Monthly Archives: February 2014

Watch the Winter Olympic Games in NML

Two ways to view the Winter Olympic Games action:

Live-stream: Through February 23, NBCOlympics.com/liveextra will be showing from early/mid-morning until mid-afternoon most days and with full sound in the Film/Video Viewing Room, News and Microforms Library, 22 West Pattee.

Televised: Also showing on one of the big screen TVs in the News & Microforms Library will be NBC’s Daytime televised Olympics coverage, beginning mid-afternoon, with NBC’s Primetime coverage beginning mid-evening (close captioned with limited headsets for sound).

For exact viewing times, check the 2014 Winter Olympics schedule on the NML homepage at www.libraries.psu.edu/nml (schedules and availability subject to change). Contact Jackie Dillon-Fast for more information (jud18@psu.edu/814-865-9407). See a flyer for the event here: ACTIVE–POSTER 2014 Winter Olympics

Events: Feb. 17

Ongoing: Watch the 2014 Winter Olympic Games on the big screen in the News and Microforms Library. See full story.

February 17, 3 p.m.: Strategic Planning Forum on Foundational Issues: Diversity; Ethics & Integrity; and Sustainability, Foster Auditorium/Media Site Live.

February 19, noon to 1 pm: “Wild Onion Nurse: Women as Healers in Traditional and Contemporary Societies,” presented by Judy Schaefer, a registered nurse and poet, Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library. Sponsored by the Interinstitutional Consortium for Indigenous Knowledge and the University Libraries. Can also be viewed online at http://tinyurl.com/wildonionnurse.

February 19, 12:15 p.m.: Secret Life of Materials–Ceramics (film), EMS Museum, Deike Bldg. This film covers the history, production and use of ceramics.

February 24, 1:30-2:30 p.m.: Annual Dean’s Diversity Forum, Foster Auditorium (and on Media Site). Mark Puente, director of Diversity and Leadership Programs at the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) will be the speaker.

February 26, 12:15 p.m.: Secret Life of Materials–Metals (film), EMS Museum, Deike Bldg. Learn about the secrets of metal at the atomic level.

February 27, 10-11:30 a.m.: Introduction to Zotero, W315 Pattee. Register online.

February 27, 1- 4 p.m.: “Diversity in Engineering” Open House, 325 Hammond.

‘Diversity in Engineering’ Open House

A “Diversity in Engineering” Open House will be held on February 27, from 1- 4 p.m., in the Engineering Library, 325 Hammond Building. This special event celebrates minorities in engineering and promotes services and resources that the library, college and University provide. Highlights of the event include a demonstration of the Libraries’ new “Diversity in Engineering” research guide (https://www.libraries.psu.edu/psul/researchguides/enginist/diversity.html ) and a display of historical minority figures in the field. All students are invited to attend the Open House, have a slice of cake and ask library staff about the resources available. In addition, the incoming chair of the Libraries’ Diversity Committee, Dawn Amsberry, will be at the event from 1–2:30 p.m., and can answer questions about the Libraries’ diversity initiatives.

Two more events will be held this semester—a Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering Open House, on Tuesday, March 25, from 1–4p.m., and a Sustainable Engineering Open House, on Thursday, April 17, from 1–4 p.m. More information will be provided closer to the event dates.

For more information, contact the Engineering Library at 814-865-3451 or UL-ENGR@lists.psu.edu, or Vanessa Eyer vld5011@psu.edu. Click here to view the flyer for the event: Flyer_Diversity Engineering_Open_ House

How to determine a floating book’s location

By Trish Notartomas

Now that 19 campus libraries participate in the floating collection initiative and 950,000 items have the potential to float, you need to modify your thinking when interpreting Workflows item records. In order to determine where a BOOKFLOAT item “lives” at any particular time, look beyond the home location to the call/item library. You can no longer rely solely on the home location.

In this example, the home location (STACKS-YK) only represents the item’s original owning library. The call/item library denotes that York’s copy of this book has floated to Fayette. (click on image for a larger picture)

In The CAT, there is no confusion. The book is in Fayette’s stacks.

Tip: BOOKFLOAT items are monographs and found only in STACKS-XX locations.

