Make Sure You Have the Energy to Party Like a

Rock Star

(Energy and Sustainability)

Ohio Library Support Staff InstituteJuly 27, 2010Baldwin-Wallace College

Brian C. Gray

• Head of Reference• Engineering, Math & Statistics

Librarian• Kelvin Smith Library• Case Western Reserve University

• Email: bcg8@case.edu• Blog: http://blog.case.edu/bcg8/

Presentation online:http://www.slideshare.net/bcg8

Kelvin Smith Library• Supports or includes:

• Case School of Engineering• College of Arts and Sciences• Weatherhead School of Management• General Studies• University Archives• Kulas Music Library• Astronomy Library

Perfect Ignition Source

• College-Based Librarian• CWRU strategic plan• Great Lakes Energy

Institute• Ohio’s energy push

Journey starts late 2008

The Energy Collaborative Platform is a Kelvin Smith Library initiative committed to partnership in the exploration of sustainability and alternative energy through providing world class collections, maintaining a Virtual Knowledge Center for Energy, cultivating researchers and students with educational opportunities, and capturing and disseminating the research of Case Western Reserve University and its partners.

Great Lakes Energy Institute

http://energy.case.edu/

Mission

To enable the transition to advanced sustainable energy generation, storage, distribution and utilization, through coordinated research, development and education.

Interdisciplinary

engineering, science, business, law, & history

http://researchguides.case.edu/energy

More Research Guideshttp://researchguides.case.edu

Guides done for classes on:• Energy & Society• Alternative Technologies versus Oil

Dependency• CWRU's Carbon Footprint -

Sustainability on Campus• Accessing Climate Change & Wind

Energy• Political Hype vs Science Fact:

Evidence, Risk, Preferences, Values, and "Spin"

Subscription to a news alerting service focused on energy & environment.

• Updated daily.• Portals cover topics such as energy, air &

water quality, carbon footprints, resource management, land reclamation, and related environmental issues.

• Multi-disciplinary.• Looks at issues from the standpoint of

business, economics, law, science, etc.• See the big picture by having access to

periodicals, current news, academic journals, podcasts, videos, images, and conference proceedings.

300+ New Books

Is OrganizationalData Available?

Ohio & Advanced Energy Push

Proposed wind turbines on Lake Erie which could be the first freshwater wind farm in the world.

Leveraging Power of All Participants

Energy Events & Groups

Northeast Ohio nonprofit Technology-Based Economic Development organization with advanced energy focus

• Great Lakes Energy Development Task Force

• Green Energy Ohio• Great Lakes Science Center• Cleveland Foundation

Contact Me• Email:

bcg8@case.edu• Blog:

http://blog.case.edu/bcg8/• Presentations:

http://slideshare.net/bcg8