I am pleased to announce that Shirley Hallblade has been appointed as the new Jackson Library Director. Shirley will begin working at the GSB on March 1.

Shirley is currently the Assistant Director for Information Services at Vanderbilt University's Walker Management Library in the Owen Graduate School of Management in Nashville, Tennessee. She has held numerous positions at Vanderbilt, including Director of the Walker Management Library years ago, Associate Director of Libraries for the campus, Acting Director of Libraries, and Associate University Librarian.

Prior to her work at Vanderbilt, Shirley was the Manager of Reference Services for the Mississippi Research and Development Center, Assistant Professor at the University of Mississippi's Graduate School of Library and Information Science, Assistant Librarian at Muscatine Community College, and a Teacher for the Illinois Community Consolidated School District 15. Shirley has a Master's degree in Library Science from Northern Illinois University and a Ph.D. degree in Educational Administration from the University of Iowa.

We're kicking off another year of SLSA events with Darren Luvaas talking on "Universal Web Page Design." We will have a lunch time brown bag on February 10, 2000 at 12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. in Meyer Room 184.

Come join us for a discussion on Web site accessibility issues for the disabled. Darren will share with us some of his insights on design issues and will be open to questions as well as examining existing Web sites. The event also includes a 15 minute tour of the Assistive Computer Technology Center at Meyer Library. Cookies, fruit, and drinks will be provided. Hope to see you there!

These titles reflect the compiler's notions of the humorous, wry, ironic or unusual, and should not be construed as reflecting any other opinion or judgment, nor the editorial opinion of SUL/AIR News.

"Are they selling her lips?" : advertising and identity / Carol Moog. -- 1st ed. -- New York : William Morrow and Company, c1990. CSUB91-B160 / HF5822 .M66 1990 / Jackson Business Library.

The cannoneers have hairy ears : a diary of the front lines / Anonymous [Robert J. Casey]. -- New York : J. H. Sears & Company, Inc. [c1927] AFQ5331 / 940.93 .C338 / Stanford Auxiliary Library - Stacks.

Cheeks on fire : collected poems / Raymond Radiguet. -- London, Calder [1976] AEG6096 / PQ2635.A25.A27 1976 / Green Library - Stacks.

Dry Lips oughta move to Kapuskasing : a play / Tomson Highway. --Saskatoon, Sask. : Fifth House, 1989. ACP4427 / PR9199.3 .H545 D7 1989 / Green Library - Stacks.

The legend of the lady's elbow / Sir Thomas Love Duncombe Jones Parry. -- Newport : s. n., 1977. AQJ4646 / [in process] / Green Library - Stacks.

SUL/AIR has the following open position this week.

Academic Computing Consulting Manager (1/31/00); REQ# J000188

Application Software Developer (1/31/00); REQ# J000243

Library Specialist (1/31/00); REQ# J000256

For a complete description of these jobs and a list of all current SUL/AIR jobs, visit the Human Resources Web site at

Human Resources Web site.