{"id":962,"date":"2017-02-17T11:56:41","date_gmt":"2017-02-17T16:56:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/source\/?p=962"},"modified":"2017-02-24T10:35:37","modified_gmt":"2017-02-24T15:35:37","slug":"staff-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/source\/staff-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Staff News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/source\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/people.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-73\" src=\"http:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/source\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/people-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"people\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/source\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/people-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/source\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/people-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/source\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/people.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>People \u2013 the second pillar of our <a href=\"http:\/\/libraries.uc.edu\/about\/strategic-plan.html\">Strategic Plan<\/a> \u2013 has as its goal to \u201ctransform the evolving role of the information professional.\u201d We will accomplish this by becoming more dynamically engaged partners with colleges, departments and units \u2014integrating new methods for collecting, accessing, utilizing and preserving streams of data and information in support of the teaching and research mission of the university. We will become leaders in defining the changing role of academic libraries in the global library community. Below are some of the activities the UC Libraries staff have engaged in recently as we work to expand our active engagement in research, teaching, learning and clinical practice.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Publications<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Lori Harris<\/strong>, assistant director of the Donald C. Harrison Health Sciences Library, co-authored: Dunn K, Deardorff A, Foster ED, Harris LE. \u201cPilot implementation of a leadership framework in the National Library of Medicine Associate Fellowship Program\u201d.<a href=\"https:\/\/journals.tdl.org\/llm\/index.php\/llm\/article\/view\/7182\/6383\"> Library Leaderships and Management<\/a>.\u00a0 2016; 31(1): 8.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ben Kline<\/strong>, assistant director of the Research, Teaching and Services Department, had poems published in:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">KNACK Magazine, April 2016<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Birds Piled Loosely, July 2016<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>apt<\/em>, December 2016<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Bill McMillin<\/strong>, digital metadata librarian, published along with Sally Gibson and Jean MacDonald, \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/1941126X.2016.1236537\">Mapping the stacks: Sustainability and user experience of animated maps in library discovery interfaces<\/a>.\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/toc\/wacq20\/28\/4\">Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship <\/a>Vol. 28 , Iss. 4, 2016.<\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nConference Participation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Susan Banoun<\/strong>, associate senior librarian and head of the electronic resources department, and Don Jason, clinical informationist<em>,<\/em> participated on the panel \u201cAcademic Libraries Spearheading Diversity and Cultural Initiatives on University Campuses\u201d at The National Diversity in Libraries Conference (NDLC \u201916), co-sponsored by the UCLA Library and the Association of Research Libraries, held on the UCLA campus on August 10-13, 2016. <a href=\"http:\/\/ndlc.info\/\">http:\/\/ndlc.info\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>At the same conference, <strong>Don Jason<\/strong> and <strong>Meshia Anderson<\/strong>, acquisitions specialist, participated on the panel \u201cBeing the Bridge: Exploring the Roles, Challenges, and Future Directions of Diversity Committees in Libraries.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_963\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-963\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/source\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/benkline.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-963\" src=\"http:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/source\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/benkline.jpg\" alt=\"Ben Kline\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/source\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/benkline.jpg 680w, https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/source\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/benkline-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/source\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/benkline-600x450.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-963\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ben Kline performing at Cincy StoryTellers. Photo from the Cincinnati Enquirer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Ben Kline<\/strong>, assistant director of the Research, Teaching and Services Department, spoke at The Cincinnati Enquirer&#8217;s seventh edition of the Cincy Story Teller&#8217;s Project &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cincinnati.com\/story\/entertainment\/2016\/08\/04\/storytellers-share-their-biggest-mistakes\/88061904\/\">http:\/\/www.cincinnati.com\/story\/entertainment\/2016\/08\/04\/storytellers-share-their-biggest-mistakes\/88061904\/<\/a> . Held August 3, the\u00a0evening&#8217;s theme was &#8220;My Biggest Mistake,&#8221; and six speakers took to the stage to share their stories. Ben spoke about his journey to the realization that his\u00a0\u201ctwang was not a problem, it was a gift.