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Success Through Collaboration – Two Ohio Library Consortia, Jane Wu, Lois Szudy
Success Through Collaboration – Two Ohio Library Consortia, Jane Wu, Lois Szudy
Otterbein China Librarians Exchange Program Documentations and Publications
In May 2006, Jane Wu (the System Librarian at Otterbein) and Lois Szudy (the library director at Otterbein) were invited to visit five universities in China to explore the possibility of establishing an exchange program and interlibrary cooperation between Chinese academic libraries and Otterbein College. This presentation was done by Jane and Lois when they visited Shanghai Jiaotong University. The presentation introduced the two library consortiums in Ohio, OPAL and OhioLINK, and what makes OhioLINK and OPAL a success.
The Road To Tenure: Obstacles For The Media Adviser, Jeffrey M. Demas
The Road To Tenure: Obstacles For The Media Adviser, Jeffrey M. Demas
Communications Faculty Scholarship
Tenure has been the topic of various journal articles, but few have examined the process from within specific disciplines. This study surveyed 136 advisers of campus radio and television stations to ascertain what obstacles to tenure were associated with this position. Respondents reported that 1) advising a media outlet takes time from teaching and research; 2) advising the station and producing programming is not highly valued by tenure committees; 3) tenure is essential to job security because students tend to push the envelope in on-air activities, and; 4) tenure is an archaic concept and they have no interest in pursuing …