Japanese Studies Librarian Appointed from Vice Provost and Director of Libraries Damon Jaggars

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Japanese Studies Librarian Appointed From Vice Provost and Director of Libraries Damon Jaggars:

I am pleased to announce the appointment of Ann Marie L. Davis to The Ohio State University Libraries’ faculty as our Japanese Studies Librarian.

In this position, Ann Marie will provide research services, develop distinctive collections and engage with communities to enhance teaching, learning, and research activities in the Institute for Japanese Studies, the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures (DEALL) and the East Asian Studies Center. She will also cultivate partnerships that enhance the shared practices which connect the Libraries’ learning environment, expertise, resources, and services with our constituent needs. Ann Marie will engage with faculty, students and other scholars to provide proactive research support and innovative instruction in collaboration with the Libraries’ Teaching and Learning, Research Services and Digital Content Services departments.

Ann Marie comes to University Libraries from Connecticut College, where she is Assistant Professor of History. She was a research assistant at the Graduate University for Advanced Studies in Kanagawa, Japan, recording and analyzing oral history interviews on higher education and science studies in Japan. She also served as an assistant manager of public relations for the Organizing Committee for the XVIII Olympic Winter Games in Nagano City, Japan.

Ann Marie has a bachelor’s degree from the College of William and Mary; a master’s degree from Harvard University; a PhD from the University of California, Los Angeles, and an MLS from Southern Connecticut State University.

Ann Marie will begin her work with OSUL on May 23. Join me in welcoming her to our organization.

1 Call for Librarian Participation Students in the Libraries’ online credit course, Arts & Sciences 2120 need to meet with a librarian to conduct a 20-30 minute interview as one of their assignments. These interviews are scheduled according to your availability during a four-week period in the course and the student comes to you. The assignment is intended to help students gain a more nuanced understanding of the library and its many functions. Librarians report they enjoy the opportunity to talk with students from a variety of academic disciplines and that they often learn new things through these interviews. We value librarian participation from throughout the organization so the entire class benefits from an expanded view of the library.

What you do:  Complete our web form to tell us how many interviews you are willing to do during Session 2 of Spring 2016 between March 9 and April 12, 2016.  Respond to individual student(s) when they contact you via email to coordinate a meeting time. (i.e. you don’t need to start this process.)  Spend 20-30 minutes responding to student interview questions (there are seven questions).This can be done in person (preferably) or by phone (if need be).

What we do:  Provide the student with your email address so he/she can begin the process of setting up the appointment.  Provide you with a list of questions (at the link in the form) that we know the students will ask (they devise two of their own). These are questions that all librarians will be able to answer, regardless of the area of the library in which you work. In fact, the diversity of positions is very instructional for our students!  Thank you profusely for your participation!

Thanks so much, and please go here to indicate your willingness!

We look forward to hearing from librarians who have not participated in this activity previously as well as those who have! If you have questions, please contact Brian Leaf or Beth Black.

OSUL WordPress Users Group Tuesday February 16, 11 a.m. – noon 18th Avenue Library, 136 18L

The OSUL WordPress Users Group meets monthly to share our experiences/challenges in editing WordPress sites/blogs, answer questions about how to use WordPress, and learn about new plugins. This month, Beth Snapp will demonstrate custom sidebars and simple links.

Is your picture in the Staff Directory? A reminder that you have the option to display your photo in the Libraries staff directory: https://library.osu.edu/staffd/

Simply upload a photo at: opic.osu.edu. (OPIC is Ohio State's avatar service.) If you have questions, please contact the Hub.

2 OSUL Executive Committee Meeting Notes, January 5, 2016 Admin Plus Agenda – January 25, 2016 The Exec topic for Admin Plus will be an update from faculty and staff that attended the Unizin Library Summit Update (Robin Ness, Melanie Schlosser and Beth Snapp).

Facilitating Inclusive Excellence Diedrichs shared information about the Facilitating Inclusive Excellence Workshop for Faculty Search Workshop Leaders. This workshop will prepare designated college and department faculty and staff to coordinate and deliver training within each college. Karla Strieb, Tamar Chute and Lisa Patton-Glinski will attend the training on behalf of University Libraries.

