Dear Colleagues,

This edition of our newsletter comes to you amid several ongoing projects in our Library, and shares those and some recent accomplishments! Here are a few items, and you can read about many more below:

• All library employees participated in the creation of a new, two-year strategic plan for the Library, aligned with the goals of Cleveland State United, building on the Library’s strong foundation and helping shape its future. This includes updated mission, vision, and values statements, along with five strategic goals and related objectives. The full set of documents will appear soon on our…
• …New, updated, and redesigned web site! Thanks to the work of Donna Stewart and an internal advisory team, along with input from many other employees, in July we will switch over to a fully accessible and more intuitive site.
• Library employees are preparing to roll out a new course reserves system that will integrate with Blackboard, providing a single place for students to access their course materials online.
• Our Library building is undergoing significant work to remediate water issues on the 4^th floor and is part of the larger Rhodes Tower abatement project this summer and fall. While there will be temporary inconveniences, these fixes will allow us to plan for future space use with much more certainty. If you missed, find more details about this in my recent Library Changes Coming Soon announcement.
• We continue to provide significant support for students in terms of affordable course materials—since the start of these efforts, these advocacy efforts, CSU students have saved more than $2.9 million in textbook costs.
• Our digital collections full of historical and scholarly content are always growing—these include our institutional repository, EngagedScholarship @ Cleveland State University, and the Cleveland Memory Project.
• And if you’re reading this, you have the opportunity to Join the Friends of the Library now with some new membership levels and benefits. The Friends started a drive to reach 35 new members this year and need just 5 more, so consider joining us!

If you have any thoughts or questions about this or anything related to the Library, we welcome your ideas and partnership going forward. Please feel free to reach out to me any time, to your subject librarian, or contact us by any means you prefer.

Have a great summer!

Scott Vine

Director of the Michael Schwartz Library

Recognizing Our Newly Promoted Colleagues

Please join us in congratulating two of our colleagues on their well-deserved, recent promotions:

• Kathy Fisher, Health Professions Librarian, was promoted from Associate Librarian to Librarian
• Michael Skor, Cataloging & Metadata Librarian, was promoted from Assistant Librarian to Senior Assistant Librarian

This recognition by the Provost, President, and Board of Trustees is a testament to their hard work, commitment, and many contributions to the Library and the University. 

Congratulations Kathy and Michael!

Marsha Miles Elected to ALAO Executive Board

The Academic Library Association of Ohio (ALAO) serves academic librarians and library workers across the state, providing opportunities for professional development and networking. The ALAO Executive Board steers the direction of the organization and facilitates projects and committee work. Given the important role this organization plays for library professionals in the region, we are very excited to announce that Marsha Miles, Assistant Director, Collections Resource Management, was elected to the position of secretary on the 2026-2027 ALAO Executive Board.

Congratulations, Marsha!

Article by Mandi Goodsett Published

In The Library With the Lead Pipe Journal

Mandi Goodsett, Performing Arts and Humanities Librarian, recently had her article, Moving Beyond Willpower: A New Direction for Media Literacy Instruction, published. In it, she writes that academic librarians and others often engage with media literacy instruction by promoting fact-checking strategies, such as lateral reading or Mike Caulfield’s SIFT.



Evidence shows that these strategies are valuable and can be effective, but they all ultimately rely on individual students to use willpower to overcome cognitive habits, biases, strong parasocial relationships with content creators, the power of algorithms, and other challenges to fact-checking content in the moment. Mandi's article offers an alternative approach that instead encourages faculty to support students in intentionally redesigning their information environments to improve the quality of information that they encounter in the first place.

Join us in congratulating Mandi on her achievement, which highlights her expertise, dedication, and meaningful contribution she continues to make in her field!

Email Mandi with your feedback at a.goodsett@csuohio.edu.

In the Library With the Lead Pipe is an open access, open peer reviewed journal.

Our 1st floor is fully reopen!

After what felt like endless construction and flood mitigation work, we’re delighted to share that the entire first floor west end space is now fully reopened, including our Learning Commons, computer lab, adjacent classrooms, study areas, and restrooms. 

You’ll once again find comfortable places to study, collaborate, and plug in, with full access to the computers, specialized software, printing, and all the support you rely on throughout the semester. Thanks for your patience and flexibility during the disruption; we can’t wait to see you using the refreshed Learning Commons again.

Providing the introduction and welcome at the OpenCon Ohio Preconference (l-r):

Amy Pawlowski, OhioLINK Executive Director; Anna Bendo, Director of Affordable Learning Initiatives, OhioLINK; Kevin Garewal, CSU Law Library Director; and Scott Vine, CSU Michael Schwartz Library Director.  

