Library Staff News

Conference Participation & Presentations

Susan Banoun, Head of the Electronic Resources Department, attended the North American Serials Interest Group’s 25th Annual Conference in Palm Springs, CA, June 3-6. At the conference, she moderated a panel discussion titled, “ERMs and the Impact on Technical Services,” which included panelists Sharon Purtee, Associate Senior Librarian in the Donald C. Harrison Health Sciences Library, Deberah England (Wright State University), and Angela Riggio (UCLA).

Stephanie Moll Bricking, Albert B. Sabin Archivist in the Henry R. Winkler Center for the History of the Health Professions, attended the Midwest Archives Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL, April 22-24.

Suzanne Maggard, Assistant Librarian in the Archives and Rare Books Library, presented “Hurdling the Language Barrier: An Archivist’s Experience with a German-Americana Collection” at the Midwest Archives Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL, April 22-24. The theme of the conference was “The Cultural Crossroads.” Her presentation was part of a session called, “A Conundrum at the Crossroads: Challenges of Ethnic and Immigrant Collections,” which focused on three unique collections and the obstacles that archivists have overcome in managing these collections. Suzanne’s presentation discussed her experience processing and describing collections in a language with which she had little experience.

Steve Marine, Executive Director of the Henry R. Winkler Center for the History of the Health Professions, gave an interview at the Ohio Historical Society in support of Albert Sabin’s nomination to the National Statuary Hall. More information is available online at <www.legacyforohio.org/index.html>.

Personnel News

Three staff members received certificates and pins from the university in recognition of their years of service.

• John Borntrager, Donald C. Harrison Health Sciences Library, Information and Education Services ~ 5 years
• Elaine Ignatius, Walter C. Langsam Library, Circulation and Multimedia Services ~ 10 years
• Kathleen Kinsey, Walter C. Langsam Library, Interlibrary Library Services and Government Documents ~ 30 years

James Van Mil was appointed to the position of Collections and Electronic Resources Librarian in the Electronic Resources Department, effective February 1. He entered his new capacity with key responsibilities in the e-resource workflow, implementing the ERM, troubleshooting access issues, managing licenses, administering Serials Solutions data, and assisting in collecting and analyzing statistics.

Zarleen Watts, Peer Mentor Supervisor in the Langsam Library InfoCommon, earned a M.L.I.S. this last December from Kent State. Her areas of study were reference and instruction librarianship in an academic library and youth services in a public library.

In Print

The Info Commons@Langsam was one of 29 Information Commons featured in A Field Guide to the Information Commons. Pam Bach, Head of the Langsam Library InfoCommons, and Cheryl Albrecht, Associate Dean of Library Services, contributed quantitative data and a qualitative description for the entry, including a floor plan and photograph.

A Field Guide to the Information Commons. Edited by Charles Forrest and Martin Halbert. Scarecrow Press, Inc. 2009. The field guild is available in the UC Library Catalog at.

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