TRI Anniversary Exec reviewed and approved the proposal for special events to celebrate TRI’s 30th anniversary. Use of 11th floor was also approved.

Take advantage of the Employee Assistance Program Employee Assistance Program (EAP) is the university's employee assistance program that provides a confidential counseling service for Ohio State employees and their families experiencing some form of personal or work-related distress that can interfere with work performance. All EAP counselors are independently licensed behavioral health professionals with years of experience and a commitment to the university community. For more information on the EAP program and services, call 1-800-678-6265 or visit the EAP website http://www.powerflexweb.com/1518/loginOSU.html and type in username "buckeyes" to view expanded services. Provided services include trainings, counseling and assessments, and referrals.

Health and Wellness Benefit and Retirement Choices Forums The Office of Human Resources offers monthly forums for new hires to learn about Ohio State’s health and retirement plans. New hires have 31 days to make health benefit elections and 120 days to enroll in retirement plans. During these sessions, Benefits Consultants compare medical plan options, review health benefits, and explain retirement choices.

 Health and Wellness Benefit Forum, Tuesday, February 23, 12-1 p.m.  Retirement Choices Forum, Wednesday, February 24, 12- 1 p.m.

These forums are located at the Office of Human Resources, 1590 N. High St. To register or for more information, visit go.osu.edu/BuckeyeLearn.

3 Seeking Applications for Libraries’ Teaching Awards The Teaching and Learning Committee is pleased to announce that we are now accepting applications for the Teaching Excellence Annual Award and the Tiefel Achievement in Teaching Award. The Annual Award is by self-nomination. The Achievement Award is by peer nomination. If you or a colleague have had a notable year in teaching, please apply or consider prompting a colleague to apply for the Annual Award. If you have a colleague who has shown sustained excellence in teaching over a period of many years, please nominate them for the Achievement Award. This is an excellent time of year, during the faculty annual review process, to consider yourself or a colleague for these awards.

Deadline for applications in March 25.

Information and application forms can be found at: https://library.osu.edu/about/osul- committees-2/teaching-and-learning-committee/teaching-awards/

Recipients are acknowledged publicly during the summer at the Libraries’ Faculty Recognition Program. Please contact Craig Gibson, Chair of the Teaching and Learning Committee, if you have questions.

Discount Programs available for Faculty and Staff Faculty and staff are eligible for discounts on products and services offered at many local and national retailers and businesses. For more information, visit https://hrtech.osu.edu/discounts/. Discounts include community events, health and wellness programs, goods and services, tickets to sporting events, and access to COESRA, which provides local and national discounts and deals on everything from travel to movies to theme parks, shopping and more. For more information, contact Erica Jonak, [email protected], or Randall McKenzie, [email protected].

What do you know about Translational Data Analytics? Hold the date of March 14, from 11 – noon, to learn about TDA@OSU. Translational Data Analytics (TDA) is a focus area of the Discovery Themes and “is the university’s response to bring the scale of its resources together to create and apply data analytic solutions to global challenges – integrated, accessible and co-developed with the external community.”

The session will be held at the Research Commons on the third floor of the 18th Avenue Library.

4 Research Commons Faculty Forum: “Soundmapping Religion in the Midwest” What does religion in the Midwest sound like? How might we understand it differently if we begin by listening for it? These questions animate the Religious Sound Map Project, which will invite multiple public audiences to experience the religious diversity of the Midwest through sound. In this Faculty Forum Series presentation, Prof. Isaac Weiner (Comparative Studies) will introduce this new digital project by reflecting on some of the possibilities and limits of religious soundmapping. Light refreshments will be served.

Visit Prof. Weiner’s faculty page: https://comparativestudies.osu.edu/people/weiner.141.