For additional information, please refer to Training Bulletin #31.

LHR News: Feb. 17

Please join us in welcoming the following new hires:

Full-time:
2/17/14 Corey Wetherington – Information Resources and Services Support Specialist, Penn State Berks Thun Library

Part-time:
Robert Goddu, Physical and Mathematical Sciences Library
Ryan Scardigli, Fletcher L. Byrom Earth and Mineral Sciences Library

Internal moves
2/17/14 Rachelle Eisenhower – Administrative Support Coordinator, Media & Technology Support Services

Introducing Rita Buhite, the new training coordinator

Submitted by Ann Snowman

We welcome Rita Buhite (left) to the University Libraries staff. Rita is our new – and very first – user services training coordinator. The user services training coordinator is responsible for developing, directing, and coordinating training activities for the University Libraries to ensure the delivery of excellent customer service. She will help us build a curriculum of core competencies and learn to deliver training to faculty and staff in a variety of settings including face-to-face, online, groups of all sizes, libraries-wide.

Rita comes to us from Ridgway Area School District where she was a computer and mathematics teacher. In addition she trained other teachers to provide instruction for the district’s virtual academy. She was also an adjunct professor at Gannon University where she created and facilitated the Advanced Educational Computing course that introduces current technology and its application in the classroom to teachers.

Rita has a B.S. in education from Mansfield University, an M. Ed. from Gannon University and holds graduate certificates in educational technology and online learning from Antioch University and technology integration from Boise State.

Rita began her introductory training with University Libraries in October under the guidance of Stephanie Movahedi-Lankarani at the Architecture and Landscape Architecture Library where she was introduced to library services and gained direct experience with our users. In February, she integrated into the Knowledge Commons rotation and will continue to work at both locations through the spring semester.

When she is not providing user services, she is busy researching and developing training modules to help us meet the goals of the strategic plan by “emphasizing continued employee development and training programs to improve skills and knowledge to better serve patrons.” You can expect to see the training modules begin to roll out after spring break. Say hello to Rita at Discovery Day where she is working on the program planning subcommittee.

Countdown to Discovery Day

How about signing up for one of the many classes taught by our librarians? Ann Snowman will start us off with a few Discovery Day observations in Mann while you munch on the goodies.

As mentioned last week, Henry Pisciotta, with Tim Auman, will help you find visual resources in “Images Databases101.” Sandy Stelts and Meredith Weber will show off the Henisch Photo Collection, and Angela Davis will lead a discussion on outreach efforts in the Engineering Library.

Sylvia Owiny will present findings on her research into the state of libraries in Uganda. Get comfy and cozy when Rachel Smith shows you how to Feng Shui your library space. Doris Malkmus will lead the gang to “Stump Al and the Green Team” with recycling questions.

Lauren Reiter will showcase the new Student Financial Education Center in Shreyer Business Library. Mining with (Linda) Musser, Pennsylvania Mining that is, has a few openings left. Patricia Hswe and Linda Musser will co-present a freshly minted, hot-off-the-press class on data management – more information is coming soon. Watch for the email.

We still have openings in many other classes. For example, why not show off some pop culture savvy after attending Nicole NiCastro’s “Pop Culture Catchup” class? If you do not understand why there is a Discovery Day class called “Zombie Apocalypse Meets GIS,” you need this class. Pattee (Way) After Dark has some spooky data for you as described by the ever eerie Chris Holobar. Sign up for these and other classes in TechSmart . — submitted by the Discovery Day Project Team

Bibload meeting minutes

Bibload meeting minutes:

https://www.libraries.psu.edu/psul/cataloging/deptinfo/deptgroups/bibload/intranet/bibloadminutes/2014.html#0120143

Library News: Feb. 10

Indigenous knowledge seminar on women as healers

“Wild Onion Nurse: Women as Healers in Traditional and Contemporary Societies,” a presentation, will be held on February 19, from noon to 1 pm, in Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library. The presentation, which is sponsored by the Interinstitutional Consortium for Indigenous Knowledge and the University Libraries, is free and open to the public, and can also be viewed online at http://tinyurl.com/wildonionnurse.

