Amy Freels
Editorial + Design Coordinator
University of Akron Press
The Association of American University Presses (AAUP) held the 2016 Book, Jacket, & Journal Show in January, and Amy Freels designed a selected entry in the Jacket & Covers category.
University of Akron Press
The Veronica Maneuver by Jennifer Moore
Designer: Amy Freels
For more information, go to: http://www.aaupnet.org/events-a-conferences/book-jacket-and-journal-show/2016-show-information/2016-design-show-selected-entries
The following instructions on how to load a CV to will be distributed to faculty. They are also available on the following LibGuide: http://libguides.uakron.edu/selectedworks
Faculty: How to Upload your CV to SelectedWorks
Every faculty member should have a “SelectedWorks” home page.
Find your SelectedWorks page by visiting the SelectedWorks Gallery at http://selectedworks.uakron.edu
Once you find your SelectedWorks page, select “Login” from the menu in the upper right. Your SelectedWorks page is associated with your UA email account. You must use your UA email address to log in and edit your page.
If you have never logged into your SelectedWorks page, use the “Forgot your password?” link to reset the password.
There may be content on your SelectedWorks page that you did not add. If so, it was taken from your department’s website by the student assistants who created your page. Regardless, you are now free to edit this page as much as you like.
To upload your CV, look in the “About” tab for the second item, “Curriculum Vitae.” If you hover your mouse on this section, boxes will appear to let you to upload, remove, or replace a file. Upload your CV here. You do not need to create a new CV for your SelectedWorks page; simply update and upload whatever CV you use for communicating your accomplishments to your department and others in your discipline. It is best if you save and upload your CV file as a PDF file, as PDF is the only file format that will display the same on all screens and platforms.
Questions can be referred to Dr. Jon Miller, Director, University Press (mjon [at] uakron [dot] edu)
ProQuest has a maintenance window coming up from Saturday 8/20/16 at 10pm through Sunday 8/21/16 at 6am. This will cause many ProQuest platforms and products to be temporarily offline, including the ProQuest platform, ProQuest Congressional, and RefWorks, among others. The complete list of affected products is at this ProQuest support site.
Bierce Library Hosting ALAO TEDSIG 2016 Workshop
Streamlining Technical Services Workflows with MarcEdit
Presenter: Terry Reese (The Ohio State University)
Terry Reese, of the Ohio State University, will lead a workshop on how to use MarcEdit to streamline typical technical services workflows, especially as they pertain to cataloging, file loading, and electronic resources. This workshop’s target audience are both those new to MarcEdit, and those who are familiar with MarcEdit but need a refresher. Terry Reese created MarcEdit nearly seventeen years ago and has supported and developed this free software package used by librarian around the world.
Registration is full for the workshop to be held this Friday, August 12th, in Learning Studio 154 from 9:30 AM to 3:00 PM.
Mike Monaco
Coordinator, Cataloging Services
On June 10, 2016, Mike Monaco was part of a panel presenting to NOTSL (Northern Ohio Technical Services Librarians) in the program “Now What? RDA and Best Practices for Cataloging Special Formats”. Mike was also elected to Vice Chair of the NOTSL Board. According to their website, the Vice Chairperson serves three consecutive one-year terms, one as Vice-Chairperson/Chairperson Elect, one as Chairperson, and one as Immediate Past Chair and Chair of the Scholarship Committee.
Way to keep professionally busy, Mike!
We’re experiencing issues accessing Sierra Help on our local Sierra Server. When accessing Sierra Help via the Sierra Desktop App or through a saved bookmark, users are prompted twice for their Sierra login and password. After entering the login and password the second time, the login fails. I’ll open a ticket with III. In the mean time, you can still access Sierra Help through III CSDirect.
Usually I’d tell you to go to the Sierra SharePoint for the link to CSDirect and the CSDirect username and password. However, this information is on a web page in SharePoint and if you read my previous post, you’ll know that I can’t because you won’t be able to see the information :(.
If you need to access Sierra Help, send me an e-mail or call me and I’ll send you the link to CSDirect and get you the username and password.
Update 8/2/2016 4:45 pm
III is aware of the issue and is working to resolve it. You can access Sierra Help via CSDirect. From the CSDirect home page, click on Sierra and then click on SIerra Web Help.
For CSDirect access and login information go to: https://sps.uakron.edu/sites/UL/depts/es/ulsys/sierra/default.aspx.
Certain web parts on the UL SharePoint are displaying a Web Part Error. Most affected by this issue are the portions of UL SharePoint that contains information in HTML format.
I’ve opened a Footprints ticket and will keep you posted on details as they develop. Files and documents are still accessible on SharePoint but they are a little tricky to find. Let me know if there is a document library or file you need to access and I’ll help you get to it. Unfortunately and information on SharePoint on a web page or HTML is not available at this time.
Update 8/2/2016 12:53 pm
The SharePoint issue has been resolved or self-resolved. All content is accessible.
Amy Freels
University Press, Editorial & Design Coordinator
Amy Freels, who is working on her certificate in Museums and Archives, gave a poster presentation at the Society of Ohio Archivists in May 2016. She presented on the unique collaboration between the University of Akron Press and the Cummings Center for the History of Psychology (CCHP). The main focus was about publishing primary sources in book form. The poster presented a timeline of the publication process, from the selection of the primary source manuscript(s) to marketing and sales of the finished book.
Way to go, Amy!
Mark Bloom, Archival Services
Mark Bloom was elected Treasurer for the Society of Ohio Archivists in May 2016 for a two-year term.
Congratulations, Mark!
Vic Fleischer recently gave the following presentation:
“Researching, Documenting, and Archiving Historic Landscape and Garden Projects.” Fields & Forests, Farms & Gardens: A Midwest Garden Symposium (Bath, OH, June 9, 2016). Presented on resources available for researching and documenting historic landscapes and gardens and how to preserve and archive historic and contemporary resources gathered as part of these historic restoration projects.
Well done!