\u201d<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Amy Koshoffer<\/strong>, science informationist, attended the Midwest Data Librarian Symposium in October held at the University of Michigan.\u00a0 At the conference, she gave a lightning talk titled \u201cThe Many Roles of an Institutional Repository\u201d about the collaboration between Scholar@UC repository developers and Nan Niu, assistant professor of electrical engineering and computer science in the College of Engineering and Applied Science.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Debbie Tenosky<\/strong>, head of the Research, Teaching and Services Department, and <strong>Becki Leporati<\/strong>, digital literacy fellow, presented \u201c<em>Active Learning: College Success Skills\u201d<\/em> at the Learning &amp; Teaching @ UC event in October.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>In October 2016, a group of UC Librarians attended the annual Academic Library Association (ALAO) conference, \u201cUser Experience: Exceeding Expectations By Design.\u201d In a panel presentation, <em>Leveraging Change to Transform Our Teaching Practice<\/em>, <strong>Pam Bach<\/strong>, undergraduate research and teaching librarian, and <strong>Olga Hart<\/strong>, coordinator of library instruction, shared how UC Libraries took advantage of multiple changes such as the unveiling of the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy, the upgrade of Libguides and classroom redesign, to transform the way we teach online and in person. The presentation included a case study of a year-long process redesigning our research guides to enhance content based on the threshold concepts from the ACRL Framework, incorporate responsive and accessible design, and reflect our pedagogical practices. <a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.uc.edu\/show\/bc386r63c\">https:\/\/scholar.uc.edu\/show\/bc386r63c<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Since the conference, they received a request for their workshop notes by one of the attendees for inclusion in a literature review on LibGuides best practices that will be used in planning a workshop by the Private Academic Library Network of Indiana; quote from attendee: \u201cyour session stood out because of the testing process and how holistic it was.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The conference was a wonderful opportunity to network with colleagues across the state and beyond. In December we followed up with a visit to Xavier University Library. During this visit we toured the library, including the Maker Space, met\u00a0with our counterparts and shared our challenges and accomplishments.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em>Upcoming\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Jessica Ebert, <\/strong>conservation technician<strong>,<\/strong> has been accepted into the Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI) course sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Taught by the Cultural Heritage Imaging nonprofit corporation, the four-day course will be taught at Yale University\u2019s Institute for the Preservation of Culture Heritage, April 4-7, 2017.<\/p>\n<p>RTI is a computational photographic method that captures a subject\u2019s surface shape and color and enables the interactive re-lighting of the subject from any direction. RTI also permits the mathematical enhancement of the subject\u2019s surface shape and color attributes. The enhancement functions of RTI reveal surface information that is not disclosed under direct empirical examination of the physical object. Learn more at <a href=\"http:\/\/culturalheritageimaging.org\/Technologies\/RTI\/\">http:\/\/culturalheritageimaging.org\/Technologies\/RTI\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Becki Leporati<\/strong>, digital literacy fellow, received an ACRL 2017 Early-career Librarian Scholarship to attend the annual conference in Baltimore this March. (<a href=\"http:\/\/conference.acrl.org\/scholarships\/early\/\">http:\/\/conference.acrl.org\/scholarships\/early\/<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Peter Poulos<\/strong>, computer and information analyst, will read \u201cA New Source of Molinaro\u2019s <em>Motectorum quinis, liber primus<\/em> (1597)\u201d at the Renaissance Society of America, Chicago, IL, March, 30 \u2013 April 1, 2017.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Eira Tansey<\/strong>, digital archivist, has been selected as a ALI17 cohort member. The Archives Leadership Institute (ALI) is a program funded by the National Historical\u00a0Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC), a statutory body affiliated with the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), and is being hosted at Berea College for the years 2016-2018. ALI will provide advanced training for 25 archival leaders each year, giving them the knowledge and tools to transform the profession in practice, theory and attitude.<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People \u2013 the second pillar of our Strategic Plan \u2013 has as its goal to \u201ctransform the evolving role of the information professional.\u201d We will accomplish this by becoming more dynamically engaged partners with colleges, departments and units \u2014integrating new methods for collecting, accessing, utilizing and preserving streams of data and information in support of the teaching and research mission of the university. We will become leaders in defining the changing role of academic libraries in the global library community. Below are some of the activities the UC Libraries staff have engaged in recently as we work to expand our active engagement in research, teaching, learning and clinical practice. Publications Lori Harris, assistant director of the Donald C. Harrison Health Sciences Library, co-authored: Dunn K, Deardorff A, Foster ED, Harris LE. \u201cPilot implementation of a leadership framework in the National Library of Medicine Associate Fellowship Program\u201d. Library Leaderships and Management.