Speaker Judy Schaefer, a registered nurse and poet, will read from her 2010 Radcliffe publication, “Wild Onion Nurse,” highlighting a journey that follows the tradition of women as healers; sometimes ancient and sometimes contemporary, while reflecting upon the “indigenous self.” In a description of her talk, Schaefer notes, “In the most recent past, the image of the professional nurse was starched and crystal white. Traditionally, the nursing student was taught to be a ‘catalyst’ and to bring about clinical change without experiencing self-change. ‘Do not get overly close to your patient on a personal basis,’ as is commonly said. But this logically and intuitively turns out to be false on both sides; the nurse and the patient are both changed in the clinical process. The connection is soft and yet strong, like a spider’s web brought forth from the earth. To move from the traditional perspective is complex. We’ve had more experience than we consciously know. Human beings are ancient. We’ve been connected to the earth for a long time.”

Continue reading →

Events: Feb. 10

February 11, 1-2:30 p.m.: Introduction to Mendeley, 211 Davey

February 11,3:00-4:00 p.m.: Tech Update, Foster Auditorium and on MediaSite Live.

February 12, noon–1:30 p.m., “Penn State: Breaking the Color Barrier in Sports,” a panel discussion, in conjunction with Black History Month, featuring Mark Dyreson, professor of kinesiology, and Sara Roser-Jones, academic adviser, The Eberly College of Science. Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library.

February 12, 12:15 p.m.: 20,000 Cables Under the Sea (film) EMS Museum, Deike Bldg.

February 13, 1 p.m.: Straight Talk sponsored by the Libraries Diversity Committee and the LGBTA Student Resource Center. Straight Talks are panels of speakers composed of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and ally students from a wide range of beliefs and background who educate the university community on sexual orientation, gender identity, oppression, and diversity at Penn State University. Foster Auditorium. This is a libraries-only event.

February 17, 3 p.m.: Strategic Planning Forum on Foundational Issues: Diversity; Ethics & Integrity; and Sustainability, Foster Auditorium/Media Site Live.

** Save the Date** Annual Dean’s Diversity Forum, Monday, February 24, 1:30-2:30 p.m., Foster Auditorium (and on Media Site). Mark Puente, director of Diversity and Leadership Programs at the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) will be the speaker. More information will be forthcoming.

Strategic planning working groups seek your ideas

During the month of February, multiple working groups are investigating issues for the Libraries’ next strategic plan.

On Thursday, Feb. 6, we held a open forum to discuss our work in the three programmatic areas (Teaching & Learning; Discovery, Access, & Preservation; Advancing University Research). If you missed it you can watch the recording of that forum or review the rough and uncorrected notes.

On Monday, Feb. 17, at 3 p.m., Foster Auditorium and on MediaSite Live, we’ll hold our second forum of the month on the three foundational issues (Diversity; Ethics & Integrity; and Sustainability).

Today we’re releasing two surveys to give you another avenue for contributing to the development of our strategic plan.

Take the survey on Programmatic Topics

Take the survey on Foundational Issues

The working groups on foundational issues encourage you to respond to their survey before February 14, so that they can incorporate your ideas into their forum.

You can read more about the planning process on the Strategic Planning site.

Tech Update tomorrow

Tech Update: Tuesday, February 11, 3 – 4 p.m., Foster Auditorium, and MediaSite Live

Topics include:

Computer Security: Patrick McDaniel from the Computer Science and Engineering Department at Penn State and co-director of the Systems and Internet Infrastructure Security Laboratory, will provide a discussion on computer security and how to remain safe online. The discussion will provide personal and organizational techniques that can be used to defend against social engineering.
Web Usability: Bonnie Imler will discuss the ongoing use of usability studies and analytics data in determining changes to the design and functionality of the University Libraries’ website.

Updates on Sites at Penn State, UCS tips and tricks class

By Ryan Johnson, technology training coordinator

Sites at Penn State to replace Blogs at Penn State service in 2014
Did you know the Blogs at Penn State is being discontinued in 2014? Read more about it here and learn what you need to prepare for the change.

