As the end of the year approaches, life at home gets busier with extra shopping, cooking or travel as we all look forward to special times with family and friends. Our students are busy getting ready for exams and completing projects. As I look at our schedule for the next two months, I see we [...]
Staying Healthy Until recently, I viewed the Swine Flu as something that happens far away and to someone else. Suddenly there were out breaks at summer camps across the country. First, the planning for the Learning Commons was disrupted because one of our partners had a son at camp in Colorado who had been exposed [...]
How to Continue to be a Great Library in Hard Times Most of us have been following the news about the economy and the University’s budgets with interest and increasing concern. There is no doubt that our state and Auburn University will face some lean times and belt tightening as our country slides further [...]
Many of you have asked me about the budget over the past few months. In his most recent State of the University presentation, Dr. Gogue provided an overview which I would like to share with you. Although it is nearly certain we will have a decreased budget next year the Deans have not yet been given [...]
With 2009 just a few days old, this a good time to look back and celebrate all we’ve accomplished and look forward to the many opportunities this year will bring. It would be impossible to list all that we achieved in 2008. We begin this year even stronger, more creative, and more critical to the [...]
What is going on in RBD? I’d like to use my column to answer some questions and share some information. What is going on in RBD Library? The short answer is: a lot. There is always a lot going in the Libraries! In addition to our usual busy days and nights serving the students and [...]
Over the past three years I have watched Auburn’s new strategic plan unfold beginning with the comments from the university-wide meetings held during 2004-05. I remember reading them as window into the University I was about to join and trying to use them to understand its strengths, its weaknesses, its hopes and its worries. Since [...]
It Begins At Auburn! The 2008 Faculty Staff Campaign has begun. Please turn in your form ASAP and you’ll receive a lovely 2008 pin to wear and demonstrate your support. Wearing the pin will also act as encouragement for others to participate. Read the news article at http://wireeagle.auburn.edu/news/318
