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Recent Accomplishments — Shelley Blundell

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

 

 

 

 

 

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67 Free Webinars for Library Staff

From OCLC’s WebJunction: read on for 67 great free webinars being offered for library staff and non-profits in the month of April.

http://www.webjunction.org/news/webjunction/67-free-april-webinars-for-library-staff.html

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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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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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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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Electronic Services Professional Development

ALCTS Webinar: Workflow Maps: Tools for Insight and Enhancement

Please join us for this workflow seminar on March 9th at 2pm in Bierce 279.

ALCTS webinar: Workflow Maps: Tools for Insight and Enhancement

This webinar is one of the six-part “Working with Continuing Resources” webinar series.

Date: Monday, March 9, 2015

All webinars are one hour in length and begin at 11am Pacific, noon Mountain, 1pm Central, and 2pm Eastern time.

Description: Have you ever asked the question “How can we make this process better” only to realize that no one really understands it from start to finish in the first place? Workflow mapping can be a powerful approach to understanding the systems and processes libraries already have in place and a great first step in figuring out how to improve them. This webinar will provide an introduction to workflow mapping. Topics covered will include basic workflow mapping syntax, software, and techniques for creation. Just as importantly, participants will also hear tips on how to structure a successful workflow mapping project – from getting buy in from stakeholders to making the most of our your completed maps.

Learning outcomes:

  • Understand the purpose and benefits of workflow mapping
  • Learn the basic syntax and structure for workflow maps
  • Gain exposure to tools and techniques for creating maps
  • Learn about best practices for structuring a workflow mapping project

Who should attend? Anyone with an interest in the topic can benefit from this session and is welcome to participate. The session will be especially useful for managers.

Presenter: Kristen Wilson is Associate Head of Acquisitions and Discovery at NCSU Libraries. She manages the department’s serials unit and has been involved in workflow mapping and analysis of processes across the continuing resources life cycle. Kristen also serves as editor for the Global Open Knowledgebase (GOKb) project. In this role, she is organizing a community to create and maintain openly available metadata describing electronic resources.

 

 

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OHIONET’s Fundamental of Cataloging Series is Now Online

Last summer, OHIONET relaunched the long-running training series, Fundamentals of Cataloging, with a new format, a new instructor, and new content.  Beginning on Tuesday, Jan. 13th, OHIONET will be offering an online version of these sessions.  The day-long format has been converted into two-hour blocks, with guided practice and searching time, brief quizzes, and other learning engagement opportunities.  Now you can brush up on your cataloging know-how from your desk!  Sessions will be offered weekly.

Introduction and Basic Description:  Jan. 13th, Jan. 20th, & Jan. 27th, 1:30 PM to 3:30 PM on each date.

Serials: Feb. 3rd, Feb. 10th, & Feb. 17th, 1:30 PM to 3:30 PM on each date.

Common AV Formats: Feb. 24th, Mar. 3rd, Mar. 10th (DVDs & digital video), & Mar. 17th (CDs & digital audio)

Each session will be presented live using the webinar software Citrix GoToWebinar.  Sessions will be recorded and all attendees will receive a link to the archived file within 1-2 business days following the scheduled date/time.  Please note–the sessions in each series build upon each other.

CLICK HERE to be taken OHIONET Training Calendar to sign-up for these sessions and to browse all the current CE options.

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Electronic Services General Interest Professional Development

Cataloging Appointment

Michelle Mascaro, Electronic Services

Michelle Mascaro has been formally appointed to the ACRL/RBMS Descriptive Cataloging for Rare Materials Task Force to create an initial version of a consolidated Descriptive Cataloging for Rare Materials (DCRM) standard based on RDA (Resource Description and Access).

http://www.ala.org/acrl/rbms/acr-rbmdctf

 

 

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MLIS Online Course

Tammy A Stitz, Science & Technology

Tammy A. Stitz has been teaching an Information Technology for Library and Information Professionals 3-credit core course in the MLIS program at Kent State University this past semester.  It was a condensed 10 week option that was 100% online with students enrolled from across the country. This course instructs students in a variety of technical expertise including hardware and software that librarians need to be aware, an introduction to HTML and relational databases, and an awareness of emerging technologies including current trends in discovery systems and new generation catalogs.