Cleveland State University was proud to serve as the host for the first in-person OpenCon Ohio Preconference event on May 14th. More than 40 open education supporters from across the state convened in the CSU Law Building to learn about textbook affordability and build community. The following day, May 15th, the 9^th OpenCon Ohio virtual event took place, with over 450 registrants from around the world. This event, which had its start as OpenCon Cleveland here at CSU, is now organized by a planning team with members from The Ohio State University, OhioLINK, Bowling Green State University, and Columbus State Community College, as well as, of course, faculty and staff from CSU. This year's event was engaging, informative, and well-received by participants!

Keynote speaker, Anna Mills, visionary leader in open education, presented: "The Power of Open in an AI Era: How Open Practices Help Us Adapt and How AI Can Help Open Grow”. Other recordings, including plenary sessions and lightning talks, are available on the OpenCon Ohio 2026 website.

The Midwestern Higher Education Compact (MHEC) generously awarded a grant to OpenCon Ohio to support both the keynote speaker and the in-person preconference.

MSL Librarian Insights Substack

If you haven’t already, feel free to sign up for the subject librarians' Substack called MSL Librarian Insights. This email newsletter will send you roughly bi-monthly videos and blog posts related to AI for research and other research-related topics via email.  

Generative AI: Faculty AI Literacy Certificate Course 

If you're a faculty member with a little extra time this summer, you might be interested in taking the Faculty AI Literacy Certificate Course. The Office of Instructional Excellence, in partnership with the Michael Schwartz Library, has developed this short, asynchronous certificate course for faculty to help learn more about Generative AI (without pressuring them to use it!). Participants will gain skills and knowledge about generative AI that will help them make more informed decisions about classroom AI policy, as well as their use of generative AI for teaching, research, and productivity.

Questions? Please contact Mandi Goodsett at a.goodsett@csuohio.edu. 

Full Circle Scholarship: Affordable Learning Meets Open Access Publishing

by Theresa M. Nawalaniec, Sciences and Engineering Librarian

Learn more about open access publishing at no cost in ACS journals

Find the listing and a summary of all OhioLINK open access publishing agreements

Please note that the CSU agreement with ACS is more comprehensive

than what is available through OhioLINK. 

Dr. Clayton Wukich named 2026 Textbook Hero Award Winner

Every year the Student Government Association works with the Michael Schwartz Library to select a winner of the Textbook Hero Award. This award goes to a faculty member who put forth significant effort to replace a traditional textbook with a low-cost or open alternative, and whose efforts had a high impact on textbook costs, classroom engagement, and student achievement. This year's winner was Dr. Clayton Wukich, Associate Professor in the College of Urban Studies. Dr. Wukich authored his own open textbook, An Ohioan’s Guide to State & Local Government, which saves his students more than $32,000 annually.

Congratulations, Dr. Wukich!

In the photo above, Apo Oguz, is presenting "Evaluating AI-generated OER Content." Dr. Oguz is an Assistant Professor, Information Systems, Monte Ahuja College of Business and a recent CSU Textbook Affordability Grant Recipient.

Seventeen Faculty Collaborate to Expand Affordable Learning Options

by Mandi Goodsett, Performing Arts and Humanities Librarian

Funded by the CSU Provost's Office and coordinated by members of the OER Committee and Michael Schwartz Library, the Textbook Affordability Summer Symposium (TASS) is an opportunity for faculty to learn more about textbook affordability options available at CSU, and to receive specialized support in switching to free course content. This year's event, held in person for the 2^nd time, was a great success! On May 11^th seventeen faculty members, plus subject librarians and TASS planners, convened to support student success, connect with one another, and pursue innovative, student-centered teaching together. 

Would you like to learn more about the Affordable Learning community? 

To subscribe to the CSU Affordability Learning Advocates Newsletter,

email Mandi Goodsett, Michael Schwartz Library, at a.goodsett@csuohio.edu or Heather Caprette CSU Online (Center for eLearning) at h.caprette@csuohio.edu

You can unsubscribe at any time.

About the Authors

Breanna Mona is a top entertainment journalist and critic whose work regularly appears in newspapers, national magazines and online. She’s formed deep bonds with some of the major names in the industry and established a solid reputation as an aggressive, trusted and impartial media voice. Her work has appeared in Forbes, People, Cosmopolitan, USA Today, the Today show website and many others.

