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The Challenge

The Challenge 
Between June 1 - August 31, 2021, collect points for participating in different types of library activities: easy mode (1 point), standard mode (2 points), hard mode (3 points). Prizes will be awarded to individuals and line offices at the end of the summer based on total points.

How to Play
Click start each time you complete a challenge. This takes you to the form where you log your points.

Challenges - Easy Mode

 

For 1 point:

 

Solve the crossword puzzle.

 

 

ANSWER KEY

 

Download and/or read an ebook from one of our ebook collections:

Listen to an audiobook or read a magazine article from OverDrive.

 

Subscribe to the NOAA Central Library YouTube channel

  • You may still get points if you completed this before the challenge.

 

Challenges - Standard Mode

 

For 2 points:

 

Find an article authored (or co-authored) by someone in your line office in one of the library's subscription journals.

  • Enter the link or DOI of the article in the form.

 

Attend a training for OverDrive

Create a new or update your existing ORCID and/or Researcher ID.

  • A unique, persistent identifier can help distinguish authors from others with the same name and provide a link between an author and their professional activities. There are a number of online resources that allow authors to create and manage a unique author identifier; some of which can be used in conjunction with one another allowing researchers to measure their impact within the scientific community.

Create an OpenAthens account with the DOC Library for access to their resources (such as Lexis and WestLaw)

  • You may still get points if you completed this before the challenge.

 

Challenges - Hard Mode

 

For 3 points:

 

Create an account on Proquest's Ebook Central.

  • You may still get points if you completed this before the challenge.

Download EndNote 20

 

Attend a Library Seminars presentation, or watch one after the fact on YouTube

  • Please tell us the title and date of the Library Seminar.
  • Only seminars that occur during the challenge (June 1 - Aug 31, 2021) will count
  • You can only get points for up to 3 seminars.

Submit a publication to the Institutional Repository OR submit a journal article manuscript for Section 508 remediation.

 

 

 

Rules of the Game

Rules of the Game

  • All NOAA staff, contractors, and fellows are welcome to participate. 
  • You can come back to the form as many times as you need, and you can do the activities multiple times, if applicable. 
  • You may only get points for activities that you complete during the challenge period (June 1 - August 31, 2021), EXCEPT for activities that can only be done once.  For these three activities, you may still get points if you completed them before the challenge:
    • Create an Account on ProQuest's Ebook Central;
    • Subscribe to the NOAA Central Library YouTube Channel
    • Create an OpenAthens Account with the Department of Commerce Library
  • Please note that "Attending a Library Seminar" has its own rules: only seminars that occur between June 1 - August 31, 2021 will count towards your points total, and you can only get points for up to three seminars.

Prizes

Prizes

Participants

All participants will receive a participation prize in the form of a magnet with the NOAA Library details!

Runner's Up

The 3 people with the highest points will receive a gift card.

Grand Prize

The person with the most points will win a gift card and a yet to be revealed surprise!

Winning Line Office

Finally, the Line Office with the most points will win Section 508 Remediation from the NOAA Institutional Repository team for applicable journal articles, technical reports, and memorandum for up to 15 documents, with a caveat that the items not be time sensitive. (For time sensitive items we recommend doing remediation in house.)

Contact us!

Questions?

Email library.reference@noaa.gov if you have questions or comments about the Summer Library Challenge.

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