Better, Less Cluttered Posting
The Student Association and the University�s Plant Department recently came up with a new posting policy to help out sponsors and improve the podium�s appearance. The policy was designed to reduce the clutter of posters and flyers and to help members of the campus community effectively promote their events.
Sixty-two new bulletin boards were put up, framed in one of six colors with each color corresponding to different event categories: orange for "Meetings/Informationals," green for "Multi-Cultural/Ethnic," blue for "University Announcements," red for "Social Events," yellow for "The Arts," and purple for "Athletics/Intramural."
Each of the four bulletin board panels is split into six separate 8 ½ x 11 sections where only this size poster, marked with the University authorization stamp, can be placed. There can only be one poster per pillar and fliers can not be placed over currently valid posters or fliers. The design of these new bulletin boards was made to not only improve the podium�s appearance, but to help make event information more accessible to the campus community.
The University Libraries will offer a fall seminar for faculty and academic staff on copyright and fair use law and guidelines, on Thursday, Oct. 22, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Campus Center Terrace Lounge. The title of the program is Access to Intellectual Property and Its Fair Use for Research and Teaching: Copyright in the Digital Age.
Kenneth Crews, an associate professor in the Indiana University School of Law and in the IU School of Library and Information Science, will lead the program. Crews, who is also Director of Indiana University�s Copyright Management Center, is an expert in the fields of copyright, constitutional law, political history, and library science. His primary research focus has been on the relationship of copyright law to the needs of higher education, as shown by his recent book, Copyright, Fair Use, and the Challenge for Universities: Promoting the Progress of Higher Education.
Crews, Thomas Galvin, professor of Information Science and Policy, and Meredith Butler, dean of Library Faculty and Director of University Libraries, will lead workshop participants in discussions of practical problems in teaching and in Web-based distribution and retrieval of copyrighted work. To register, call Lorre Smith, 442-8021 before Oct. 15.
Stock Market Gyrations and Their Meaning
On Friday, Oct. 2, University faculty, government officials and financial experts will discuss the recent gyrations in U.S. stock exchanges and how they affect New Yorkers in "Stock Market Exuberance and Recent Corrections: Implications for the State of New York."
Jointly sponsored by the finance department of the School of Business and the Department of Economics, and supported by the Office for Research, the conference will be held in the Performing Arts Center from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Among the subjects the conference�s four panel discussions will address are the impact of the market on government budgets, the effect of the economy on prices of stocks and mutual funds, and the effects of worldwide capital markets on the U.S. stock market.
The conference will be followed by a reception from 4:30 to 6 p.m. This and a provided lunch are included in the $40 fee.
As part of the Homecoming and Parents Weekend, the Friends of the Libraries will hold their Annual Book Sale on Saturday, Oct. 24, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in front of the University Library on the Uptown Campus.
Proceeds from the sale will be donated to The Campaign for Libraries in support of the new library building and renovation of the uptown University Library.
The Friends are also actively seeking books for the sale. Those wishing to make a donation can contact Collection Development, University Library, Room 210, University at Albany, Albany, N.Y. 12222, or call 518-442-3583.