Jeffrey Franks
Research and Learning Services
Jeff Franks has been appointed to the following committees effective this academic year:
Congratulations on your appointments! Thank you for representing the University Libraries!
Frank Bove
Electronic Resources Librarian
Frank Bove shared his knowledge at the following presentation. Nice job!
Bove, Frank J. Electronic Resources Librarianship and the Lifecycle of Electronic Resources. Electronic Resources Working Group (ERWG) -Training Day, Columbus, Ohio, 19 June 2015.
Ian McCullough
Physical Sciences Librarian
We are pleased to report on Ian McCullough’s varied accomplishments. Well Done!
Service:
ALA-ACRL-STS Scholarly Communications Committee, re-appointment ending June 2016
Faculty Senate, University Libraries representative, elected for three year term beginning Fall 2015
Refereed Reviews:
“Copyright for Academic Librarians and Professionals 2015/201.” Reference Reviews, 29(6), 10-12. doi: 10.1108/RR-04-2015-0099
“Weeds of North America 2015/151.” Reference Reviews, 29(4), 32–39. doi:10.1108/RR-02-2015-0030
Presentation:
Scholarly Communications Committee (ACRL-STS), Moderator, Panel Discussion, ALA Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA, June 28, 2015
Continuing Education:
ACRL Immersion Teacher Track, Seattle, WA, August 2-7, 2015.
Other:
Formal acknowledgement on two papers from the Kennedy group in Polymer Science.
Shelley Blundell
Instructional Design/Education Librarian
Research and Learning Services
Congratulations to Shelley Blundell! The Society of Ohio Archivists (SOA) Council has approved her appointment as SOA Educational Programming Committee chair. According to their website, the Society of Ohio Archivists’ mission is to exchange information, coordinate activities, and improve professional competence in Ohio’s archives and manuscript repositories. The Education and Programming Committee plans the annual SOA spring conference and professional development workshops. Activities include choosing a conference theme, solicitation and selection of session presenters, selection of plenary speaker, publication and distribution of conference announcements, collecting conference evaluations, and planning professional development workshops of interest to members. Sounds like a worthwhile responsibility. Good luck!
Professional Certification
Frank Bove, Stephanie Everett, Beate Gersch, and Michelle Mascaro recently earned a Certificate in Applied Project Management from UA Solutions, an Advanced Professional Development & Corporate Training Center. According to the website, the program provided frontline, real-world skills and techniques to enhance their career and our company’s projects. Way to go!
Professional Accomplishment
David Procházka, Electronic Services
Congratulations to David Procházka on his nomination!
Elected to serve one year on the Scholarship Committee of the Northern Ohio Technical Services Librarians (affectionately known as NOTSL).
Recent Accomplishments
Shelley Blundell, Research and Learning Services
It is a pleasure to acknowledge Shelley Blundell, Research and Learning Services, for her recent professional endeavors.
The University of Akron – Professional accomplishments
*Organized and facilitated the display of winning academic posters from the 2015 University of Akron Student Innovation Symposium in Room 168 in Bierce Library. The display ran from April 10 to May 4, and was coordinated in partnership with Dr. Heather Burton in the Office of Graduate Student Development, and Interim Dean Phyllis O’Connor, Marketing and Communications Manager Stephanie Dawson-Everett, Assistant to the Dean Joe Williams, and Administrative Assistant Ann Evans from University Libraries.
*Served as an oral presentation session evaluator for The 2015 University of Akron Student Innovation Symposium on April 9, 2015.
*Served on the 2015 University Libraries Outstanding Student Employee Award Committee.
Academic/scholarly accomplishments
*Successfully defended her dissertation on March 31, and will graduate May 8 with her Ph.D. in Communication and Information. Her dissertation topic was “A descriptive phenomenological investigation of the academic information search process experience of remedial undergraduate students.
*Aided in the preparation of the poster “Conceptualizing and implementing dispositional assessments for students at the Kent State University School of Library and Information Science,” presented by Dr. Frank Lambert at the ALISE 2015 Annual Conference in Chicago, Illinois, in January, 2015. The poster presented research undertaken by Lambert, Blundell, and Dr. Meghan Harper in KSU SLIS during 2014.
*Published “Storifying the remedial undergraduate student experience: How one class inspired an information literacy research agenda” in the May edition of Rhetoric Today, a publication of the Department of Rhetoric and Composition at the American University in Cairo, Egypt. Article is available at http://www.aucegypt.edu/academics/rhet/Newsletter/Pages/articleDetails.aspx?aid=115
Professional Service
Bonnie Chojnacki
Compliments to Life and Allied Health Services Librarian Bonnie Chojnacki who has been active professionally with the following:
Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE) Product Advisory Board 2015.
Medical Library Association Collection Development Section (MLA CDC) Nominating Committee 2015.
Professional Accomplishments
Stephanie Livengood
It’s very nice to acknowledge our colleague from Wayne College Library on the following publication:
Livengood, S. (2014) . The best-selling Bibles: what librarians need to know. The Christian Librarian, 57 (2) , 90-95.
John Kline, Jr.
Library Cataloging Specialist
John Kline, Jr. has been very active professionally on campus. Thank you for your service!