Library People

Adopt-a-Street Program: Jan Hart, Sally Kasalko, Lily Liu, Mary Ryan, and Mary Hawks cleaned the Library's section of Markham on February 3, 2001.

Administration: Mary Ryan, Library Director, is currently serving a two-year term as chair of the South Central Academic Medical Libraries Consortium (SCAMeL), which is composed of fourteen academic health sciences libraries in Texas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Arkansas. The consortium promotes cooperative activities among the libraries, including the negotiation of group pricing for electronic products such as MD Consult and the Academic Press Ideal online journals.

Center on Aging: Donna Waldron, formerly in the Learning Resource Center of the UAMS Library, is now the part-time Library staff person at the Center on Aging Library, as of February 26, 2001.

Circulation: Libby Ingram, the former Night Manager, is now the Head of Circulation as of March 1, 2001. Ricky Duckery, formerly a part time employee of the Library became the new Night Manager on April 16, 2001. There are also two new weekend employees: Shirley Whitten, who began on October 2, 2000 (not so new anymore); and Lynn Roques, who began on January 27, 2001.

Collection Management: Tim Muren recently completed requirements to receive the A+ Certification for computer technician personnel.

Information Services & Systems: Peggy Morrison, Head of Information Services & Systems, was recently elected Vice Chair/Chair-elect of ARKLink, a group of libraries whose joint mission is to increase, enhance, and facilitate cooperation among libraries in the state of Arkansas through consortial purchasing of resources, expanding access to resources, and encouraging partnerships between and among libraries. Peggy was also one of two winners of the Arkansas Library Association's LaNell Compton Prize in 2000. Her prize was awarded for her article: "Management by Guru" which appeared in the December 1998 issue of Arkansas Libraries.