The Icelandic Langspil

Some of the elements of Icelandic traditional music and its uniqueness are explained, and information about the traditional Icelandic instrument called the langspil is provided

Pleasant Ohio: Songs of Ohio\u27s History Accompanied by Mountain Dulcimer

Pleasant Ohio is a collection of fifteen songs covering both daily life and historical events related to the state of Ohio. Songs are in chronological order and span the time period from the historic Native Americans in Ohio through the end of the nineteenth century. Includes solo vocals with drum or mountain dulcimer accompaniment.https://digitalcommons.otterbein.edu/fac_bk/1001/thumbnail.jp

Information Literacy Initiatives at the Otterbein University Library

This presentation explores the important focus that has been placed on information literacy instruction at Otterbein University in Westerville, Ohio, and examines strategies being developed to promote information literacy competency among Otterbein University students

Far Across the Ocean: An Otterbein Librarian at Shanghai Jiao Tong University

This presentation, done for the OPAL (Ohio Private Academic Libraries) Consortium Annual Conference, describes what Elizabeth (Betsy) Salt, Cataloger/Metadata Librarian at Otterbein University in Westerville, Ohio, learned about Chinese academic libraries and library practices while serving as an exchange librarian at the libraries of Shanghai Jiao Tong University in Shanghai, China during a portion of the months of June and July in 2011. Photos from travel in China which immediately followed the librarian exchange are also included

Cooperative Cataloging in Academic Libraries: From Mesopotamia to Metadata

This presentation provides a short historical survey of the development of library cataloging in the Western world and includes information on the gradual growth of cooperation among libraries in terms of using shared standardized cataloging rules and classification systems. Contemporary cooperation in cataloging is also covered focusing on cataloging facilitated by OCLC (Online Computer Library Center), OhioLINK, and the OPAL (Ohio Private Academic Libraries) Consortium. Cooperative cataloging and metadata initiatives are becoming increasingly important in the United States and internationally

Buckeye Heritage: Ohio\u27s History in Song

Buckeye Heritage: Ohio\u27s History in Song provides a unique look at the history of the state of Ohio from the time of the Native American inhabitants through the end of the nineteenth century. Representative traditional songs about various events and aspects of Ohio history are presented along with text that places each song in its historical context. Appalachian dulcimer tablature and dulcimer and guitar chords for each song are included in an appendix.https://digitalcommons.otterbein.edu/fac_bk/1000/thumbnail.jp

Implementation of RDA in the OPAL Consortium

The RDA Working Group, an informal subcommittee of the OPAL (Ohio Private Academic Libraries) Cataloging Committee was formed in 2011 to research the then under development RDA (Resource Description and Access) cataloging code and make recommendations to the entire membership of the OPAL Cataloging Committee on how to proceed with implementing RDA cataloging in the 24 small academic libraries which make up the OPAL Consortium. All of the OPAL libraries share one Innovative Interfaces, Inc. library system and share a public catalog, so it was important to develop some guidelines for RDA cataloging that all of the OPAL catalogers could follow. The OPAL Cataloging Committee recommended that the OPAL catalogers begin to use the RDA cataloging code on the date when the Library of Congress officially adopted RDA for all of its cataloging on March 31, 2013. At that time it became acceptable to add copy cataloged or original cataloged RDA records to the OPAL catalog. The OPAL Consortium purchased individual library subscriptions to the RDA Toolkit for each of the OPAL libraries, thereby providing all of the OPAL libraries with access to the premier tool for searching for RDA cataloging rules. In addition the RDA Working Group has also created some RDA training materials which include a MARC format field-by-field guide and examples of specific catalog records to show the differences in cataloging practice between AACR2 and RDA. These are accessible on the OPAL Cataloging Committee website for the OPAL catalogers to refer to as needed. Since all of the OPAL catalogers are contributing to a shared catalog, it is important for everyone “to be on the same page” in terms of RDA cataloging in OPAL, and the training materials created for OPAL catalogers have helped to facilitate a smooth transition to RDA among the catalogers of the OPAL consortium. OPAL catalogers also can contact each other with RDA questions through a listserv or through e-mail. This presentation includes a little theoretical background on the RDA cataloging code but will be largely practical in nature showing examples from some of the training materials created for the OPAL catalogers that may be helpful to other catalogers who are beginning to encounter RDA records in OCLC more and more frequently in copy cataloging and who are beginning to perform original cataloging following the rules of the RDA cataloging code

Tuberculosis and Risk of Acute Myocardial Infarction: A Propensity Score-Matched Analysis

Several pathogens have been associated with increased cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. Whether this occurs with Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection is unclear. We assessed if tuberculosis disease increased the risk of acute myocardial infarction (AMI). We identified patients with tuberculosis index claims from a large de-identified database of ~15 million adults enrolled in a U.S. commercial insurance policy between 2008 and 2010. Tuberculosis patients were 1:1 matched to patients without tuberculosis claims using propensity scores. We compared the occurrence of index AMI claims between the tuberculosis and non-tuberculosis cohorts using Kaplan–Meier curves and Cox Proportional Hazard models. Data on 2026 patients with tuberculosis and 2026 propensity-matched patients without tuberculosis were included. AMI was more frequent in the tuberculosis cohort compared with the non-tuberculosis cohort, 67 (3·3%) vs. 32 (1·6%) AMI cases, respectively, P \u3c 0·01. Tuberculosis was associated with an increased risk of AMI (adjusted hazard ratio (HR) 1·98, 95% confidence intervals (CI) 1·3–3·0). The results were similar when the analysis was restricted to pulmonary tuberculosis (adjusted HR 2·43, 95% CI 1·5–4·1). Tuberculosis was associated with an increased risk of AMI. CVD risk assessment should be considered in tuberculosis patients. Mechanistic studies of tuberculosis and CVD are warranted

Climate change challenges, plant science solutions

Climate change is a defining challenge of the 21st century, and this decade is a critical time for action to mitigate the worst effects on human populations and ecosystems. Plant science can play an important role in developing crops with enhanced resilience to harsh conditions (e.g. heat, drought, salt stress, flooding, disease outbreaks) and engineering efficient carbon-capturing and carbon-sequestering plants. Here, we present examples of research being conducted in these areas and discuss challenges and open questions as a call to action for the plant science community

Development of an International Standard Set of Value-Based Outcome Measures for Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease

Value-based health care is increasingly promoted as a strategy for improving care quality by benchmarking outcomes that matter to patients relative to the cost of obtaining those outcomes. To support the shift toward value-based health care in chronic kidney disease (CKD), the International Consortium for Health Outcomes Measurement (ICHOM) assembled an international working group of health professionals and patient representatives to develop a standardized minimum set of patient-centered outcomes targeted for clinical use. The considered outcomes and patient-reported outcome measures were generated from systematic literature reviews. Feedback was sought from patients and health professionals. Patients with very high-risk CKD (stages G3a/A3 and G3b/A2-G5, including dialysis, kidney transplantation, and conservative care) were selected as the target population. Using an online modified Delphi process, outcomes important to all patients were selected, such as survival and hospitalization, and to treatment-specific subgroups, such as vascular access survival and kidney allograft survival. Patient-reported outcome measures were included to capture domains of health-related quality of life, which were rated as the most important outcomes by patients. Demographic and clinical variables were identified to be used as case-mix adjusters. Use of these consensus recommendations could enable institutions to monitor, compare, and improve the quality of their CKD care