It’s Automatic: Library Automation as a Catalyst For Transformation

Between October 2018 and February 2019, the Warrenton Community Library began a transformation of library services. With the funding and support available through a 2017 voter-approved levy and a joint LSTA grant with the neighboring Seaside Public Library, this small coastal library was able to introduce a full suite of online services to its patrons. Just as importantly, Warrenton was able to join a shared ILS environment and facilitate patron access to a wider range of resources. Previously, the library used card-based checkout. A simple MARC software application was used to create a catalog of bibliographic records accessible only to staff. In 2018, the license for the MARC database expired and the library no longer had a catalog of its materials. The collections became accessible only by browsing. Warrenton patrons embraced the many outstanding services provided at the library: a diverse selection of resources, collection development that is responsive to patron needs, and a supportive, small-town atmosphere. However, it was time to embrace the opportunities afforded to Oregon libraries in the digital age. This LSTA project, for which I served as Project Manager Librarian, resulted in many expanded services. These included circulation and expanded resource sharing in a shared ILS. Warrenton also joined the Oregon Digital Library Consortium, developed a new library website, and provided patrons with access to Gale databases. For this article, I will be focusing on the systems and cataloging aspects of the project. Through the four months of automation work spent in Warrenton, I gained a new appreciation for the interconnectedness of library services, as the change in systems drove transformations both anticipated and unexpected

Graphical User Interface Development and Design to Support Airport Runway Configuration Management

The objective of this effort was to develop a graphical user interface (GUI) for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) System Oriented Runway Management (SORM) decision support tool to support runway management. This tool is expected to be used by traffic flow managers and supervisors in the Airport Traffic Control Tower (ATCT) and Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON) facilities

Pandemic Progress: Unexpected Achievements in Unprecedented Times

It is safe to say that the past year has brought challenges of a number and magnitude most of us have never experienced. As we head toward the light at the end of this very long tunnel, many of us are reflecting on not only what we lost, but what we might have gained. For our small OER standing committee, this was, unexpectedly, a breakthrough year. In this presentation, we will share struggles we had during our first year trying to scope, take inventory, and focus. Then we will discuss the unexpected breakthrough and progress we made this year. Lastly, we will talk through the framework we’ve imagined to coordinate OER and other affordable learning efforts within the Pacific Libraries. Despite the significantly increased workload and strained bandwidth that came with a transition to remote work and the need to serve patrons from a distance, we were able to clarify our charge, imagine a way forward for developing OER programming, and conceive of an architecture that coordinates separate but related efforts within the Libraries under one larger initiative: Affordable Learning @ Pacific. The key to the breakthrough--a small, experimental textbook purchasing project--actually came about in response to needs brought on by distance learning and the pandemic. Once we expanded our thinking to include not only OER content, but also other related projects within the Libraries, we could align our efforts behind the unifying goal of expanding access to textbooks and other required learning materials while reducing student costs. And recently there was another unexpected surprise--customers! Our undergraduate college (College of Arts and Sciences; also our largest college) reached out to us, wondering if we had any information or recommendations about OERs. The timing turned out to be perfect, and next month faculty will be invited to apply for mini-grants to support adopting an OER textbook and updating a course! Birds of a Feather Session 1: May 14, 11-12 Room 2: Institution-Level OER Program Management Zoom Link: https://lanecc.zoom.us/j/9270551236

Transfer Center Functions: Describing Changes to Nursing Roles Through Goal-Directed Task Analysis

Digitized for IUPUI ScholarWorks inclusion in 2021.Patient transfer centers offer a centralized point of contact for transferring a patient into or between the in-patient care settings that comprise any one particular healthcare system. There are case studies on the improvements seen in patient throughput (Ayers, 2012) and physician satisfaction (Amedee, Maronge, & Pinsky, 2012) when these centers are introduced, but benchmarks, standards, staffing requirements or process guidelines were found to be lacking. Variations exist in the types of transfers supported (intra-facility, inter-facility, or both; within healthcare system vs. external to healthcare system) as well as additional services provided (e.g., transportation)

U.S. Hospitals' Web-Based Patient Engagement Activities

Digitized for IUPUI ScholarWorks inclusion in 2021.The purpose of this poster is to describe how U.S. Hospitals use their websites to meet the National e-Health Collaborative (NeHC) patient engagement criteria and to explore trends, challenges, opportunities for hospitals when it comes to leveraging websites for patient engagement

Room 2: Institution-Level OER Program Management

Birds of a Feather Session 1: May 14, 11-12 Room 2: Institution-Level OER Program Management Zoom Link: https://lanecc.zoom.us/j/92705512361 Related Content and Session Coordinators: Stefanie Buck and Mark Lane, Oregon State University Robbie Pock, Meagan Button, Michelle Lenox, and Jerica Tullo, Pacific University Facilitator: Heather White, Mt. Hood Community College Birds of a Feather Session Overview: A space for collegial interaction and discussion with a thematic focus Opportunity for Q & A with presenters Opportunity for small group conversations in breakout rooms to discuss takeaways and share ideas (depending on number of participants) Session Reminders: This session is not being recorded. Remember to mute your microphone when not speaking. If you want to ask a question or add a comment, use the “raise hand” feature or type your comments in chat. Remember to follow the Open Oregon Community Guidelines when participating - https://tinyurl.com/OpenOregonCommunit

Specialized transduction: an efficient method for generating marked and unmarked targeted gene disruptions in Mycobacterium tuberculosis, M. bovis BCG and M. smegmatis.

The authors have developed a simple and highly efficient system for generating allelic exchanges in both fast- and slow-growing mycobacteria. In this procedure a gene of interest, disrupted by a selectable marker, is cloned into a conditionally replicating (temperature-sensitive) shuttle phasmid to generate a specialized transducing mycobacteriophage. The temperature-sensitive mutations in the mycobacteriophage genome permit replication at the permissive temperature of 30 degrees C but prevent replication at the non-permissive temperature of 37 degrees C. Transduction at a non-permissive temperature results in highly efficient delivery of the recombination substrate to virtually all cells in the recipient population. The deletion mutations in the targeted genes are marked with antibiotic-resistance genes that are flanked by gammadelta-res (resolvase recognition target) sites. The transductants which have undergone a homologous recombination event can be conveniently selected on antibiotic-containing media. To demonstrate the utility of this genetic system seven different targeted gene disruptions were generated in three substrains of Mycobacterium bovis BCG, three strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and Mycobacterium smegmatis. Mutants in the lysA, nadBC, panC, panCD, leuCD, Rv3291c and Rv0867c genes or operons were isolated as antibiotic-resistant (and in some cases auxotrophic) transductants. Using a plasmid encoding the gammadelta-resolvase (tnpR), the resistance genes could be removed, generating unmarked deletion mutations. It is concluded from the high frequency of allelic exchange events observed in this study that specialized transduction is a very efficient technique for genetic manipulation of mycobacteria and is a method of choice for constructing isogenic strains of M. tuberculosis, BCG or M. smegmatis which differ by defined mutations