Sparked by an inquiry by an Oxford patron, The Lane Libraries has been using idle compute cycles on our servers to help with the Rosetta@home distributed computing project. Rosetta@home helps to determine the 3-dimensional shapes of proteins in research that may ultimately lead to finding cures for some major human diseases, including COVID-19. Running the Rosetta program on idle computers helps speed up and extend research.
Read more about this project here.
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The Ohio Public Librarian Certification Program recognizes individual librarians who have met minimum standards established by the Ohio Library Council. An individual who meets these standards and has successfully completed the certification process is recognized as a Certified Public Librarian in Ohio.
The minimum standards for initial Ohio Public Librarian Certification are:
Visit http://olc.org/resources/education/certification/ for more details.
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TriHealth shared a Self-Care Calendar with us. It’s a good way for us to focus on at least one thing per day.
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The staff site is taking a backseat to Gmail at this time. In the interest of not overloading your inboxes further I am going to post less critical resources here. Please continue to look in on the staff website, but anything mission-critical will come via Gmail.
This is a useful article about working from home that SirsiDynix shared:
https://superlibrarymarketing.com/2020/03/16/workfromhome/
Note that not everything stated may apply to Lane, but there are some useful tips here. e.g I found this one applying to me:
Don’t fall into a Netflix/YouTube/Twitter/whatever hole. It’s hard for some work-at-home employees to avoid distractions. The best way to keep from binge-watching shows when you should be working is not to start.
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