Mike Olszewski is a veteran radio / TV / print journalist with a series of books on popular culture and media history. Mike’s career has stretched from network radio to national magazines and beyond. He currently teaches college level courses on media and pop culture at a number of highly respected colleges and universities. His books include Radio Daze: Stories from the Front in Cleveland’s FM Air Wars; Smoky, Sweaty, Rowdy and Loud: and From Captain Penny to Superhost: The Golden Age of Cleveland Children’s Television, among others.

More books about Cleveland and northeast Ohio, by local authors can be found in

EngagedScholarship @ Cleveland State University Cleveland Memory Books.

Readership and Dashboard Update for EngagedScholarship @ CSU

From January 2026 - June 2026, EngagedScholarship @ CSU recorded 726,561 total downloads, 786,609 total views, and 785,965 metadata hits. Additionally, 257 new submissions were posted.

During this period, Cleveland State University scholarship was read by 9,918 institutions across 217 countries.

Above: Readership Distribution Map in the upgraded Dashboard;

Click the map to access the interactive Dashboard.



Readership reports can be generated for individual colleges and departments. Please contact an ES@CSU Administrator at library.es@csuohio.edu for more information.

Memories of Otto Moser and Cleveland's Vaudeville Heyday

Otto Moser opened his soon to-to-be-famous restaurant in the 1890s, at the height Cleveland's Vaudeville era. The photos that lined the pub's walls told the tale of Cleveland's theatrical heyday until it closed in 2018. Those photos found a new home at Cleveland State University Michael Schwartz Library Special Collections, where author Christopher Roy was volunteering. The Cleveland Heights native scanned all 650 photos to be included in the Cleveland Memory Project. He soon artfully packaged them into his ebook, titled Mr. Moser’s Neighborhood: An Intersection of Cleveland and Vaudeville, where you can discover Cleveland's forgotten theaters and the hundreds of performers who considered one downtown bar "the place to be" in the era from roughly 1885 to 1930.

Huron Road Hospital School of Nursing Exhibit

by Michael Skor, Cataloging & Metadata Librarian, Michael Schwartz Library

Newspaper clippings, class pictures, photographs, vintage nursing attire, promotional brochures and newsletter and other historical items from Cleveland’s Huron Road Hospital School of Nursing are on display at the Michael Schwartz Library, first floor, through July (extended!).

Cleveland State University acquired the archives of the Huron Road Hospital School of Nursing from the former President of the HRH Nursing Alumni Association. This Alumni Association has had a lasting impact on the community at CSU and continues today.  

Help Us Reach Our Goal!

We are so close. With just a few weeks left in our membership drive, the Friends of the Michael Schwartz Library have reached 30 of our 35-member goal—that’s 82% of the way there. We need only 5 more members to cross the finish line before the drive closes on June 30.

Who are the Friends of the Library?

The Friends of the Michael Schwartz Library are a community of students, alumni, faculty, staff, and neighbors who believe a great university deserves a great library. Together, Friends build support and recognition for the Library’s vital role at Cleveland State and across Northeast Ohio—and they encourage gifts of materials, equipment, and funding that keep our collections and programs thriving.

What your membership supports

Every membership directly fuels the work that makes the Library a destination, not just a building. Friends help fund:

•     Purchase of special resources and collections

•     Beloved community book sales

•     Programs on books, authors, and the ideas that connect us

•     Seminars and workshops for faculty and staff

•     Annual excursions to cultural venues

•     Recognition of the Library’s dedicated staff and students

Membership starts at just $5 for current CSU students and grows with you, up to $1,000 or more for a Lifetime Membership. Every Friend receives event invitations, early access to book sales, and the Friends newsletter—plus added perks as you give more

Ready to join?

Becoming a Friend takes only a few minutes, and your name could be the one that gets us to 35.

Library Summer 2026 Semester Hours

Through August 21, 2026

Library Building Hours

Monday-Friday: 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Saturday & Sunday: Closed

Exceptions

Closed on University Holidays

Friday, June 19th: (Juneteenth)

Friday, July 3rd: Independence Day

Chat, text, and phone assistance will be unavailable during the University Holidays

Chat, Phone, and Text Hours

Ask a Librarian: use the chat box, call us at 216-687-5300, or text us at 216-820-9691

Monday-Thursday 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Friday 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

The Library Help Desk

The Desk is open whenever the Library is open.

For more information, visit Library Hours at library.csuohio.edu/information/hours.html

Special Collections and Archives are Closed

The Special Collections and Archives units are currently closed. Limited services will still be provided and researchers can fill out this form to request assistance.

Activate your Access to the New York Times

Faculty, Staff, and Students of Cleveland State enjoy access to the New York Times courtesy of the Library. Discover original, quality journalism that helps you understand the world—and make the most of every part of life. Activate your access at AccessNYT.com.

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