Thursday, February 18, 12 – 1:30 p.m., Research Commons, 3rd floor of 18th Avenue Library

Listening sessions for executive vice president and provost search Dear Ohio State faculty, staff and students:

On behalf of the Provost Advisory Committee, I write to share information regarding the search for the university’s executive vice president and provost. Ohio State is well- positioned to attract an academic leader who will continue our great momentum on student access and success, boundless research through the Discovery Themes and impactful service to global communities. Your input and engagement will be crucial throughout the search.

We are beginning the process, which officially launched last month, by actively seeking input and feedback from faculty, staff and students. You have the opportunity to provide your thoughts at one of our listening sessions.

These conversations will occur at a variety of locations and the feedback collected will help shape the leadership profile of our executive vice president and provost. During the sessions, we will discuss the opportunities and challenges facing our next executive vice president and provost, as well as the experience and other qualifications that would best prepare someone for academic leadership at Ohio State. The Provost Advisory Committee may also seek input from additional individuals and groups, as needed throughout the search.

We hope you will join us at one of our sessions:

5  February 11, 2016. 1-2 p.m. – Sullivant Hall, Room 141

 February 12, 2016. 8-9 a.m. – Graves Hall, Room 1063

 February 12, 2016. 2:30-3:30 p.m. – Live stream for regional campuses:

o Marion campus: 220 Maynard Hall, Guthery Community Room

o Lima campus: Science 100

o Mansfield campus: Conard Hall, Room 120H (Learning Collaborative Classroom in the Bromfield Learning and Information Center)

o Newark campus: Founders Hall, Room 101

o ATI: Contact Michelle Villers, Assistant to the Director, at [email protected] or (330) 287-1231

 February 15, 2016. 10-11 a.m. – RPAC, Meeting Room 1

 February 16, 2016. 3:30-4:30 p.m. – Mason Hall, Second Floor Rotunda

If you are unable to attend a session, we encourage you to submit nominations, search process questions or feedback on qualifications at any time during the search to [email protected]. Please check the website, onCampus and emails for updates on these sessions, as well as for other information about the search process.

Sincerely,

Lonnie King Chair, Provost Advisory Committee

$1.3 million for the kids Dear Colleagues, Here is a note from Vick Chhabria from BuckeyeThon, sharing his experience after he led an effort over the weekend that raised more than $1.3 million to help children with cancer. Impressive indeed, and inspiring.

--Mike Eicher, Advancement

To the Advancement team,

As I stood on the top of the second floor of the Ohio Union, with a giant “1” painted onto the board in my hands, and found thousands of people crying tears of joy, jaws dropped, and smiles shaped; I knew there was something special about this place. I stood next to members of BuckeyeThon who have given their hearts to the organization and to this cause. Students who have spent 40 hours a week shaping an experience that has cultivated a spirit of student philanthropy on this campus.

6 When BuckeyeThon was first started the members of the organization dreamed of one day being able to enable this university to raise over $1 million. After championing that goal, the conversation changed to whether that number could be sustainable annually and also increase. This year, Ohio State students showed the campus and Columbus community that we must continue to serve the kids at Ohio State’s pediatric partner Nationwide Children’s Hospital. This year, Ohio State students showed this community that Every Kid Deserves to be a Buckeye.

Felix Alonso, associate director of student philanthropy and BuckeyeThon advisor, has played an incredible role in shaping the experience that I have had as a student and on this organization. He continues to support us in our work by creating extraordinary student experiences and has played an immeasurable role in shaping my undergraduate career.

Everyone involved, from the BuckeyeThon families to the students, sponsors, community leaders and staff, agrees that we have the power and responsibility to pay it forward and change the world. There are 1,338,872 reasons that we must keep fighting for the kids. I will never forget the memories that were created this weekend and the people who made them.

For The Kids, Vick

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Departures Azar Azadi, Collections and Technical Services, has resigned, and will be leaving University Libraries on April 29.

Passings We were informed today that the former head of the Latin American Studies Library at Ohio State passed away February 5. Librarian Ana Llorens was employed at the Libraries from the 1960s until she retired in the early 1980s. She was 97 at the time of her death.

