OIEx Feature of National Conference
Jeff Agnoli of the OIEx team was an invited presenter the Expert Finders System (EFS) Forum on March 4, 2021. His talk was called, “Building and Leveraging Partnerships: How to Advance EFS from the Middle.” To listen to his presentation, access this website, choose March 4 and select the link for the morning session recording: Jeff speaks at 53 minutes.
Jeff will also participate in a panel discussion on Thursday, March 18 from 11-11:50am, entitled “Building University/Industry Collaboration through the Use of Statewide Expert Finder Systems: Revisited.” This session provides an update on an earlier study by Dr. Iryna Lendel of OIEx partner Cleveland State University, titled "Best Practices of Creating Innovation Exchange Web Portals across the States." Participants will share progress made and lessons learned.
Library Engagement
The Library Engagement, Advocacy & Planning Taskforce (LEAP) has formed, led by Jessica McIntosh, and will begin their work on building engagement in participating universities. Currently in the discovery phase, this group of library experts will devise strategic goals, create teaching and advocacy resources, assess institutional outcomes, and provide recommendations for future initiatives.
Welcome and thank you to our taskforce members:
- John Canter, Ohio University
- Florian Diekmann, The Ohio State University
- Jeff Franks, University of Akron
- Emily Kean, University of Cincinnati
- Theresa Nawalaniec, Cleveland State University
- Daniela Solomon, Case Western Reserve University
- Jason Wardell, University of Dayton
- Yuening Zhang, Kent State University