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Electronic Services General Interest

Email migration, Spring 2015

In Spring 2015 the University will be migrating the faculty & staff email to Exchange Online, a cloud-based email solution. For information about the migration and what you can expect, see the Exchange Online Migration Project website. This site includes a Project Overview Presentation which clearly explains why the migration is taking place and what you can expect.

 

UPDATE: UL Dept migration is scheduled for 4/13/15. You can see a migration schedule by department on the project migration page.

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General Interest Professional Development Science & Technology Library

Professional Service — Bonnie Chojnacki

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.

 

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General Interest Professional Development

Professional Accomplishments — Stephanie Livengood

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.

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General Interest

What does the Internet of Things mean to Libraries?

Any idea what the Internet of Things is? Ever wonder about what it might mean for libraries?

The latest issue of OCLC’s NextSpace offers several easy-to-understand articles about the Internet of Things and its potential impact on how we work.  Check it out online.

If you’d rather read it in print, let me know; I’ll share my copy.

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Electronic Services General Interest Professional Development

Professional Accomplishments — John Kline, Jr.

 

John Kline, Jr.

Library Cataloging Specialist

 

John Kline, Jr. has been very active professionally on campus. Thank you for your service!

  • Serving on the University Council Student Engagement & Success Committee.

 

  • Serving on the Military Veterans Steering Committee at The University of Akron.

 

  • Member of The University of Akron American Legion Post 808.

 

  • Serving on the ULLR Outstanding Student Employee Award Committee in 2015.

 

 

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General Interest Professional Development Science & Technology Library

Professional Accomplishments — Ian McCullough

Ian McCullough

Physical Sciences Librarian

 

We are pleased to report on Ian McCullough’s varied accomplishments.  Congratulations!

 

Appointment:

ALAO Research and Publications Committee ending July 2016

 

Publication (invited review):

McCullough, Ian. “Protocol Online – Your Lab’s Reference Book 2014/266.” Reference Reviews 28.7 (2014): 38–39.  (http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/abs/10.1108/RR-05-2014-0140)

 

Poster Presentation:

Collection Microclimates – Citation Study of Journal Usage Differences at Department and Research Group Level, ACRL2015, March 27th 2015. Poster 8, Session 3, Portland, Oregon

 

Scholarship:

ACRL 2015 Early-Career Librarian scholarship.

 

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Dean's Office General Interest

Save the Date: UL Service Awards April 22

Our annual service awards celebration will be WEDNESDAY April 22 from 3-4:30pm in Bierce 351 (Staff Room).

We’ll be celebrating:

Employee Service Milestones
Graduating Senior Student Assistants
Outstanding Student Employee Award Recipients

as well as Administrative Professionals Day and Earth Day… needless to say there will be cake!

Mark your calendar and please share with your students.

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General Interest

OCLC hosting new webinar series: Transformative Leaders

OCLC is hosting a new webinar series for current and future library leaders called TRANSFORMATIVE  LEADERS.  The first session is Tuesday, March 10, at 2:00.  Details here:  http://view.e.oclc.org/?j=fec715707c610179&m=fe9112727d65017e70&ls=fe531079706007747d16&l=ff2a1d717c66&s=fe8e15757663037577&jb=ffcf14&ju=fe891d76756d047b7d&r=0.

 

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Dean's Office General Interest

2015 FOL Outstanding Student Award Committee Selected

Thanks to all the volunteers for your willingness to serve on this committee to recognize our wonderful student employees! This year’s committee will be:

  1. Tonya Becker
  2. Shelley Blundell
  3. John Kline
  4. Joe Williams

The committee will meet shortly and nomination information will be distributed soon. The award(s) will be given at our service awards celebration at the end of April.

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General Interest

Rethinking Race Event Rescheduled

Please note this update to the previous post about Rethinking Race events:

To Cross An Ocean Four Centuries Long, a recording of the play by Dr. Amanda Kamp, will be shown Wednesday, February 11th at 2pm in Bierce 154. Please consider joining us for this event, and be sure to check out the other Rethinking Race events scheduled throughout this month.