NNLM Features Kansas City Local Library Exchange Poster

Remember the awesome Kansas City Local Library Exchange?

It is currently being featured on NN/LM's MidContinental Region's website! (Slide 6.)

The slideshow celebrates activities by medical librarians as part of October's National Medical Librarians Month.

Be sure to check it out today...and take a look at the other notable featured projects as well! 

Open Access Week update

Dykes Library organized two events this week in celebration of Open Access Week.

In addition to raising awareness about OA, our panelist event on Thursday also included an announcement by Dr. Paul Terranova regarding the One University Open Access Publishing Fund.

If you're looking to brush up on your OA knowledge, be sure to check out our awesome LibGuides on OA and Copyright and Author Rights.

Thank you to all who made OA week a success! 

Celebrate Open Access Week next week!

Did you know next week is Open Access week? The library has two exciting events planned, so be sure to mark your calendars and RSVP today!

The library is hosting events during the week to spread the word about OA and its potential benefits for the academic and research community, culminating in an exciting announcement regarding the One University Open Access Publishing Fund! 

View the KUMC events calendar for additional information and to register for any of the sessions listed below.

What's Open Access? Learn more about it and author rights in the publication process here and here.

 

Questions? Contact Crystal or Rachel G.

Outlook starts next week!

Here is some helpful information Byron sent out regarding Groupwise vs. Outlook terminology as well as Helpful Tips. Take a look and remember, you can always check out the Exchange website to learn more about Exchange and Outlook.

Terminology

Groupwise                                                                    Outlook

Notes / Reminder Notes                                             All day event on calendar

Posted Appointment                                                   Appointment

Appointment                                                                Meeting

Status Tracking                                                             Receipt Request (must be requested manually)

Proxy Access (Permissions)                                       Delegate (also Folder tab)

Busy Search                                                                  Scheduling Assistant

Delegate Task                                                               Assign Task

Distribution List                                                            Groups (In Contacts)

Macro                                                                            Quick Steps

Saved Search                                                                Search Folder

Frequent Contacts                                                       Contacts

Personal Address Books                                             Contacts

Appointments are personal items only, there is no TO: box.

Meetings are calendar items that include others so there is a TO: box.

Flags are personal items only, there is no TO: box.

Tasks are items that include others so there is a TO: box.

Helpful Tips and New Features

·         The right mouse button is your friend.  You will get a menu of useful actions wherever you click your right mouse button on an Outlook screen.

·         Use Drag and Drop.  Any email message, appointment, task, etc. can be dragged to another place to file it or change it into another type of item.

·         Be observant.  Outlook contains many features, icons, buttons, etc. that you may not notice unless you really pay attention.

·         The Help menu items in Outlook are well written and easy to search.  Get in the habit of using the Help menu when you have questions.

Outlook is coming! Outlook is coming!

Mark your calendar for the weekend of October 19! The library will migrate to Outlook that weekend!

Here are Byron's latest tips and tricks regarding this move:

1. Outlook video training:  https://quickhelp.brainstorminc.com/kumc/Default.aspx (Note: see Byron's emailed instructions from 10/9 detailing how to log in and access the video training)

2. Organize your Groupwise inbox by creating folders: Folders let you group all items related to a particular task together. 

To create a folder:

 1.  Right click on one of the cabinets

2.   Select new folder

3.   Follow the steps

4.  To move an item to another folder, drag it from the original folder and drop it on the new folder/location.

 3.  Check out the Exchange website to learn more about Exchange and Outlook:  http://www.kumc.edu/information-resources/exchange/exchange-features.html

Kansas City Local Library Exchange.

Kudos to Rachel, Lynn, Gail and Ron for presenting a poster session at MCMLA this week regarding the Kansas City Local Library Exchange!

They have worked hard alongside Johnson County Community College and Mid-America Library Alliance (MALA) to create a really cool professional development program. It is intended to foster greater communication between local libraries, provide a way for staff to research an operation, process or program at another library and share that expertise with their home library, encourage staff to network with colleagues who have similar interests, and develop greater cooeration between libraries as a result of increased knowledge.

Be sure to check out their website to learn more!

And a big thanks to Amy for designing such an awesome poster!