\u00a0 2016; 31(1): 8. Ben Kline, assistant director of the Research, Teaching and Services Department, had poems published in: KNACK Magazine, April 2016 Birds Piled Loosely, July 2016 apt, December 2016 Bill McMillin, digital metadata librarian, published along with Sally Gibson and Jean MacDonald, \u201cMapping the stacks: Sustainability and user experience of animated maps in library discovery interfaces.\u201d Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship Vol. 28 , Iss. 4, 2016. Conference Participation Susan Banoun, associate senior librarian and head of the electronic resources department, and Don Jason, clinical informationist, participated on the panel \u201cAcademic Libraries Spearheading Diversity and Cultural Initiatives on University Campuses\u201d at The National Diversity in Libraries Conference (NDLC \u201916), co-sponsored by the UCLA Library and the Association of Research Libraries, held on the UCLA campus on August 10-13, 2016. http:\/\/ndlc.info\/ At the same conference, Don Jason and Meshia Anderson, acquisitions specialist, participated on the panel \u201cBeing the Bridge: Exploring the Roles, Challenges, and Future Directions of Diversity Committees in Libraries.\u201d Ben Kline, assistant director of the Research, Teaching and Services Department, spoke at The Cincinnati Enquirer&#8217;s seventh edition of the Cincy Story Teller&#8217;s Project &#8211; http:\/\/www.cincinnati.com\/story\/entertainment\/2016\/08\/04\/storytellers-share-their-biggest-mistakes\/88061904\/ . Held August 3, the\u00a0evening&#8217;s theme was &#8220;My Biggest Mistake,&#8221; and six speakers took to the stage to share their stories. Ben spoke about his journey to the realization that his\u00a0\u201ctwang was not a problem, it was a gift.\u201d Amy Koshoffer, science informationist, attended the Midwest Data Librarian Symposium in October held at the University of Michigan.\u00a0 At the conference, she gave a lightning talk titled \u201cThe Many Roles of an Institutional Repository\u201d about the collaboration between Scholar@UC repository developers and Nan Niu, assistant professor of electrical engineering and computer science in the College of Engineering and Applied Science. Debbie Tenosky, head of the Research, Teaching and Services Department, and Becki Leporati, digital literacy fellow, presented \u201cActive Learning: College Success Skills\u201d at the Learning &amp; Teaching @ UC event in October. In October 2016, a group of UC Librarians attended the annual Academic Library Association (ALAO) conference, \u201cUser Experience: Exceeding Expectations By Design.\u201d In a panel presentation, Leveraging Change to Transform Our Teaching Practice, Pam Bach, undergraduate research and teaching librarian, and Olga Hart, coordinator of library instruction, shared how UC Libraries took advantage of multiple changes such as the unveiling of the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy, the upgrade of Libguides and classroom redesign, to transform the way we teach online and in person. The presentation included a case study of a year-long process redesigning our research guides to enhance content based on the threshold concepts from the ACRL Framework, incorporate responsive and accessible design, and reflect our pedagogical practices. https:\/\/scholar.uc.edu\/show\/bc386r63c Since the conference, they received a request for their workshop notes by one of the attendees for inclusion in a literature review on LibGuides best practices that will be used in planning a workshop by the Private Academic Library Network of Indiana; quote from attendee: \u201cyour session stood out because of the testing process and how holistic it was.\u201d The conference was a wonderful opportunity to network with colleagues across the state and beyond. In December we followed up with a visit to Xavier University Library. During this visit we toured the library, including the Maker Space, met\u00a0with our counterparts and shared our challenges and accomplishments. Upcoming\u2026 Jessica Ebert, conservation technician, has been accepted into the Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI) course sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Taught by the Cultural Heritage Imaging nonprofit corporation, the four-day course will be taught at Yale University\u2019s Institute for the Preservation of Culture Heritage, April 4-7, 2017. RTI is a computational photographic method that captures a subject\u2019s surface shape and color and enables the interactive re-lighting of the subject from any direction. RTI also permits the mathematical enhancement of the subject\u2019s surface shape and color attributes. The enhancement functions of RTI reveal surface information that is not disclosed under direct empirical examination of the physical object. Learn more at http:\/\/culturalheritageimaging.org\/Technologies\/RTI\/ Becki Leporati, digital literacy fellow, received an ACRL 2017 Early-career Librarian Scholarship to attend the annual conference in Baltimore this March. (http:\/\/conference.acrl.org\/scholarships\/early\/) Peter Poulos, computer and information analyst, will read \u201cA New Source of Molinaro\u2019s Motectorum quinis, liber primus (1597)\u201d at the Renaissance Society of America, Chicago, IL, March, 30 \u2013 April 1, 2017. Eira Tansey, digital archivist, has been selected as a ALI17 cohort member. The Archives Leadership Institute (ALI) is a program funded by the National Historical\u00a0Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC), a statutory body affiliated with the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), and is being hosted at Berea College for the years 2016-2018. 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