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Science & Technology Library

Second Annual Ada Lovelace Day: Oct 13

University Libraries is hosting the second annual poster session in honor of Ada Lovelace Day. Posters showcase research by women in STEM fields at the University. The event is next Tuesday, Oct. 13 from 10 a.m. to noon in the Science and Technology Library. 

This event highlights the University of Akron as a place where women produce excellent research to serve as role models and inspirations to younger women who will hopefully stand beside their own research someday.The poster session is open to the public.

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Electronic Services General Interest

End of an Era

OCLC prints last library catalog cards

OCLC printed its last library catalog cards October 1, officially closing the book on what was once a familiar resource for generations of information seekers who now use computer catalogs and online search engines to access library collections. The final print run marked the end of a service that has steadily decreased over the past few decades as libraries moved their catalogs online. During the 44-year run of automated catalog card production, OCLC printed more than 1.9 billion cards.

More of the story available at http://www.oclc.org/news/releases/2015/201529dublin.en.html.

Archival Services’ Photographs Selected for Archives Month Poster

October is Archives Month, a time to increase the general public’s awareness of archival materials and archival repositories. This year, the Society of Ohio Archivists (SOA) selected the theme “Both Local and Global: STEM Activity in Ohio.”  Read More

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Access Services Dean's Office Electronic Services General Interest

Easier than Ever to Book Rooms in Bierce

Booking study rooms and learning studios in Bierce Library got a much needed upgrade!

Over the summer, Paul and the Access Services staff moved all our student booking of Bierce Library study rooms from the Sierra platform to the LibCal platform. We believe the LibCal platform will be more user-friendly and require less staff time to manage.

At the beginning of this semester, we started moving our mediated booking (Learning Studios) bookings to LibCal as well. As of yesterday, Don will be approving all Learning Studio bookings via LibCal only (thanks Don!). The links on our website have been updated and hopefully you’ll find the experience to be seamless and much simpler.

This is the direct link for booking a learning studio: http://uakron.libcal.com/booking/learningstudios 

If you have questions about how the system works, please contact Paul x6986 or Stephanie x7224.

 

 

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Electronic Services

NOTSL Fall Meeting: 10/30/2015

Save the Date: NOTSL Fall Meeting

anounced September 15, 2015

NOTSL will hold its Fall Meeting October 30, 2015 at Cuyahoga County Public Library’s Parma-Snow Branch Auditorium, 2121 Snow Road, Parma, Ohio.

Our topic will be Don’t Be Afraid of the Big, Bad BIBFRAME (or Linked Data!).

Interested in learning more about BIBFRAME and Linked Data?  Wondering how to prepare your library catalog?  If so, please join NOTSL as we learn about Linked Data, the Library of Congress BIBFRAME Pilot, as well as practical applications of these topics.

This timely subject will be discussed by Paul Frank of Library of Congress and Roman Panchyshyn of Kent State University. Registration and program details will be available on the NOTSL website soon.

Lunch will be on your own.

 

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General Interest Research & Learning Services

Jeffrey Franks Appointed

Jeffrey Franks

Research and Learning Services

 

Jeff Franks has been appointed to the following committees effective this academic year:

 

  • University Council Recreation and Wellness Committee – serving until April 30, 2017

 

  • Faculty Senate Athletics Committee — serving a 3-year appointment

 

  • University-Wide Review Committee — serving a 2-year appointment

 

  • University Appeals Committee — serving a 2-year appointment

 

Congratulations on your appointments! Thank you for representing the University Libraries!

 

 

 

 

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Access Services Electronic Services UAL Technical Services Committee

OCLC connectivity issues across multiple services 9/8/2015

OCLC is aware of connectivity issues across multiple services. There is no estimated time of resolution. The OCLC tech team is investigating the issue.

Check updates at: https://twitter.com/OCLC  

 

 

LibGuides v2 Going Live!

Hello Everyone,

This morning I will be coordinating with IT to take our LibGuide v2 site live! During this transition, our guides may not be accessible. If you attempt to login to v1 while we’re working on the transfer and you can’t access it, point your browser to this URL:

uakron.v1.libguides.com

Our v1 site will live here for a period of 6 months. Once the process is complete, our v2 guides will be accessible just as you used to access v1. I’ll need a little bit of time to get everything working, but if everything goes well, v2 should be ready, live, and online by the end of the day!

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Paul

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Electronic Services

Sierra Review Files Reconfigured

Sierra Review files have been reconfigured as follows:

  • 100 review files are available to create lists
  • Review file sizes range from 100 records to 500,000 records
    • 100 10 files
    • 500 10 files
    • 1,000 20 files
    • 3,000 10 files
    • 5,000 20 files
    • 10,000 15 files
    • 25,000 10 files
    • 50,000 4 files
    • 80,000 2 files
    • 100,000 2 files
    • 250,000 1 file
    • 500,000 1 file

Reminders:

  • Restart Sierra to see the new review file configuration.
  • Take care when selecting a review file. Make sure you are selecting an empty review file or you are overwriting your own review file.  If you’re overwriting a review file, please take a moment to look at the message on screen and make sure you are not overwriting someone else’s review file.
  • Be respectful and courteous to others and empty your review file(s) when you have completed your work.
  • Learn more about creating lists and working with review files at: https://library.uakron.edu:63100/sierra/admin/help/Default.htm#sgil/sgil_lists.html?Highlight=create lists
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Electronic Services General Interest

Frank Bove Presentation

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.