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People Dancing - Student Dance

Statesman, V.42, n. 42.

Michael Zweig/CAS 
09/22/2005 11:25 AM
To Michael Zweig/CAS@SUNYSB
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Subject Iraq Labor Tour video preview now available
PLEASE FORWARD WIDELY
Dear Friends and Colleagues
I am pleased to report that the trailer/preview for the documentary video Meeting Face to Face : 
Iraqi Labor Leaders Tour the U .S. - June 2005 is now complete and available.  Please click:   
Meeting Face to Face    to view the Web page for the documentary and see the trailer (7 
minutes 17 seconds).
In June 2005 six senior Iraqi trade union leaders toured the United States hosted by U.S. Labor 
Against the War, visiting 25 cities and speaking to several thousand unionists, peace activists, 
and others.   This documentary captures the energy and emotions of the tour while expressing  
the important substantive message Iraqi workers want to convey to all Americans  :   
end the occupation of Iraq; 
oppose the privatization of Iraqi national resources; 
and support the right of all Iraqi workers to organize free and independent trade unions.
The documentary takes the story beyond the tour to the AFL -CIO national convention in July  
2005 where delegates voted to support the rapid withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq, for the first 
time in history opposing an on-going U.S. war.
Distribution:  Once the documentary is complete (expected December 1, 2005) we will distribute 
it widely as a tool for education and organizing.  We are working with United for Peace and 
Justice, Code Pink, U.S. Labor Against the War, Educators to Stop the War, and others to bring 
this resource to the widest network we can establish.
Please give financial support   to complete the full  27-minute documentary so thousands more  
Americans can share the rich experiences of this tour . 
Anyone contributing  $100 will receive a copy of the finished documentary as soon as it is  
complete. Any contribution of  $500 or more will receive on -screen credit as well as the  
documentary (DVD unless VHS requested ).
( The DVD will have quite a few features beyond the documentary, including complete 
footage of the July 2005 AFL-CIO convention debate leading to passage of an anti-war 
resolution, footage of the negotiations among the Iraqis and USLAW leaders hammering out 
the tour's final joint statement, and footage of the labor contingent in the September 24 
anti-war march and rally in Washington DC.)
To contribute, make your check payable to  "The Stony Brook Foundation " and indicate on it  
or in a cover letter that it is  "for Meeting Face to Face ."  Send to
Meeting Face to Face
Center for Study of Working Class Life
Department of Economics
State University of New York
Stony Brook, NY 11794-4384
All contributions are tax deductible to the extent allowed by law.
If you would like a free DVD or VHS copy of the trailer to use in a fundraising event  for Meeting 
Face to Face, send an email request with the following information:  
 
the audience and type of event you will organize (union meeting, house party, peace group, 
etc.); 
 
the approximate date of the event; 
 
the name and address to which the DVD or video should be sent.  We will send a DVD 
unless you specify VHS format.  
Send request to address above or to <michael.zweig@stonybrook.edu>
 
Meeting Face to Face: produced by the Center for Study of Working Class Life; directed and 
edited by Jonathan Levin.
Michael Zweig
Director, Center for Study of Working Class Life
Department of Economics
State University of New York
Stony Brook, NY 11794-4384
631.632.7536
michael.zweig@stonybrook.edu


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Statesman, V. 25, n. 15.

OCR Image Size III Numeral Four

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Statesman V. 36, n. 24.

Statesman, V.2, n. 9a.

Statesman, V.14, n. 24.

