Restructuring a Popular Magazine Collection: Using Microassessment Strategies to Keep Rolling with the Times

Poster presented at the Charleston Conference on November 4, 2016 in Charleston, South Carolina.As with many undergraduate libraries at large academic research institutions, the collections of the Shapiro Undergraduate Library (UGL) at the University of Michigan support the curricular, leisure, and lifelong learning interests of first and second year undergraduate students. It is not an archival collection; it can "roll with the times!" During the 2013-2014 academic year, the UGL restructured its periodical collection. Subscriptions to academic and scholarly journals were cancelled, but students still have access to those journals through the research collections of the university library. Simultaneously the UGL's periodical collection refocused its scope to an emphasis on current and popular magazines. To determine the efficacy of this change, we posed the following questions: How has this collection been used in the last two years since this change? Are undergraduate students aware of the magazine collection? Who uses this collection? For what purpose? With these questions in mind, we conducted a series of microassessments using surveys and mobile polls, as well as circulation data. This was done in collaboration between the library's collection analyst, the UGL's collection coordinator, and a library science graduate student as part of her collection development-focused internship. The poster includes our methodology, particularly the microassessment tools we used, the results of our assessments, and how we used them to inform changes to the collection.http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/134679/1/Restructuring+a+Popular+Magazine+Collection+Poster.pdfDescription of Restructuring+a+Popular+Magazine+Collection+Poster.pdf : Poster presentatio

The Apprentice Researcher: Using Undergraduate Researchers\u27 Personal Essays to Shape Instruction and Services

Little is known about the intellectual journey of advanced undergraduates engaged in the research process. Moreover, few studies of this population of library users include students\u27 personal essays as a point of analysis in their scholarly pursuits. To gain insights into the research trajectory of apprentice researchers at the University of Michigan, the Library examined the personal essays that students submitted for its inaugural undergraduate research award. These essays chronicled students\u27 intellectual growth and development throughout the research process. Drawing on observations about the unique needs of these students, the authors analyze the implications for library instruction and services

Defining Popular Culture Within the Academic Library

36" X 60" posterHow does one define the place of popular culture within a large, decentralized university? How can our library serve this multidisciplinary subject, with disparate collections and without a dedicated liaison? We created an internal forum that draws staff from across library units to pool expertise. Several projects are underway to survey the campus landscape and library collections related to popular culture. Our efforts are identifying areas of strength, outreach opportunities and collection development needs. This poster was presented at ACRL 2017 in Baltimore.https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/136345/1/ACRL_FINALversion_smaller.pdf-1Description of ACRL_FINALversion_smaller.pdf : PDF of Poste

Effect of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor and angiotensin receptor blocker initiation on organ support-free days in patients hospitalized with COVID-19

IMPORTANCE Overactivation of the renin-angiotensin system (RAS) may contribute to poor clinical outcomes in patients with COVID-19. Objective To determine whether angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor or angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB) initiation improves outcomes in patients hospitalized for COVID-19. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS In an ongoing, adaptive platform randomized clinical trial, 721 critically ill and 58 non–critically ill hospitalized adults were randomized to receive an RAS inhibitor or control between March 16, 2021, and February 25, 2022, at 69 sites in 7 countries (final follow-up on June 1, 2022). INTERVENTIONS Patients were randomized to receive open-label initiation of an ACE inhibitor (n = 257), ARB (n = 248), ARB in combination with DMX-200 (a chemokine receptor-2 inhibitor; n = 10), or no RAS inhibitor (control; n = 264) for up to 10 days. MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES The primary outcome was organ support–free days, a composite of hospital survival and days alive without cardiovascular or respiratory organ support through 21 days. The primary analysis was a bayesian cumulative logistic model. Odds ratios (ORs) greater than 1 represent improved outcomes. RESULTS On February 25, 2022, enrollment was discontinued due to safety concerns. Among 679 critically ill patients with available primary outcome data, the median age was 56 years and 239 participants (35.2%) were women. Median (IQR) organ support–free days among critically ill patients was 10 (–1 to 16) in the ACE inhibitor group (n = 231), 8 (–1 to 17) in the ARB group (n = 217), and 12 (0 to 17) in the control group (n = 231) (median adjusted odds ratios of 0.77 [95% bayesian credible interval, 0.58-1.06] for improvement for ACE inhibitor and 0.76 [95% credible interval, 0.56-1.05] for ARB compared with control). The posterior probabilities that ACE inhibitors and ARBs worsened organ support–free days compared with control were 94.9% and 95.4%, respectively. Hospital survival occurred in 166 of 231 critically ill participants (71.9%) in the ACE inhibitor group, 152 of 217 (70.0%) in the ARB group, and 182 of 231 (78.8%) in the control group (posterior probabilities that ACE inhibitor and ARB worsened hospital survival compared with control were 95.3% and 98.1%, respectively). CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE In this trial, among critically ill adults with COVID-19, initiation of an ACE inhibitor or ARB did not improve, and likely worsened, clinical outcomes. TRIAL REGISTRATION ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT0273570

