Michael Bradford, serials and electronic resources librarian at Andover–Harvard Theological Library, Harvard Divinity School, has co-authored an article entitled “Education and Electronic Resources (ER) Librarianship: How Library School Programs Are Meeting the Needs of the ER Librarian Position.” It will be simultaneously published in volume 32, number 1/2 of the journal Collection Management and as a chapter in the forthcoming monograph entitled Electronic Resources Librarianship and Management of Digital Information.

Ravi Mynampaty, software engineer, Baker Library—Knowledge and Library Services, Harvard Business School, gave a presentation on “Implementing One-Stop Enterprise Search” on November 7, at the Enterprise Search Summit conference in San Jose, California.

Leah Orent, Littauer Hebraica Specialist in the Harvard College Library’s Judaica Division, has had a book published recently by Hakibuts Hameuchad Press in Jerusalem: Ratso va-shov: yesodotetiyim u-mistiyim be-torato shel R. Shneur Zalman mi-Ladi: iyun hashva’ati (Running and Returning: Ethical and Mystical Elements in the Teachings of Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Lyady: A Comparative Study). The book deals with the conflict between ethical and mystical values in a religious context, comparing Chabad Hasidism to other religious traditions, specifically Christian and Hindu.

Pamela Schechtmann, library assistant at Baker Library—Knowledge and Library Services, is now an HUCTW union representative for Harvard Business School. Schechtmann has also completed certification requirements for the title “Mediator” in the State of Massachusetts; certificate requirements were completed at Mediation Works in Boston.

Liam Sullivan, library assistant at Baker Library—Knowledge and Library Services, was elected as a representative of the Professional Region to the HUCTW Executive Council on December 4, 2007. Sullivan began participating in bi-monthly Executive Board meetings on February 12, 2008.