SWON Libraries

The National Library of Medicine's National Training Center is coming to Cincinnati (Rookwood Tower) for two workshops,Pubmed for Trainers and Toxnet and Beyond. Both programs are interactive, hands-on, learning opportunities. NTC does not come to Ohio every year so take advantage of their close proximity.We need 12-15 confirmed registrants by June 15th to avoid cancellation of both programs.

Pubmed for Trainers has been retooled this year and consists of four sessions, three online, beginning July 19, 2012 with the final in-person session in Cincinnati, August 6th . You will receive 15 MLA CE credits if you complete all sessions and independent, outside of class, work.

TOXNET and Beyond uses the National Library of Medicine's Environmental Health and Toxicology Portal.You receive 6 MLA CE credits for this one day class, August 7th.

Both workshops are offered free as a public service.These are the only versions of these classes for the Midwest this year and seating is limited. Register today.

On Wednesday April 4, 2012 SWON Libraries Consortium held their 2^nd Annual SWONny Awards Gala at the Xavier University's Conaton Learning Commons.  We are proud to announce that there were a lot of great nominations for this awards event. 

The panel of judges had a hard time deciding who and what Library should win.  The judges are Patrick Colucci, who currently serves as the Reference Librarian at the Air Force Institute of Technology at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, where he has worked since 1998. Donald W Krummel has been a leader in libraries and higher education institutions for almost 50 years.  Suzanne Porter, who recently retired after 18 years as the Curator of the History of Medicine Collections at Duke University. Joe Weitz has been the senior policy consultant for the Educational Service Center of Central Ohio since 2008.

The five categorize that were voted on were; Library of the Year, Librarian of the Year, Volunteer of the Year, Support Staff Person of the Year, and Distinguished Service Award.

The winner for Library of the Year was the Avondale Branch of Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County.  This Library is 99 years old and is small but serves as an important oasis of lifelong learning and hope in the center of an urban neighborhood.  The library is one of nine libraries built with funds provided by the Andrew Carnegie Foundation.

The winner of Librarian of the Year was Jennifer Krivickas.  Jennifer works at the UC DAAP Library and it is said that she has revitalized the library. She has improved the physical appearance, updated technology, and substantially added to the collection.

The winner of the Volunteer of the Year was Chris Neely.  Chris volunteers at the Mt. Washington Branch of Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County and has been there in some capacity or another for 4 years.  He gives between 30 and 40 hours a month to his team and the customers they serve.

The winner of Support Staff Person of the Year was Adriana Silva. Adriana is the Youth Services Associate and Hispanic Outreach programs coordinator, at Boone County Public Library. She serves a pivotal role in the community.

The last Award given was the Distinguished Service Award and that winner was Roger Miller.  Roger has had a distinguished 30-year career in Cincinnati libraries.  It was under his leadership that the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County's Cataloging Services Department flourished, with his retirement this year; the library is losing a valued leader in the cataloging world.

The Master of Ceremonies was Kevin Grace, Head of the Archives and Rare Books Library at the University of Cincinnati, and the University Archivist.

Our speaker of the Evening was Bob Flischel. Mr. Flischel is a Professional photographer whose latest book, Messages of Glory: The Narrative Art of Roman Catholicism, documents and interprets the narrative art in over sixty Catholic Churches and Chapels throughout Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky. It is his fourth volume in a thirty-year effort to document the important institutions of the Greater Cincinnati community.

Thank you all for making the event a big success and Congratulations again to all the winners. 

First things first: Let's think of podcasting as any audio recording you'd like to do. Want to create a monthly run-down of library news? Want to share the poetry reading held at your library? Want to create an audio tour of a collection or of an historic walk through town? There's room for all of those ideas and more under the term podcasting.

Let's say you have an idea for a recording you'd like to make. Where do you begin? It's tempting to grab a microphone and start recording, but you can create a more persuasive project by making a plan first.

In this workshop we'll go through the entire process, from writing a pitch and a script to recording, editing, and exporting the finished podcast. This workshop is appropriate for first-time podcasters but will include approaches that practiced podcasters will find useful, too.

Workshop will be taught by Nathan Swartzendruber our Technology Educator, on May 31^st from 1:00-5:00pm. To register: http://tiny.cc/podcast_rsvp

For more information contact Nathan [at] swonlibraries [dot] org