair
Given By
Lauren Corbett
Reason
Scott juggled managing the arrival of 153 boxes of books (not on pallets!) and a meeting with the German & Russian dept. faculty rep about beginning an approval plan at the same time. Thanks Scott!
Person Recognized
Leslie Mccall
Given By
Erik
Reason
Leslie has not only been on top of the data issues related to our MARC records and Vufind, when we chatted about needing to enable validation for cataloging she added this complex task on top of her ongoing duties and did a great job!
Person Recognized
Roz Tedford
Given By
Craig
Reason
Roz met with me several times over the summer to help me get up and running with my LIB100 course. She was always there when I had a question and really helped me feel comfortable with the process. Thanks Roz!
Person Recognized
Lauren Pressley
Given By
Craig
Reason
I met with Lauren several times over the summer to get her input on teaching LIB100 and to bounce ideas off her. Lauren was always open to helping me and very positive and encouraging. That helped a lot! Thanks Lauren!
Person Recognized
Linda Early
Given By
Carol Cramer
Reason
Linda took the "Early" shift at the Benson table last Thursday and let us use her student worker to help with the party.
Person Recognized
Chris Burris
Given By
Kristen Morgan
Reason
Thank you Chris for helping Dr. Wilson out the other day with such short notice and with no questions asked!
Person Recognized
Prentice Armstrong
Given By
Carol Cramer
Reason
Prentice helped staff the Benson table and also helped set up the booth on a moment's notice after the scheduled person had to drop out to help a patron.
Person Recognized
Cristina Yu
Given By
Carol Cramer
Reason
Thanks for helping us staff the table in Benson and for lending us your drink-dispensing cooler for the party.
Person Recognized
Kevin Gilbertson
Given By
Carol Cramer
Reason
Thanks for helping us staff the table in Benson and for coordinating our greeters during the party.
Person Recognized
Ellen Daugman
Given By
Carol Cramer
Reason
Thanks for helping us staff the table in Benson.
Person Recognized
Doris Jones
Given By
Carol Cramer
Reason
Thanks for helping us staff the table in Benson.
Person Recognized
Carolyn Mccallum
Given By
Carol Cramer
Reason
Thanks for helping us staff the table in Benson.
Person Recognized
Mary Reeves
Given By
Carol Cramer
Reason
Thanks for helping us staff the table in Benson.
Person Recognized
Chris Burris
Given By
Carol Cramer
Reason
Thanks for helping us staff the table in Benson and for volunteering on-the-spot to help tear down the booth at the end.
Person Recognized
Sarah Jeong
Given By
Carol Cramer
Reason
Thanks for helping us staff the table in Benson.
Person Recognized
Peter Romanov
Given By
Carol Cramer
Reason
Thanks for helping us staff the table in Benson and for finding 5 students to help with the party and one to help staff the Benson booth during the staff meeting.
Person Recognized
Lauren Corbett
Given By
Carol Cramer
Reason
Thanks for helping us staff the table in Benson.
Person Recognized
Ellen Makaravage
Given By
Carol Cramer
Reason
Thanks for helping us staff the table in Benson and for a lot of all-around help before, during and after the student party.
Person Recognized
Roz Tedford Dedicated Deacon Winner
Given By
Carol Cramer
Reason
Thanks for coordinating the drinks and a zillion other details for the party, as well as providing some of the handouts for the Benson table.
Person Recognized
Wanda Brown
Given By
Carol Cramer
Reason
Thanks for acting as emcee during the student party, as well as negotiating the best rate for our food.
Person Recognized
Barry Davis
Given By
Carol Cramer
Reason
Thanks for setting up and managing the Wii stations during the new student party.
Person Recognized
Giz Womack
Given By
Carol Cramer
Reason
Thanks for doing the PowerPoint, helping with the Wii stations, setting up the Benson table, buying the lollipops, and tons of other other things too numerable to mention for the Benson table and the new student party.
Person Recognized
Patty Strickland
Given By
Judy S.
Reason
For her tremendous help with the morning mail (especially mondays) and her willingness to pitch in and help with any given project that may come along.
Person Recognized
Vicki Johnson
Given By
Carol Cramer
Reason
Thanks for helping with setup, door prizes, and ushering at the new student party.
Person Recognized
Susan Smith
Given By
Carol Cramer
Reason
Thanks for taking pictures at the new student party.
Person Recognized
Erik Mitchell
Given By
Carol Cramer
Reason
Thanks for making lots of extra 5K brochures at the last minute for the Benson table.
Person Recognized
Barry Davis
Given By
Lauren Corbett
Reason
Many thanks to Barry for quickly making up DVDs with the student orientation videos of Lynn and Wanda! Some of the older Thinkpads weren't playing the videos embedded in the Blackboard course.
Person Recognized
Heather Gillette
Given By
Giz Womack
Reason
Heather came and spoke to my Blackboard class on a moment's notice in order to explain e-reserves to the new faculty attending the class! I really appreciated her willingness to jump right in!
Person Recognized
Travis Manning
Given By
Heather Gillette
Reason
Many many many thanks to Travis for helping train some of my students during the first week of class. His willingness to jump in and lend a hand is deeply appreciated!!
Person Recognized
Derrik Hiatt
Given By
Linda Early
Reason
Derrik took a Spanish email from a vendor and translated it for me and then helped me with the response in Spanish when they sent me information that they could take my Mastercard in payment… Thank you SO MUCH!!
Person Recognized
Tim Mitchell
Given By
Lynn Sutton
Reason
Tim saved my professional life by quickly setting up a loaner laptop when I needed one on a Friday morning. Such quick and cheerful service!
Person Recognized
Patty Strickland
Given By
Lauren Corbett
Reason
Thanks for vacuuming all of Resource Services this morning — removing years of dust and gravel in the carpet!
Person Recognized
Mary Beth Lock
Given By
Susan
Reason
Mary Beth stopped all her planned work for the day to pull together marketing materials for the WSFCS for our race. I was tied up, Roz was off, and it needed to be prepared for Monday distribution! Thanks, MB!
Person Recognized
Mary Scanlon
Given By
Susan Smith
Reason
Mary stopped her busy day to walk over to Gov. Docs with me to find a 1979 microfiche senate report for a patron. It was quite a scavenger hunt, and I wouldn't have been successful without her help!
Person Recognized
Giz Womack
Given By
Susan Smith
Reason
Giz stopped his busy day to walk over to Gov. Docs with me to find a 1979 microfiche senate report for a patron. It was quite a scavenger hunt, and I wouldn't have been successful without his help!
Person Recognized
Jean-paul
Given By
Lauren P.
Reason
Thanks for teaching the Outlook class for the staff development committee!