All New UCS Tips and Tricks Class February 26!
Register in Techsmart for this new session which will be available in person and over Adobe Connect and cover the topics below:

University Collaboration Suite (UCS): Tips and Tricks
Description: This session will cover feature advanced topics in UCS including:

Using the Search Feature
Organizing Your Inbox
Using Templates

Also we will cover quick tips/tricks including:

Scheduling Email Delivery
Creating Quick Filters
Creating Sub-Folders
Advanced Email Options

Please join the meeting at http://meeting.psu.edu/ultraining

Harrell Health Sciences Library launches new website

The Harrell Health Sciences Library completed a major overhaul of the library’s website. Input was gathered from faculty, staff, and students at the Penn State Hershey College of Medicine and the Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, which helped to inform the layout and features of the new site.

The redesign was led by a team at Hershey – Cynthia Robinson, Lauren Kime, David Brennan, Nancy Adams, Ben Hoover, and Robyn Reed – who collaborated with both the University Libraries I-Tech department and Hershey IT & Web Services. The Harrell Health Sciences Library is now hosted in the Adobe CQ5 CMS, which allows for increased resource sharing and partnerships with University Libraries.

Over the course of a year, the redesign team: identified functional requirements, gathered user suggestions, worked with University Libraries and Concepcion Design to create a design and layout that would maintain the library’s identity as part of Penn State Hershey, arranged for new author training, and migrated website content into the CMS. With the help of Hershey IT & Web Services, the website was successfully launched on January 13th, 2014.

As we continue to partner with I-Tech, we look forward to increasing website usability and working with Google Analytics to help improve services for patrons. Finally, a big thanks to everyone in I-Tech and Web Heads for your help and guidance! — Lauren Kime, collection access and support services librarian, Penn State Hershey George T. Harrell Health Sciences Library

TechSmart is open for Discovery Day

Discovery Day is on March 7. Register for sessions now in TechSmart.

Have you seen all the new plasma screens popping up in the Libraries? Do you have ideas to give to the content creator for yours or are you the content creator? We have two classes for you! In Images Database 101, Tim Auman and Henry Pisciotta will help you find high-quality content for your digital displays and for your patrons’ research reports. If you are looking for a way to add video to your display or want to help your patrons find the resources to create video, Trace Brown will guide you in Making Movies with Media Commons. There is still room in both of these classes.

Engineering Library is bursting with outreach ideas and has been able to successfully target specific engineering constituencies. Join Angela Davis as she relates the strategy and the outcome in Outreach and Marketing Strategies for Liaison Departments.

Information about the lunch to benefit the United Way will be coming soon.

Submitted by the Discovery Day Project Team

LHR News: Feb. 10

Please join us in welcoming the following new hires:

Full-time:
2/10/14 Alessia Zanin-Yost – Reference and Instruction Librarian, Robert E. Eiche Library, Altoona Campus

Part-time:
Laura Brown – News and Microforms Library
Melanie Garcia – PS Lehigh Valley Campus Library
Riley Nolan – Robert E. Eiche Library, PS Altoona
Tracy Roth – Fletcher L. Byrom Earth and Mineral Sciences Library
Utpal Sutradhar – Penn State Worthington Scranton Campus Library

Wishing the following employees well as they leave us:
2/14/14 Adam Yocum, I-Tech

Watch your favorite Olympians battle for the Gold in NML

Take a break and come watch your favorite Olympians battle for the Gold!

Watch the 2014 Winter Olympic Games on the big screen in the News & Microforms Library!

Two ways to view:

Live-stream: February 6 through February 23, NBCOlympics.com/liveextra will be showing from early/mid-morning until mid-afternoon most days and with full sound in the Film/Video Viewing Room, News & Microforms Library, 22 West Pattee.
Televised: Also showing on one of the big screen TVs in the News & Microforms Library will be NBC’s Daytime televised Olympics coverage, beginning mid-afternoon, with NBC’s Primetime coverage beginning mid-evening (close captioned with limited headsets for sound).

For exact viewing times, please check the 2014 Winter Olympics schedule on the NML homepage at www.libraries.psu.edu/nml (schedules and availability subject to change). Contact Jackie Dillon-Fast for more information (jud18@psu.edu/814-865-9407).