LIBNEWS - UF Libraries' Staff Bulletin Board

Following are suggested categories for posting items to LIBNEWS (the UF Libraries' Electronic Bulletin Board). These are only provided as a guide. Submit whatever you think would be useful or interesting for your staff colleagues to know.

Items submitted are posted automatically and (normally) are immediately available.

ACCESS: In addition to being available on the web in the Staff "Toolbox" ( http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/toolbox ), postings are also available from a public folder while logged on to your Smathers e-mail account. Select PUBLIC FOLDERS, then ALL PUBLIC FOLDERS, then LIBNEWS.

GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSION TO LIBRARY E-NEWS

  1. Send all news to the following e-mail address:

  2. If the item should be read immediately (due to its temporal nature), the subject line should begin with ALERT! (in capital letters) - and may (or may not) be followed by a short subject.
SUGGESTED LIBNEWS CATEGORIES (Others may be added as needed)
  1. Staff Professional Achievements (Awards, professional association committee appointments, elected offices, conferences attended, presentations given, publications, etc.)
  2. Staff Personal News
  3. Events (Meetings, etc.) of General Interest (Staff Association, etc.)
  4. Training Opportunities
  5. The "Libraries in the News"
  6. Status Reports (Special projects, renovation plans, etc.)
  7. Suggested Professional Reading and Other Interesting Resources
  8. Library Administration, Department, Office, and Branch Libraries News
  9. Library-Wide Committees and Task Force News
  10. Personnel
    1. New appointments
    2. Promotions/Transfers
    3. Retirements
    4. Terminations
    5. Job Postings
    6. Search Status

Rich Bennett
richben@mail.uflib.ufl.edu
Last Updated November 3, 1999