Dedicated Deacon

Thursday, April 16, 2009 2:53 pm
Person Recognized
Heather Gillette
Given By
Mary Reeves
Reason
Kudos to Heather for all her efforts in bringing faculty on board with copyright compliance. What she has done is nothing short of amazing!
Person Recognized
Carol Cramer
Given By
Cristina
Reason
Carol has come to my rescue many times. Today, Carol helped me figure out how to download the 400+ page google book, then delete most of them, so the faculty can have the two pages she needs.
Person Recognized
Ellen Daugman
Given By
Sarah Jeong
Reason
Thanks for your help with distributing nametags for the Authors, Editors, Fine & Performing Artists Reception and Dinner on Mar. 27, 2009.
Person Recognized
Carol Cramer
Given By
Sarah Jeong
Reason
Thanks so much for being the photographer at the Authors, Editors, Fine & Performing Artists Reception and Dinner on March 27, 2009.
Person Recognized
Craig Fansler Dedicated Deacon Winner
Given By
Sarah Jeong
Reason
Thanks so much for creating the signage for the Authors, Editors, Fine & Performing Artists Reception and Dinner on March 27, 2009.
Person Recognized
Mary Reeves
Given By
Sarah Jeong
Reason
Thanks so much for helping retrieve books for the book display at the Authors, Editors, Fine & Performing Artists Reception.
Person Recognized
Charles Bombeld
Given By
Sarah Jeong
Reason
Thanks so much for your help with processing the books in time for the book display at the Authors, Editors, Fine & Performing Artists Reception.
Person Recognized
Kristen Morgan
Given By
Sarah Jeong
Reason
Thanks so much for your help with coordinating with Facilities to move the tables and chairs in the Atrium for the Authors, Editors, and Fine & Performing Artists Dinner.
Person Recognized
Kaeley Mcmahan
Given By
Sarah Jeong
Reason
Thanks for your help with distributing nametags for the Authors, Editors, and Fine & Performing Artists Reception and Dinner on March 27, 2009.
Person Recognized
Lauren Corbett
Given By
Sarah Jeong
Reason
Thanks so much for translating a citation that was written in French.
Person Recognized
H. David "giz" Womack
Given By
Sarah Jeong
Reason
Thanks a ton for helping plan the Authors, Editors, and Fine & Performing Artists Reception and Dinner, coordinating the tables and chairs rental, helping organize the book display, helping with clean-up, and the list goes on…Your help is greatly appreciated!
Person Recognized
Rosalind Tedford
Given By
Sarah Jeong
Reason
Thanks so much for your support and help with the Authors, Editors, and Fine & Performing Artists Reception and Dinner.
Person Recognized
Erik Mitchell
Given By
Sarah Jeong
Reason
Thanks so much for your help with the Authors, Editors, and Fine & Performing Artists Reception and Dinner.
Person Recognized
Susan Smith
Given By
Sarah Jeong
Reason
Thanks so much for your support and help with the Authors, Editors, and Fine & Performing Artists Reception and Dinner.
Person Recognized
Sarah Jeong
Given By
Lauren Corbett
Reason
The faculty author event went without a hitch and Sarah worked hard to make sure all the publications and presentations listed on the program were accurate.

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