More Than a Deckhand: Collaborating with Student Employees to Navigate the Collection Development Waters

This poster describes how one library is transforming its work around collection development through creative collaborations with their student employees. Librarians are meeting collection needs by crafting experiential learning moments into students’ daily duties. Student employees participate in or lead meaningful collection support projects, such as collection use analysis, resource evaluation, weeding, or unique collection marketing and outreach efforts. This poster was presented at the Association of College & Research Libraries National Conference (ACRL) 2017 in Baltimore.https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/138812/1/More Than A Deckhand_ACRL_2017.pdfDescription of More Than A Deckhand_ACRL_2017.pdf : PDF of poster presentatio

Emerg Infect Dis

Campylobacter jejuni bacteria are highly diverse enteropathogens. Seventy-three C. jejuni isolates from blood collected in Finland were analyzed by multilocus sequence typing and serum resistance. Approximately half of the isolates belonged to the otherwise uncommon sequence type 677 clonal complex. Isolates of this clonal complex were more resistant than other isolates to human serum

Force Feedback Controls Motor Activity and Mechanical Properties of Self-Assembling Branched Actin Networks

Branched actin networks–created by the Arp2/3 complex, capping protein, and a nucleation promoting factor– generate and transmit forces required for many cellular processes, but their response to force is poorly understood. To address this, we assembled branched actin networks in vitro from purified components and used simultaneous fluorescence and atomic force microscopy to quantify their molecular composition and material properties under various forces. Remarkably, mechanical loading of these self-assembling materials increases their density, power, and efficiency. Microscopically, increased density reflects increased filament number and altered geometry, but no change in average length. Macroscopically, increased density enhances network stiffness and resistance to mechanical failure beyond those of isotropic actin networks. These effects endow branched actin networks with memory of their mechanical history that shapes their material properties and motor activity. This work reveals intrinsic force feedback mechanisms by which mechanical resistance makes self-assembling actin networks stiffer, stronger, and more powerful

The Centenary Community Engagement Fund Working Paper: Partnership working, current community challenges and interdisciplinary research opportunities

The University of Leicester’s centenary celebrations provide a timely opportunity for academics, staff and students to endorse our civic mission and engage anew with partners and stakeholders in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland (LLR). The University owes its existence to the foresight and commitment of local people, who in the aftermath of the First World War helped to champion and establish University College Leicester in 1921, in the belief that access to higher education would enable a better future for all in the city and counties. The College was awarded university status in 1957, and its history and fortune has been inextricably linked with the city and local communities in LLR. Over the years, we have worked together passionately, to reap new opportunities, face immense challenges and help to improve lives in communities locally across the UK and internationally. Community partnership and collaboration can readily be witnessed through the hundreds of academics, students and staff who are actively involved with mission driven charities and third sector organisations many of whom participated in the Centenary Community Engagement Fund Workshop in November. Our leading researchers also have very strong links with community facing organisations and major institutions such as the University Hospitals of Leicester Trust. The same is true of multi-disciplinary academic research teams collaborating proactively with charities, businesses, social enterprises and organisations in a wide range of sectors from social care to arts and culture. This paper is concerned with the Centenary Community Engagement Fund just one of the new civic initiatives launched during our Centenary year. This Fund will provide £125,000 in philanthropic funding for novel interdisciplinary research with partners and for more sought after internships for our talented students