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Electronic Services General Interest Professional Development

A Variety of Accomplishments for Procházka

David Procházka has been uniquely busy this year. 

Musikproduktion Jürgen Höflich published three scores with new introductions by David Procházka.  For Darius Milhaud’s Cantate de psaumes (https://repertoire-explorer.musikmph.de/wp-content/uploads/vorworte_prefaces/4232.html), David tracked down a live recording that was only available at the Cleveland Institute of Music.  He also wrote about Nikolai Tcherepnin’s 1903 ballet Le pavillon d’Armide (https://repertoire-explorer.musikmph.de/wp-content/uploads/vorworte_prefaces/4148.html) and Henry Hadley’s Symphonic Fantasia (https://repertoire-explorer.musikmph.de/wp-content/uploads/vorworte_prefaces/4119.html).  For the last work, David had the Library of Congress digitize a recording of a 1938 performance by the Los Angeles Federal Symphony, which was broadcast and recorded as part of the Federal Music Project.

That’s quite a variety of accomplishments, David!  Nicely done!

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General Interest

UL Migration to SharePoint 365

IT migrated the UL SharePoint to SharePoint 365 in the cloud.  Migration started 10/9/2019 and was completed on 10/10/2019. The old SharePoint site will be read-only for 14 days.  After 14 days the old site will be locked.


Things to do and know regarding the UL SharePoint migration    

  • UL SharePoint to be migrated: https://sps.uakron.edu/sites/UL/
  • New UL SharePoint: https://uazips.sharepoint.com/sites/UL
  • The old UL SharePoint will be read only for 14 days
  • The old SharePoint will be locked and unavailable after 14 days (10/28/2019)
  • Access, edit, add, and upload documents to the new UL SharePoint
  • If you manage a subsite or a document library/libraries within the UL SharePoint please log in before 10/18/2019 and to make sure you are able to access, edit, add, and upload documents
  • If you use departmental documentation on SharePoint please log in before 10/18/2019 to make sure you can access the documents you regularly use
  • All UL personnel from the following units should test to make sure they have access to SharePoint 365 before the end of next week:
    • Access Services
    • Archives
    • Dean’s Office
    • Electronic Services
    • Research and Learning Services
    • Science and Technology Library
  • Update shortcuts or links to point to the new UL SharePoint on 365
  • E-mail Susan (ashby@uakron.edu) if you encounter any post-migration issues or problems or you have any questions.       
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Design & Development Services General Interest

Another Award! Fleischer and Newhall Documentary

Fleischer and Newhall Win another Award for Documentary

The documentary film Lost Voices of the Great War: Summit County in the First World War won a Leadership in History Award of Excellence from the American Association of State & Local History (AASLH) at their annual conference on Friday, August 30th in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  According to AASLH, the awards are given to “establish and encourage standards of excellence in the collection, preservation, and interpretation of state and local history” and “recognize superior and innovative achievements.”

S. Victor Fleischer, University Archivist, Head of Archival Services, and Associate Professor of Bibliography, served as lead researcher, co-writer, and co-producer of the film, while Jamie Newhall, Sr. Multi-Media Producer in Design & Development Services, served as videographer/editor.  The film was produced with Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens and other community partners with the generous support of a grant from the Ohio Humanities Council. 

Congratulations, Vic & Jamie!  Impressive work!


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General Interest University Press

Freels Reappointed

Amy Freels, University of Akron Press, has been reappointed to the UC Communications Standing Committee for 2019-2022 as an at-large representative for Staff Employee Advisory Committee (SEAC)  which serves as an advisory committee to the President of The University of Akron.

Congratulations, Amy!

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General Interest

Fleischer Serves as Judge and Reviewer

S. Victor Fleischer, University Archivist, Head of Archival Services, and Associate Professor of Bibliography, recently served as a judge for the 2019 National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) regional Emmy Awards.  Due to his involvement in the production of the Emmy-nominated documentary film Lost Voices of the Great War, Fleischer was invited to judge numerous nominations in the Documentary—Historical/Cultural category for the NATAS Upper Midwest Chapter, which will hold its 20th Anniversary Emmy Gala in Minnesota on October 5th.  Fleischer has also been serving as a peer reviewer for the Journal of Archival Organization, an international, peer-reviewed journal published by Taylor & Francis that encompasses all aspects of the arrangement, description, and provision of access to all forms of archival materials. 

Well Done, Vic!

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General Interest

Breakfast at Bierce a Success!

Thanks to everyone who helped out and stopped by our first Breakfast at Bierce! We had 67 students come through to get acquainted with the libraries and enjoy some delicious breakfast food.

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General Interest University Press

Miller at P2L3

Jon Miller, Director, The University of Akron Press, recently spoke at the P2L3 Summit in Detroit, Michigan. 

“How to Encourage Faculty to Author Educational Resources.” P2L3 Summit, hosted by the Association of Research Libraries and the Association of University Presses. Detroit, June 2019.

Nicely done, Jon!

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General Interest Science & Technology Library

Stitz IDEAL Poster Presentation

Tammy Stitz will be presenting the poster, Providing Thesis and Dissertation Support for Engineering Graduate Students: Preliminary Results, at IDEAL ’19: Advancing Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility in Libraries & Archives on August 6 and 7, 2019.  In case you are unfamiliar, IDEAL aims to foster awareness and appreciation of workplace diversity issues through the exploration of exemplary practice, contemporary theory, thought leadership, and strategy development for all those in the academic and public library, archives, and museum sectors. 

Good for you, Tammy!

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Electronic Services General Interest Professional Development

McGurr — ALA & Other

At ALA, Melanie McGurr attended Technical Services related Interest Groups as well as participating in committees.  Melanie is on: ALA Publishing Committee and the LLAMA Technical Services and System Committee.  McGurr also presented at the ALCTS Outstanding Collaboration Citation Award to the University of Florida at the ALCTS Awards Ceremony.

In addition, Melanie McGurr has two proposals accepted (one for an article and one for a book chapter), both coming out in 2020.

“Outsourcing Technical Services in a Health Sciences Library” with Demetria Patrick from NEOMED for a special issue of Against the Grain on Outsourcing Technical Services.

A book chapter “Technical Services Librarians and Faculty Workload” for the book Technical Services in the 21st Century with Aimee deChambeau, Ian McCullough, and Mike Monaco.

Impressive, Melanie!  Nice teamwork!

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Electronic Services General Interest Professional Development

Monaco Participates at ALA

At the American Library Association 2019 Conference & Exhibition in Washington DC, Mike Monaco was an invited speaker for the Association for Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS) program “MarcEdit: Past, Present & Future” with Terry Reese (Ohio State University; creator of the MarcEdit software) and Bryan Baldus (OCLC) on Sunday, June 23rd. He also moderated a series of presentations for the meeting of the ALCTS Catalog and Metadata Management Section’s Catalog Form and Function Interest Group on Saturday, June 22.

Well done, Mike!