{"id":29110,"date":"2016-01-20T14:02:01","date_gmt":"2016-01-20T18:02:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/?p=29110"},"modified":"2016-01-20T14:07:54","modified_gmt":"2016-01-20T18:07:54","slug":"deans-corner-a-new-year-for-uc-libraries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/2016\/01\/deans-corner-a-new-year-for-uc-libraries\/","title":{"rendered":"Dean&#8217;s Corner: A New Year for UC Libraries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left\">After an innovative, transformative and event-filled 2015, UC Libraries is starting the new year off strong.<\/p>\n<p>The Libraries are undergoing a great deal of physical change, from the accessible new entrance of the Geography-Mathematics-Physics Library to the updated service desk and learning commons on the 4<sup>th<\/sup> floor of Langsam Library.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_29111\" style=\"width: 992px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Langsam-Service-Point.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29111\" class=\"wp-image-29111 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Langsam-Service-Point.jpg\" alt=\"Langsam Service Point\" width=\"982\" height=\"646\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Langsam-Service-Point.jpg 982w, https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Langsam-Service-Point-155x102.jpg 155w, https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Langsam-Service-Point-289x190.jpg 289w, https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Langsam-Service-Point-150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 982px) 100vw, 982px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-29111\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The new Langsam Service Point under construction<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Behind the scenes, our librarians and staff continue to plan and host events and educational opportunities for UC students and library users, like those sponsored by the Libraries\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/2015\/11\/diversityexhibit\/\">Diversity grant<\/a>. The Libraries\u2019 online resources are constantly being refined to provide the best possible access and content for students and faculty, such as the <a href=\"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/2016\/01\/boardvitals-family-psychiatric-nurse-practitioner-question-banks\/\">BoardVitals<\/a> Question Banks recently acquired by the Health Sciences Library. In addition, we are making it possible for UC\u2019s faculty and researchers to archive and make available online their scholarly output with <a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.uc.edu\/\">Scholar@UC<\/a>, UC\u2019s digital repository. Want to know more about the opportunities for faculty, staff and student workers? New positions are posted on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.libraries.uc.edu\/about\/employment.html\">Libraries\u2019 website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This year, look for posts from me about the new and exciting projects and events at UCL, my local, national and international involvement with the library community, and my personal thinking on UC Libraries\u2019 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.libraries.uc.edu\/about\/strategic-plan.html\">Strategic Plan<\/a> going forward.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for reading and welcome back!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/wang13b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-29114\" src=\"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/wang13b.jpg\" alt=\"Dean of University Libraries, Xuemao Wang\" width=\"108\" height=\"151\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/wang13b.jpg 600w, https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/wang13b-111x155.jpg 111w, https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/wang13b-136x190.jpg 136w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 108px) 100vw, 108px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Xuemao Wang<br \/>\nDean and University Librarian<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After an innovative, transformative and event-filled 2015, UC Libraries is starting the new year off strong. The Libraries are undergoing a great deal of physical change, from the accessible new entrance of the Geography-Mathematics-Physics Library to the updated service desk &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/2016\/01\/deans-corner-a-new-year-for-uc-libraries\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[83,31,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-langsam-library","category-uc","category-uclibraries"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29110"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29110\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}