Library integrated system 
-Aleph
Fang Peng
Stony Brook University
Aleph is one of Exlibris products
http://www.exlibrisgroup.com/
Number of institutions using 
Aleph
USA
2005:   654
2006:   1053 
2007:   1790
Worldwide about 4000
Aleph in Stony Brook Library
Stony Brook converted the library system 
from NOTIS to Aleph in March 2002.
Cataloging, Authority Control,  Acquisition, 
Serials Control, Course Reserves and 
Circulation all are implemented in Aleph. 
ILL is not maintained in Aleph.
Topic of discussion
Major implementations of Aleph at 
Stony Brook 
What Aleph can do for you? 
Aleph Implementation 2003
Aleph patch upgrade
• Upgrade from version 14.2 patch 2 
to patch 7.
• It was 2003 summer.
• Exlibris did major upgrade. 
• New Aleph group supported upgrade.
Aleph Implementation 2003
CJK characters display
Aleph Implementation 2003
Patron file loading
Update patron files from PeopleSoft 
twice a day automatically.
New student and staff info is available 
in Aleph in 24 hours
Aleph Implementations 2004
Auto Reporter
Established an auto reporter.
Provides reports which will help 
management in decision making.
It can be monthly, weekly and/or daily.
The reports can be picked up in GUI, or 
as an attachment in an email, or as the 
content of an email.  
Aleph Implementation 2004
EDI (electronic data interchange)
EDI with EBSCO
About 2.5 million dollar invoices a year.
It used to take three months to enter into 
the system manually. Now takes minutes.
EDI with YBP
Speed up order cycle (from 90 days to 32 
days).
Reduce paper work.
Aleph Implementation 2004
Web OPAC transformation
Convert Web OPAC from frames to 
frameless seamlessly.
Aleph Implementation 2004
Fine Block
Graduation and Transcript Blocks 
applied to anyone 
owing more than $4.99 
with books overdue
with book due date later than patron 
expiration date
Implemented on production in April 
2004. 
Aleph Implementation 2004
Fine Block (cont.)
This is a report for Library Fines Paid through 
Bursar before and after Fine Block applied.
July 2001 - June 2002 $5,023.24 
July 2002 - June 2003 $6,406.37
Fine Block applied in April 2004
July 2003 - June 2004 $26,694.94 (applied 3 
month)
July 2004 - March 24, 2005 $30,276.45 (8 month)
Aleph implementation 2005
Patron privacy protection 
Merge duplicate patron records. Over 
9000 records merged. 
Fine Block Report
Aleph implementation 2005
Patron privacy protection (cont)
Deleted SSN from Aleph database.
Scrub patron circulation history (only 
kept for 7 days).
Clean up multiple barcode number for a 
patron.
Aleph Implementation 2005
Electronic resource
SerialsSolution URLs batch-loaded in 
Aleph using ISSN as match points.
Link checker is home developed.
E-book loading 
SUNY Press ebook (more than 1000)
Oxford Scholarship Online Collection(1153)
Etc. …
Aleph Implementation 2005
Upgrade v14 to v17
Upgrade Aleph from version 14 to 17. 
Upgrade Oracle Database from 8i to 9i.
Upgrade Operating System from Solaris 
(UNIX) 8 to 9.
Stony Brook library is first one on v17 in 
SUNY systems and Eighth nationwide.
Aleph Implementation 2005
CJK index
Created dictionary and indexes for CJK.  
CJK characters are searchable on Web 
OPAC.
Aleph Implementation 2005
Z3950 Protocol
Implemented z3950 interface with HSC, 
LC. (LC is available in GUI )
Aleph implementation 2006
System security
Implemented secure connection 
between Aleph and LDAP server.
We are the second to allow patron to 
access account using NetID in SBU.
Aleph server does not have to keep user 
credentials
Login page uses secure https and 
password is encrypted.
Aleph implementation 2006
New Book List
Aleph implementation 2006
OCLC system changes
ISBN changed from 10 to 13 digits.
OCLC system number changed from 8 
to 9 digits
Applied Aleph patch upgrade to 
accommodate the changes
Aleph implementation 2006
HSC Library Upgrade
Upgraded HSC library system from 
Aleph v14 to v17.
Aleph implementation 2007
Chinese Cookbooks
Converted records from WordPerfect 
format to MARC format.
Created new library and collections in 
Aleph.
Made the records available and 
searchable on Web OPAC. 
Developed a strategy to convert any 
electronic data format to MARC
Aleph implementation 2007
Item Replacement
Developed item replacement process.
Automatically change “missing” and “not 
returned” item status to “withdrawn”.
Automatically suppress holding and bib 
records which were withdrawn.
Automatically generate reports and send to 
selectors.
Testing near completion.
Production version upgrade planned on 
June 16.
Aleph implementation 2007
Version 18 Upgrade
What Aleph Can Do for You?
Automates processes for reporting, 
uploading, resource management.
Expert search. Web OPAC for 
professional use.
What Aleph Can Do for You?
Developing full text search.
Digital Object can be maintained and 
indexed in Aleph.
Example
Statistics report
Example
Acquisition List 
Example 
Fine Report
Example 
Acquisitions Expenditures 2005.xls
Example
Digital Object 


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