Monthly Archives: February 2007

Dean of Library Services Candidate Presentations/Q & A

The Dean of Library Services Search and Screen Committee will bring three finalist candidates to the campus between February 28th and March 5th. In preparation for these interviews, we have scheduled the candidates to meet with the UMass Dartmouth Community. Each candidate will give a short presentation on the topic of “What you see as the significant challenges for this university library; and what strengths you would bring to help UMass Dartmouth in particular” and then entertain questions.

Please note the location of the candidates presentation.

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Thursday, March 1st – Candidate Donald Dilmore

Currently: Associate Vice President for University Libraries Edinboro University of PA, Edinboro, PA

10:45 am Brief Candidate presentation and a question and answer period with UMassD Community.

Chance to just talk, engage in conversation. Refreshments will be served.

(Location: CCB 115)

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Friday, March 2nd – Candidate Dawn Thistle

Currently: Director of Library Services Assumption College, Worcester, MA

10:45 am Brief Candidate presentation and a question and answer period with UMassD Community.

Chance to just talk, engage in conversation. Refreshments will be served.

(Location: Library Browsing Area)

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Monday, March 5th -Candidate Sharon Gray Weiner

Currently: Director, Peabody Library Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn.

10:45 am Brief Candidate presentation and a question and answer period with UMassD Community.

Chance to just talk, engage in conversation. Refreshments will be served.

(Location: Library Browsing Area)

Please reserve these dates and times on your calendar.

Sincerely,

Charlie McNeil

Chair, Dean of Library Services Search & Screen Committee
cmcneil@umassd.edu
508-999-8680

Tell Us What You Think! Participate in the Library LibQual + Service Survey

Dear Member of the UMass Dartmouth Community,

The Claire T. Carney Library is participating in LibQual+, a nationally
recognized evaluation tool that measures user satisfaction with various
aspects of the library and its services. The survey is electronic and
is managed at Texas A&M University.

We invite you to participate in the survey. Your participation will
assist the library in the following ways:

* Help us to understand how the UMass Dartmouth community rates
library services.
* Allow us to benchmark UMass Dartmouth results against other
libraries to determine best practices.
* Let us know where we can concentrate service improvements for
Claire T. Carney Library users.

Past experience has shown that it takes 10 to 15 minutes to complete
this electronic survey which examines your expected level of service,
your lowest acceptable level of service, and your actual perceived level
of service.

As a token of our appreciation for your time and consideration, if you
include your e-mail address at the end of the survey, your name will be
entered into a drawing for one of 50 prizes that will be awarded after
the survey is complete. The prizes are:

* 1 iPod – 80GB (compliments of Apple Inc.)
* 1 iPod nano – 4 GB
* 1 iPod shuffle – 1 GB
* 47 $10 food vouchers to be used at any food outlet on campus

A significant level of participation is important. If you participate,
your responses will be held in confidence. No identifying links between
responses and individuals will be retained. Combined data only will be
reported.

Please complete the survey at
https://survey.libqual.org/index.cfm?ID=283360 right now, if possible,
but no later than March 9, 2007.

Add your own comments about the library in the comments box provided at
the end of the survey. Your comments are extremely useful.

Thank you for taking this opportunity to assist us in serving you better.

If you have difficulty accessing or completing the survey, please
contact me at librarydean@umassd.edu

Robert Green
Vice Chancellor, Library Services, Information Resources and Technology

We have a new governor and a $1 billion budget deficit – what does it all mean? Weds. Feb. 14th at Noon – Library Browsing Area

Presenter: Shannon Jenkins, Assistant Professor of Political Science

Date: February 14, 2007

Time: Noon to 1:30 PM

Location: Library Browsing Area, 1st Floor

Abstract: In 2006, Massachusetts residents elected our first African American governor and the first Democratic governor in over 15 years – Deval Patrick. In 2007, newly inaugurated Governor Patrick announced that the projected budget deficit for FY 2008 will approach $1 billion. What does this all mean for the Commonwealth and higher education? In this brown bag lunch presentation, Prof. Shannon Jenkins (PSC) will talk about the state of the current politics in the Commonwealth, including the top issues facing the state, the barriers to addressing these issues and what impact a new governor will have.