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September 28-October 2, 1998

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CENTER FOR ADVANCED STUDY DEADLINES

  1. Appointment of Associates in the Center for Advanced Study, 1999-2000.
    Application Deadline: Monday, October 12, 1998.

  2. Nomination of Fellows in the Center for Advanced Study, 1999-2000.
    Nomination Deadline: Monday, February 8, 1999.

  3. Nomination of George A. Miller Visiting Professors and Scholars in the Center for Advanced Study, 1999-2000.
    Nomination Deadlines: Tuesdays, October 13, 1998 and April 20, 1999.

  4. Proposals for the MillerComm99 Lecture Series.
    Proposal Deadlines: 12:00 PM, Mondays, October 19, 1998; November 23, 1998; February 15, 1999; May 3, 1999; July 12, 1999.

  5. Proposals for The Annual Beckman Research Lecture.
    Proposal Deadline: Tuesday, October 13, 1998.

Copies of guidelines for individual programs are available upon request from the Center for Advanced Study, 333-6729 or through the web site. In addition to these five programs, the Center also initiates and co-sponsors a variety of interdisciplinary activities, discussion groups, and workshops during the academic year. Center for Advanced Study professors are permanent members of the Center for Advanced Study community, chosen for their outstanding scholarship. Apppointment to a professorship in the Center for Advanced Study is the highest recognition that the campus can bestow upon a member of the faculty. There are currently seventeen Center for Advanced Study professors.
 
FROM THE MATHEMATICS LIBRARY

WAIVER CARDS:
To all Mathematics Faculty and Graduate Students:

As many of you know, the Mathematics Library has for many years maintained a list of library users from the Mathematics Department who have agreed, by signing a "waiver card", to have their names released to another user when another user needed a book or journal(ASAP!) which they had borrowed. Waiver cards are a way around state and federal privacy laws which forbade us to give out circulation information. Many members of the department agreed to sign the cards in the interest of timely sharing of library materials rather than necessitate the library staff call the borrower. We intend to continue to maintain that file.

Since our new system does not rely on the use of the social security number for borrower records, we will be removing social security numbers from existing authorization cards. If you were reluctant to participate in this program before because you wanted to maintain privacy of your social security number, we invite you to consider participating at this time. New faculty members and graduate students are invited to stop by the Mathematics library circulation desk to fill out a card authorizing the release of their name to another borrower.

NEW BOOKS:
It is not possible yet to add new records to the new library database system. The most recent set of new books received can be viewed here. This list can be searched by various methods; for example, by Mathematics Library or by call number range within the Mathematics Library. These books will be added to our New Book Shelf and circulated normally. If you have any problems finding the materials you need, please ask our library staff for assistance.

ONLINE CATALOG SYSTEM CHANGES:

  1. General Information
  2. Policies and Procedures for Borrowing Library Materials
  3. New Orders and Newly Received Materials
  4. Requesting Books
  5. Delay in Switchover
  6. The New Library System is Here!
  7. "Books & Bytes"
  8. Requesting Office Delivery

LIST OF JOURNALS RECEIVED WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 21, 1998.

IMPORTANT DATES - FALL 1998

September 18 12:00 PM Payment due; Last day for graduate students to add a first half-session course.
September 25 Last day for undergraduate students to drop a first half-session course and to elect credit-no credit or to change credit-no credit to regular grade basis in a first half-session course.
October 9 Last day for graduate students to add a semester course and to drop a first half-session course.
October 21 Second half-session courses begin (nontraditional courses may begin earlier or later).
October 23 Last day for undergraduate students to drop a semester course and to remove an Ex grade from the previous semester to prevent a change to an E grade and to elect credit-no credit or to change credit-no credit to regular grade basis in a semester course.
October 29 Midsemester grades mailed to freshmen.
October 30 Last day for undergraduate students to add a second half-session course.
November 2 Early registration for spring 1999 begins.
November 6 Deadline for undergraduate and graduate students to withdraw from the University and receive the minimum 40% pro-rata refund.
November 13 Last day for graduate students to add a second half-session course.
November 20 Last day for undergraduate students to drop a second half-session course and to elect credit-no credit or to change credit-no credit to regular grade basis in a second half-session course; Last day for graduate students to drop a semester course.
Nov. 24-29 Thanksgiving recess begins 5:00 PM Tuesday.
Nov. 26-27 Thanksgiving - All-Campus Holidays.
December 4 Last day for graduate students to drop a second half-session course.
December 11 Last day of instruction.
December 12 Reading day (no classes, no final examinations).
Dec. 14-19 Final examination period.

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