The OHSLA Voice Fall 2019 1 | P a g e Well, the leaves are mostly sll green, but the students are heading back to school and the air is beginning to smell of pumpkin spice, so it really must be fall! I’m sll in denial, trying to sneak in some final summer gardening. Don Pearson and I have been working together to create a plan for our Fall Meeng, scheduled for October 18 th , here at Akron Children's Hospital. Ellen Franks, Judy Griggs and I are thrilled to host OHSLA for this event. The Spring Meeng was held at OhioNET in Columbus on May 17 th and featured Dr. Meghan Harper presenng “Libraries Lending HOPE! Trauma Informed Librar- ies: Promong Hope, Resiliency and Wellness.” Don Pearson led the aſternoon Discussion Group. We had an excellent me and celebrated OHSLA’s 25 th year with cake. (We also celebrated Bee Sydelko’s rerement – Congratulaons, Bee!) Many thanks to Lisa Witmer, Shelly Miller, Heidi Beke-Harrigan, Chrisne Morris, and Nancy Kirkpatrick of OhioNET for your hospitality! Special thanks to Elizabeth Kiscaden for giving the NLM/NNLM update. And extra thanks to Don Pearson, Noreen Mulcahy, Angie Tuck- er, and everyone else who helped me pull together this event. And thanks to Marilia Antunez for creang fast polls and keeping an organized record of everything we did. Y’all Rock! See below for meeng data and feedback. The Execuve Board met in July for our Transion Meeng and had the opportunity to see the historic Mansfield/ Richland County Public Library. It was gorgeous, and I highly recommend seeing this beauful, busy and innovave library if you ever have the chance. We walked to the Richland Carousel Park to capture some photos – again, a de- lighul experience! Ellen Franks has been appointed to chair the Scholarship Commiee, and Susi Miller and Erin Baker have volunteered to fill the commiee for 2019. We are currently looking for addional Communicaons Commiee members, as well as a new Archivist. Spring Meeng Summary Dr. Harper’s presentaon focused on “providing an oasis of hope for others” in a me when many are dealing with traumac situaons. Resources from her presentaon are available here: Trauma Informed Resources and Presenta- on Slides. The Reading List for the Discussion Group is also a good starng point. Evaluaons/Data We had 27 aendees and received feedback from 22. Most were reimbursed for meeng costs (15 full, 2 paral, and 5 were not reimbursed.) Aendees were all from Ohio: 8 from NE; 1 from NW; 10 from Central; 1 from SE and 2 from SW. Nine were from Academic libraries, fiſteen from Hospital (some with overlap). All aspects of the venue and pro- gram were rated “fair” to “excellent,” with most responses “very good” to “excellent.” The locaon and parking were especially well-liked, as was the experse of the program presenter. Inside This Issue P1 President’s Message P2 Help Wanted: OHSLA Archivist P2 Make the Most of the OHSLA Listserv P3 Fall 2018 Conference Reflections P4 Apply for the Bette Sydelko Scholarship P5 OHSLA Membership Benefits P6 Member Spotlight P7 News from Around the State P7 News from The Ohio State University Health Sciences Library P8 Fall 2019 Meeting Information Fall 2019 Volume 26, Issue 2
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The OHSLA Voice Fall 2019
1 | P a g e
Well, the leaves are mostly still green, but the students are heading back to school and the air is beginning to smell of pumpkin spice, so it really must be fall! I’m still in denial, trying to sneak in some final summer gardening.
Don Pearson and I have been working together to create a plan for our Fall Meeting, scheduled for October 18th, here at Akron Children's Hospital. Ellen Franks, Judy Griggs and I are thrilled to host OHSLA for this event.
The Spring Meeting was held at OhioNET in Columbus on May 17th and featured Dr. Meghan Harper presenting “Libraries Lending HOPE! Trauma Informed Librar-ies: Promoting Hope, Resiliency and Wellness.” Don Pearson led the afternoon Discussion Group. We had an excellent time and celebrated OHSLA’s 25th year with cake. (We also celebrated Bette Sydelko’s retirement – Congratulations, Bette!) Many thanks to Lisa Witmer, Shelly Miller, Heidi Beke-Harrigan, Christine Morris, and Nancy Kirkpatrick of OhioNET for your hospitality! Special thanks to
Elizabeth Kiscaden for giving the NLM/NNLM update. And extra thanks to Don Pearson, Noreen Mulcahy, Angie Tuck-er, and everyone else who helped me pull together this event. And thanks to Marilia Antunez for creating fast polls and keeping an organized record of everything we did. Y’all Rock! See below for meeting data and feedback.
The Executive Board met in July for our Transition Meeting and had the opportunity to see the historic Mansfield/Richland County Public Library. It was gorgeous, and I highly recommend seeing this beautiful, busy and innovative library if you ever have the chance. We walked to the Richland Carousel Park to capture some photos – again, a de-lightful experience!
Ellen Franks has been appointed to chair the Scholarship Committee, and Susi Miller and Erin Baker have volunteered to fill the committee for 2019. We are currently looking for additional Communications Committee members, as well as a new Archivist.
Spring Meeting Summary
Dr. Harper’s presentation focused on “providing an oasis of hope for others” in a time when many are dealing with traumatic situations. Resources from her presentation are available here: Trauma Informed Resources and Presenta-tion Slides. The Reading List for the Discussion Group is also a good starting point.
Evaluations/Data
We had 27 attendees and received feedback from 22. Most were reimbursed for meeting costs (15 full, 2 partial, and 5 were not reimbursed.) Attendees were all from Ohio: 8 from NE; 1 from NW; 10 from Central; 1 from SE and 2 from SW. Nine were from Academic libraries, fifteen from Hospital (some with overlap). All aspects of the venue and pro-gram were rated “fair” to “excellent,” with most responses “very good” to “excellent.” The location and parking were especially well-liked, as was the expertise of the program presenter.
