Congratulations!

Congratulations to Stacey and Liane! - the winners of the Tate Street Coffee vouchers for being the first to respond to yesterday's 'Today in the University Libraries' blog post from the front page of Behind the Stacks.

Earth Day!

Hi,

Today is Earth Day!

Here is a link to the UNCG Earth Day events agenda in Campus Weekly, in case you missed it:

http://ure.uncg.edu/prod/cweekly/2013/04/15/earthday2013/

North Carolina Pottery in Staff Display Case

Be sure to stop by and see the collection of North Carolina pottery in the staff display case this month.

Green Libraries Book Display

Checkout the Green Libraries book display in honor of Earth Day, April 22.

Party for Jenny Raabe

Pictures from Jenny's party.

Green Leak of the Week--Recycle More!

From Campus Weekly (MARCH 20, 2013):

Now can I recycle pizza boxes? Yes - and more.


This semester, the UNCG Commingled Recycling Program has expanded, ensuring more waste is diverted from the landfill. The changes in acceptable materials correspond with those in the City of
Greensboro curbside recycling program - the programs use the same recycling facility.

Ben Kunka (Office of Waste Reduction and Recycling) met with Facility Services staff in all UNCG campus zones last month to discuss these big changes.
Some key changes:

• Empty pizza boxes are now recyclable.

• Empty yogurt containers are now recyclable.

• Clean plastic cups, plates, lids and utensils along with clean paper cups and plates are now recyclable.

• Plastic Bottle Caps should remain on bottles. The special Bottle Cap Recycling program has been eliminated because the caps can now be mixed in with UNCG’s commingled recycling program.

• The following items should be kept out of campus recycling bins: Styrofoam, plastic bags, aluminum foil, pie tins, snack wrappers and food waste.

Environmental sustainability is important for UNCG, Kunka notes. This program will divert more waste from the landfill. If in doubt about what can and can’t be recycled, contact him at 334-
5192 or recycle@uncg.edu.

More information is at http://facrecycling.uncg.edu/rcySrvc/index.html         

2013 Archives Leadership Institute

Just wanted to let folks know that I was recently accepted as a member of the 2013 cohort of the Archives Leadership Institute. Only 25 archivists from across the country are selected each year. Selection is based on leadership skills and potential, ability to influence policy and change within an organization and the archival field, commitment to the archival profession, and career progress and history. As part of ALI, I will attend a week-long Leadership Intensive at Luther College (Decorah, Iowa) in June, conduct a practicum-style leadership project here in SCUA, participate in ongoing discussions, projects, and networking opportunities through a virtual ALI Salon, attend the ALI Practices Workshop at the Society of American Archivists’ Annual Meeting in August, and conduct a thematic group project with other ALI alumni that will address challenges within the archival field.

Once the program begins, I hope to share more about the experience and what I learn here and on the SCUA blog. You can read more about ALI at http://www.luther.edu/archivesleadershipinstitute/.