As part of the 2020 ALAO Annual Conference, Tammy Stitz participated in creating the poster is “Ensuring your Microsoft Word created PDFs are Accessible”. To see the short video about the poster, use the following link.
Nice going, Tammy!
Category: Professional Development
University Archivist and Head of Archival Services S. Victor Fleischer presented on a panel titled “Archives During COVID: Local Perspectives” at the Cleveland Archival Roundtable Meeting on October 15, 2020. Fleischer presented with John Bowen, Director of Archives at the Cleveland Clinic, and Pamela Eyerdam, Fine Arts and Special Collections Manager at Cleveland Public Library. Fleischer and the panel presented and led a discussion on COVID and its effects on archives and the archives profession.
Timely work, Vic!
Marilia Yesenia Antunez and Tammy A. Stitz presented in August 2020 at a virtual joint conference:
https://opalpalni2020.sched.com/event/ceda/widening-tailored-research-workshops-for-honors-students
The presentation examined the planning process of a series of workshops supporting honors students in creating their theses. The process was informed by lessons learned from previous workshops. The formation of the series was a partnership of librarians and the honors college to deliver 12 one-hour workshops.
Nice teamwork, Marilia and Tammy!
From the UA-Digest:
New officers elected by University Council
At their Sept. 14 meeting, members of University Council elected a new slate of officers. Dr. Philip Allen, interim director of research administration and immediate past chair of University Council, called the meeting to order and conducted the election of the UC chair.
- Dr. Tonia P. Ferrell was appointed by acclimation as the new chair. She was the only person nominated and will serve a two-year term. Ferrell is director of prospect development and campaigns in the Department of Development, and had served as secretary of University Council for several years.
- Jeanette Carson, Director of Audio Visual and Distance Learning Services, was elected as vice chair.
- Dr. Kristine Kraft, an associate professor and interim director of the School of Allied Health, was elected secretary.
Congratulations, Jeanette!
Brittany Hayes, Electronic Services, and Zoe Orcutt, Archives, gave a presentation with Sidney Gao and James Van Mil from the University of Cincinnati on June 16 at Society of Ohio Archivists virtual conference. The title of the presentation was “Initial Steps on a Digital Preservation Policy.”
Great teamwork!
Mike Monaco was awarded a grant through the Library Services and Technology Act for a workshop on teaching news literacy for Ohio librarians. The workshop will be taught online by news media literacy expert Michael Spikes (Northwestern University) in September. Mike, Michael, and Amanda Goodsett (Cleveland State University) will assess the workshop’s effectiveness by analyzing a teaching instrument from each participant before the workshop and as revised after the workshop. Thanks to this grant from the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), awarded by the State Library of Ohio, the workshop will be offered for free.
Nice going, Mike!
Tammy Stitz, UL Science & Technology Library, has a video page for the LaTeX workshops which has reached 100 subscribers. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcCjIijJ9iaooJr4slwz24g
What a nice following, Tammy!
As you may have read in the UA-Digest, Amy Freels, editorial design coordinator at The University of Akron Press, has won a book cover design award for Brittany Cavallaro’s “Unhistorical” in the Association of University Presses Book, Jacket, and Journal Show. This is the second time Freels has won the award for book cover design.
In addition, one of her book covers is a winner of The da Vinci Eye, which is awarded to books with superior cover artwork. Hawk Parable, Tyler Mills, University of Akron Press (cover by Amy Freels; art by Chris Maynard)
Impressive work, Amy! Congratulations!
Design and Development Services or DDS (Steve Kaufman, Rene Molenaur, Jamie Newhall, Ling Qian, Patrick Tabatcher, and Wendy Lampner) received the Ziptastic award in May. Here’s what they said:
Congratulations! We are honored to inform you, the amazing group of employees in Design and Development Services department, that you, as a group are the recipients of the SEAC Ziptastic Award for the month of May. All of you were nominated by the faculty and staff from Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences for the amazing work you accomplished transitioning UA to online courses in a matter of days. We are excited to share your dedication to the UA Community.
The Ziptastic Award was created by the Staff Employee Advisory Committee (SEAC) in October of 2016. The purpose of the Ziptastic program is to raise awareness of the contributions of UA employees who are committed to the The University of Akron community.
The faculty and staff of the Buchtel College of Arts & Sciences (through BCC) collectively (and anonymously) submitted the following nomination…
We are nominating the entire Design and Development Service department. This is unusual, but well deserved. It would be difficult to overstate the difference our colleagues at DDS have made, in every department across campus, as we have moved all classes online in response to the coronavirus. Among other responses to this crisis, they have scheduled online workshops for WebEx and Brightspace, have posted tutorials for other online aids, have answered endless questions from faculty through email, and have monitored their phones for last-second difficulties faculty encountered. This is, of course, no surprise. DDS has been providing thoughtful and engaged professional support for our community for many years. But in the context of this crisis, we have come to even more deeply appreciate their contributions to teaching and learning in our classrooms. Many thanks DDS.
A well-deserved award to the members of DDS! A great job and CONGRATULATIONS!
The Medical Library Association offered heartfelt congratulations to Marilia Antunez on her selection as the 2020 Continuing Education Grant recipient. Her efforts are contributing to MLA’s second century of excellence and achievement in the health information profession.
Let’s offer Marilia our congratulations as well! Well done!