In celebration of African American History Month, Dr.Terrell Strayhorn, Professor and Director, Center for Higher Education Enterprise at The Ohio State University, discussed “The Mis- Education of the Negro,” the seminal work of Professor Carter G. Woodson, founder of Black History Month. The program was an offering of the Libraries’ “Tuesdays @ Thompson” series.

8 JOBS Rights Management Specialist The Ohio State University Libraries is seeking a dynamic, innovative, and service- oriented individual for the position of Rights Management Specialist (Program Coordinator) within the Copyright Resources Center. The Copyright Resources Center provides information and resources to The Ohio State University community on topics and activities related to copyright. Reporting to the Head of the Copyright Resources Center, the successful candidate will assist in the development of instruction, guidance, communications, and advocacy on copyright issues to the University and University Libraries.

Required Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent education/experience; Ability to manage projects; Experience in the development and facilitation of training and instructional programs; Positive customer orientation and strong interpersonal skills, with demonstrated ability to work creatively both independently and collaboratively with diverse groups; Excellent organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills with proven success in independently prioritizing work, analyzing information, and managing competing deadlines; Excellent written and oral communications skills; Aptitude for learning new technology/software.

Desired Qualifications: Experience working with content/learning management systems; Experience in course development and design; Demonstrated interest in copyright law and libraries.

Applications will be accepted online at https://www.jobsatosu.com/postings/68229 from February 6 through February 14, 2016.

Special Collections Description & Access Associate Description: The Special Collections Description and Access Associate will support the work of the Special Collections Processing Program in Thompson Library, with a primary focus on archival accessioning tasks and maintaining/updating existing archival description records and catalog records for archival materials. The Associate will also be responsible for receiving and distributing deliveries and assisting with supply inventories and ordering. Work in this position will heavily utilize Archivists’ Toolkit, III Sierra, and OCLC Connexion, as well as other metadata management tools in use by OSUL. Works under the general supervision of the Special Collections Processing Coordinator, in consultation with the Special Collections Cataloging Coordinator and the Head of Special Collections Description & Access. Consults and collaborates with others throughout the library as appropriate. May perform other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications: Demonstrated familiarity with special collections, archival materials, or the description of archival materials; experience producing clear, effective writing; strong organizational skills; ability to follow instructions and complete complex tasks with a high degree of accuracy; effective oral communication skills. Frequently works in archival storage conditions where temperatures are approximately 62 degrees F; must be able to lift 40 lbs. and push carts weighing up to 80 lbs.

9 Desired Qualifications: Previous work experience in a special collections or archives performing arrangement and description tasks and/or completed coursework in the area of archival arrangement and description; familiarity with DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard); experience using an archival collection management system and/or a catalog ILS.

Applications will be accepted online at https://www.jobsatosu.com/postings/68113 from January 30 - February 14, 2016.

Two new exhibits open at the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum opening February 13

WORDLESS: THE COLLECTION OF DAVID A. BERONÄ http://cartoons.osu.edu/events/wordless-the-collection-of-david-a-berona/

DEDINI: THE ART OF HUMOR http://cartoons.osu.edu/events/dedini-the-art-of-humor/

Free opening events for both exhibits: Saturday, February 20 http://cartoons.osu.edu/events/opening-events-for-new-exhibitions/

Dancing in the Streets: Carnival from Britain, Brazil, and Beyond Through April 24 Thompson Library Gallery Gallery hours: Monday-Friday: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. Saturday & Sunday: 12-6 p.m.

Image: Fire Goddess, Notting Hill Carnival, London, England, 2002. Photograph by A. R. Tompsett. https://library.osu.edu/projects-initiatives/exhibits/details/dancing-in-the-streets-carnival- from-britain-brazil-and-beyond/

Body Percussion The Thompson Library was the site of a performance of “Body Percussion,” a dance developed by the Ohio State Department of Dance. The 5-minute dance was performed in the east atrium of the library, and was in conjunction with the current exhibition in the Thompson Library Gallery, Dancing in the Streets: Carnival from Britain, Brazil, and Beyond.