Inside This Issue
P1 President’s Message
P2 Help Wanted: OHSLA Archivist
P2 Make the Most of the OHSLA Listserv
P3 Fall 2018 Conference Reflections
P4 Apply for the Bette Sydelko Scholarship
P5 OHSLA Membership Benefits
P6 Member Spotlight
P7 News from Around the State
P7 News from The Ohio State University Health Sciences Library
OHSLA sponsored two $500 student scholarships to attend the Midwest Chapter/MLA 2018 Conference. Both of our
recipients wrote reflections on their experiences, which are shared below.
A Reflection from Steven Pfeiffer
I was elated to receive a $500 student scholarship to the OHSLA / Midwest MLA 2018 Conference! The conference
theme was “Shake, Rattle, & Roll: shake up some old ideas, rattle some cages, and roll with the good times.” Boy, did it
deliver!
The Open Science CE course explored how librarians can shake up the culture of opacity and reticence which is in-
grained in academic research today. By spreading the word about policies and tools for sharing research information,
we can maximize the intellectual fruit of the hard work of research. Further, the Innovative Instruction CE course pro-
vided me with dozens of techniques and tools which were new to me. I believe that, in order to engage patrons with
different learning styles, it is necessary to shake up the typical paradigm of librarians lecturing and students watching.
Now I have a more varied toolset for teaching!
The Jam Session I attended rattled some of the cages restricting me. The topic was researching your patron base in
order to develop outreach programs. I had been wondering whether it is possible to build truly effective outreach on
one-to-one human relationships. That is the ideal, but with increasingly broad job descriptions, expanding patron
needs, and the sheer numbers of patrons which most institutions serve, it might not be possible. However, my fellow
Jammers helpfully shared their successes, failures, and tips for evaluation from a diverse set of institutions. Now I have
become convinced that, over time, you can indeed build outreach based on the bedrock of human relationships, in-
stead of the sand of fads and gimmicks.
In the poster sessions I was able to roll with the good times with colleagues who are doing great things with reposito-
ries, altmetrics, EBM, and the list goes on. The Gadget Garage panel was great fun as well: there are many great tools
available, especially augmented reality, for enhancing medical education.
Thank you, OHSLA!
A Reflection from Cara Yurkowski
I was excited to attend the Shake, Rattle, & Roll Conference this year, because not only was it my first Midwest Chap-
ter/MLA and OHSLA Joint Conference; it was also my first time visiting Cleveland!
I definitely got a taste of the Cleveland spirit when, following the end of a panel talk on Sunday, I exited the Westin to
walk around outside, without realizing I was entering the streets of downtown Cleveland (just blocks away from the
stadium) at the exact same time the Cleveland Browns game had ended. I soon found myself immersed in a huge
swarm of rowdy, pepped up Browns fans, celebrating their team’s victory. One particular Browns fan looked at me and
shouted, “why are you the ONLY person in this crowd wearing a green rock band t-shirt instead of the colors ORANGE
and BROWN?!?!?!” (cont’d on next page)
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Amused by this encounter, I subsequently told this story to several librarians whom I met at the conference; it was re-
ally enjoyable for me to meet professionals from all across the region. It was also a great learning experience to hear
about various tools being implemented at other libraries and institutions.
My biggest highlight from the conference was attending the CE course Innovative Instruction: Increasing Engagement
and Enhancing Learning with Amy Blevins from the Ruth Lilly Medical Library at the Indiana University School of Medi-
cine. In addition to learning about adult learning theory and creating learning objectives using Bloom’s Taxonomy, the
class brainstormed and designed potential learning activities, based on numerous interactive techniques that Amy
shared with us. I went into the CE course hoping to learn about strategies regarding how to engage first-year nursing
school students during their library orientations, and I definitely walked out of the classroom with new ideas to imple-
ment. I also learned about numerous online learning tools for doing tutorials, polls, quizzes, and games; I look forward
to utilizing some of these tools, as the number of online learners at my institution continues to grow.
Another highlight from the conference was listening to Dr. Dominic King discuss HIT Literacy and tech gadgets. I espe-
cially enjoyed observing the Virtuali-tee shirt and how human organ systems could be observed by simply scanning the
t-shirt with an iPhone.
It was very exciting for me to hear keynote speaker Dr. Patricia Flatley Brennan discuss the National Library of Medi-
cine as well as the development of PubMed 2.0. I also enjoyed listening to keynote speaker Catherine Hakala-Ausperk’s
talk about keeping energized, staying motivated, realigning with values and strengths, and finding opportunities for
growth within the workplace.
I would like to express my gratitude to the OHSLA Board & the OHSLA Scholarship Committee for making it possible for
me to experience this engaging event. I also want to say ‘thank you’ to the Conference Planning Committee, and to the
friendly, welcoming librarians whom I met throughout the weekend. I look forward to attending another conference in
the future!
If Cara’s and Steven’s experiences sound like fun to you, consider applying for this year’s scholarship! This scholarship is available for librarians, library staff, and/or library students to help offset the costs of attending the Midwest Chap-ter/MLA Annual meeting. This year, the meeting/conference will be held October 4-7, 2019, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Find out more on the OHSLA website: http://ohsla.info/grants.
Questions? Concerns? Please contact Ellen Franks, Scholarship Committee Chair, at 330-543-8250 or via email at [email protected]. Applications must be received by September 23, 2019. The scholarship committee will review the applications and notify the recipient by September 30, 2019.