On June 29th, Fayette Elliott will wind up a long and successful career with UC Berkeley by taking advantage of the Voluntary Separation Option and retiring. Fayette came to the university in 1991 after working in the private sector as an insurance underwriter. After a brief period of temporary work on campus, Fayette was hired as a career staff person when she joined Campus Disbursements in September 1991. In 1992 she moved to a position in the Engineering Department's Office of Research Services, and then joined the staff of the Physics Department two years later. Fayette was hired into Library Business Services in 1999 to reconcile book fund expenditures in INNOPAC against the Campus General Ledger.

In September 2000, a reorganization in the Library Business Services resulted in Fayette's transfer to the Technical Services Department's Collections Core Services Division. The purpose of the transfer was to centralize all INNOPAC fund monitering and management functions in a single unit. Fayette quickly became a valued member of the INNOPAC fund management team. In addition to doing book fund reconciliation, she assisted the Payments Unit with monographic invoice processing and has performed a number of complex special projects involving INNOPAC payment data. In these projects, she tracked patterns and trends in the expenditure of the Library's collections budget. Fayette recieved training in copy cataloging during a rotation within the Technical Services Department. Fayette also helped out part-time in the Earth Sciences Library, providing crucial assistance to the service desk and in technical processing during a critical staffing shortage.

Fayette's many interests will keep her busy and active in retirement. Fayette plans to pursue a career as an independent business woman with many irons in the fire, including direct sales, network marketing, and real estate and property development. She will be able to travel across the country, visit family members and perhaps even relocate. Now is her chance to take that dream cruise and do some international travel as well!

Best of luck in all your pursuits, Fayette, from your Library and Collections Core Service colleagues. Your bright presence and quick wit will be missed by all. Thank you for all of your hard work throughout the years, and especially during your time with Collections Core Services.

Rebecca Green
Head, Collections Core Services Division

Jim Gordon
Head, Ordering Unit, Collections Core Services Division
Technical Services Department